She is the longest-serving woman in Congress. — -- Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Maryland, the longest-serving woman in Congressional history, announced today that she will retire. Mikulski, who was ...

She is known as the dean of the Senate among her women colleagues. She is often described as feisty. And after she became the chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, The New York Times reported ...

And now news of the longest-serving woman in the history of Congress who will not be running for re-election next year. Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski made that surprise announcement yesterday in ...

Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski is set to become the first woman to chair the prestigious Senate Appropriations Committee, a position left open this week by the death of Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye. A ...

MOVING UP: Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) will lead the Senate Appropriations Committee, replacing Sen. Daniel Inouye, a Hawaii Democrat who died earlier this week of respiratory complications. She ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Both former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders were nominated for president at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday. Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski ...

On Wednesday morning, Senate Republicans blocked Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski's Paycheck Fairness Act, which aims to reduce workplace discrimination against women. Senate Minority Leader Mitch ...

NASA PAYBACK: Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), chairman of the Senate appropriations subcommittee that funds NASA, says she's still trying to find a way to "reimburse" the agency for costs it incurred ...