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Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt testified before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Director Wat…

The Senate considered a House-passed defense authorization bill, which authorized $585 billion for defense programs for 2015.

The Senate convened for a legislative session.

Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) and Ed Gillespie (R) met in a debate in the Virginia U.S. Senate race. The debate was held at WCVE-TV studios and was sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Vi…

Incumbent Senator Mark Warner (D) and his challenger, former Republican National Committee Chair Ed Gillespie, met in a debate for Virginia’s U.S. Senate race. The debate before Northern Vir…

Leaders of federal financial agencies testified on the status of the the rulemaking finalization process and reform policies included in the Dodd-Frank financial regulations law.

The Senate debated on amending the Constitution to allow for curbing election spending. The Senate voted 73-25 to proceed to the S. 2199, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which deals with gender-b…

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the problems faced by patients living with chronic disease illness, and some of the shortcomings in the health care system. Among the witnesses…

Virginia Senate candidates incumbent Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) and Republican challenger Ed Gillespie debated various campaign issues, including same-sex marriage, immigration, the Affordab…

Witnesses testified on private student loans, including current levels of debt, options borrowers have to modify loans, and the legal framework. One of the panelists told the committee that …

A bipartisan group of senators talked about The Campus Accountability and Safety Act, the bill they were introducing to fight sexual assault on college campuses. They were joined by Annie Cl…

The Senate was in a period of morning business, with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. Earlier, they voted to advance the nomination of Pamela Harris to be U.S. circuit …

Janet Yellen presented to the committee the Federal Reserve Board’s semiannual report on monetary policy. She said the economy had improved but that the recovery was still not complete, and …

The Senate debated S. 2244, a bill to reauthorize the terrorism risk insurance program for seven years.

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Development Committee heard testimony from Housing and Urban Development secretary nominee Julian Castro, and Federal Housing Finance Agency inspector g…

Witnesses testified on a House-passed bill reigns in National Security Agency’s (NSA) metadata surveillance programs conducted under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Senator…

The Senate failed to invoke cloture on S. 2432, a bill to provide for the refinancing of certain federal student loans. The Senate was scheduled to vote at 4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on H.…

The Senate Finance Committee held a confirmation hearing to consider the nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. This was her sec…

The Senate convened for a legislative session.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified on her department’s fiscal year 2015 budget request, and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The proposed $3.9 tril…