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The Senate Judiciary Committee held an oversight hearing on the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act, a 2016 law passed that removed some of the Drug Enforcement Admini…

Former ambassadors to the Middle East Ryan Crocker, Eric Edelman, James Jeffrey, and Stuart Jones testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee about U.S. strategy in the region. They…

College students, university officials, and law professors testified at a hearing on the First Amendment and free speech on college campuses. Topics included the role colleges play in protec…

The Senate voted 66-32 to pass a short-term government funding bill. Also, Senator Al Franken (D-MN) delivered his farewell address. He was to leave the Senate on January 2, 2018, following …

The Senate confirmed the nomination of Jennifer Newstead to be a State Department legal adviser.

The Senate confirmed James Ho to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

The Senate confirmed Don Willett’s judicial nomination to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Members also voted to limit debate on James Ho’s nomination to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal…

The Senate confirmed the nomination of Leonard Steven Grasz to be a judge in the St. Louis- based Eight Circuit Court of Appeals. Members also voted to limit debate and set up a final vote o…

The Senate passed the Republican tax reform bill, 51 - 49. Senator Bob Corker was the only Republican to vote against the measure, and no Democrats voted for it.

Members considered the Senate Republican tax reform bill.

Senators voted 52-48 in favor of a motion to proceed to consideration of the Republicans' tax reform bill for 20 hours. Members also debated a motion offered by Finance Committee Ranking Mem…

Television industry analysts talked about the proposed merger between the Sinclair Broadcast Group and the Tribune Corporation, which would create the nation’s largest group of television st…

The Senate Armed Services Committee held a confirmation hearing for several Defense Department nominees. Among them was Mark Espers, nominated to be the next Army secretary. He talked about …

The Senate met to consider several nominations.

The Senate confirmed the nominations of David Zatezalo to be assistant labor secretary for mine safety and health and Mark Esper for secretary of the Army.

The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on data breaches and ways to further secure the personal information of consumers. Witnesses included the current and former CEOs of Equifax who …

The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing on military caregivers. Witnesses including former Senator Elizabeth Dole who talked about the work of her foundation that advocates for …

Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith testified before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee on his former employer’s response to a data breach that left more than 140 million consumers with their pers…

The Senate continued work on several nominations.

Twitter, Facebook, and Google officials testified at a hearing on social media and Russian influence in the 2016 elections. The hearing was part of an ongoing investigation by several congre…