Senate vote

Last week, the Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill with bipartisan support that enshrines protections for same-sex and interracial marriages into federal law.

After a series of three votes in the Senate, the federal government averted a national strike and imposed an agreement originally brokered in September by the Biden administration for America’s railroad workers.

Illinois Senate President John Cullerton is still trying to arrange a floor vote Wednesday on a compromise budget plan even as loud opposition has arisen…