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The Senate convened and began a period of morning business.

Democratic and Republican lawmakers held a press conference urging members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to “go big” in a solution for reducing the national debt and def…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, it began consideration of the motion to proceed to S.J.Res.27, a joint resolution disapproving a rule submitted by the…

The Senate convened and begin a period of morning business and thereafter, resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R.674, the 3 Percent Withholding Repeal and Job Creation Act. M…

After a period of morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R.674, the 3% Withholding Repeal and Job Creation Act.

Panelists talked about the state of the economy, deficit reduction strategies, and negotiations over federal debt reduction. They also talked about the work of the Joint Select Committee on …

Witnesses testified on the G-20 and global economic and financial risks. The Group of Twenty (G-20) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors was established in 1999 to bring together sys…

Witnesses testified about efforts to create job growth. They also talked about the president’s jobs proposal before Congress, proposed tax reforms, enhancing federal revenues, and infrastruc…

Lawmakers talked with Kim Dozier about U.S. homeland security since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Both said that the U.S. is safer in the present than a decade ago. Among the …

The Senate debated compromise legislation to raise the debt ceiling and begin a deficit reduction process. The measure passed the House the previous day on a vote of 269 to 161. The vote lat…

The Senate voted unanimously to extend by two years Robert Mueller’s tenure of the FBI.

Virginia Democrat Mark Warner and Georgia Republican Saxby Chambliss called on business leaders to get more involved in discussions over the country’s fiscal situation. Senator Warner also e…

The Senate Commerce Committee held a nomination hearing for John Bryson to be secretary, and Terry Garcia deputy secretary of the Commerce Department. Mr. Bryson said that businesses were to…

Ben Bernanke made the keynote address at a conference on the U.S. economy and the federal debt ceiling. In his remarks he said that “failing to raise the debt ceiling in a timely way would b…

Witnesses testified on a bill to address high unemployment among military veterans. The proposed legislation established training and assistance programs for veterans entering the civilian w…