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Following Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) farewell address, the Senate passed S. 2943, the National Defense Authorization Act.

The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing with top Navy officials about the production and deployment of littoral combat ships, a class of small surface vessels used in operations c…

Generals James Mattis (Ret.), General John Keane (Ret.), and Admiral William Fallon (Ret.) testified at a Senate Armed Services committee hearing on threats to U.S. national security. Topics…

Leaders of the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force testified at a hearing on budgetary concerns for the Pentagon and member branches of the U.S. military. Topics included the possible impact o…

Friends, colleagues and family members of the late U.S. Representative Mark Takai (D-HI) gathered for a memorial service in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall. Some of the dignitaries who shar…

The Senate resumed work on S. 2848, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), a water projects authorization bill.

The Senate continued debate on S. 2848, a water project authorization bill, which authorizes Army Corps of Engineers recovery projects and provides funds to cities with lead contaminated dri…

Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) answered the question “What are you reading this summer?”

Day four of the 2016 Democratic National Convention included speeches by Hillary Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea Clinton.

Day three of the 2016 Democratic National Convention included speeches by President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.

The Senate passed an opioid abuse treatment bill. Members also voted 89-4 in favor of extending Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funding to September 30, 2017, and confirmed Carla Hayde…

General David Goldfein testified at a hearing on his nomination to be Air Force chief of the staff. As vice chief of staff for the Air Force, General Goldfein was also seeking reappointment …

A confirmation hearing was held for the nomination of Lieutenant General Thomas Waldhauser to lead U.S. Africa Command and Lieutenant General Joseph Lengyel to be the chief of the National G…

The Senate voted 52-48 to block the conference report for H.R. 2577, the combined transportation and housing spending bill with the military construction-Veterans Affairs spending bill, whic…

The Senate continued work on H.R. 2578, the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill. 

Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) discussed the sit-in by Democrats on the House floor, which was a call to action to enact gun control legislation. The protest was spurred on by a mass shooting t…

CIA Director John Brennan testified at a hearing on his agency’s operations and resources. He called ISIS* in Libya the most dangerous branch of the terror organization. He also outlined som…

Following leader remarks and a period of morning business, senators were to vote on the motion to proceed to H.R. 2578, a commerce, justice, and science appropriations bill. Senator Christop…

Admiral Michael Rogers testified on the nation’s cyber infrastructure. Admiral Rogers said that America cannot combat ISIS propaganda on the internet by simply shutting it down. The Is…

Following leader remarks, the Senate resumed debate on H.R. 2577, a transportation, housing, military construction, and Veterans Affairs spending bill.