Senate Tributes to Vice President Biden
Senators paid tribute to Vice President Biden following a vote to approve the 21st Century Cures Act, a $6.3 billion medical research bill which also included funding for the vice president’…
3,415 viewsSenators paid tribute to Vice President Biden following a vote to approve the 21st Century Cures Act, a $6.3 billion medical research bill which also included funding for the vice president’…
3,415 viewsThe Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the influence and involvement of Iran with terror-related groups in the Middle East and around the world. Two former Defense Departme…
1,163 viewsThe Senate approved the House-passed continuing resolution, which extends government funding until April 28. It also included funding for miners' health care for four months and the water sy…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,915 viewsSenators Chris Coons (D-DE), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and James Lankford (R-OK) talked about the incoming Trump administration and the role Congress would play. The panel was moderated by Dana …
725 viewsThe Senate convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,339 viewsThe Senate resumed initial debate on S.3110, the American Energy and Conservation Act, which would establish revenue sharing for states involved in energy production using land leased from t…
View in Congressional Chronicle7,869 viewsSenators voted 97-1 to override President Obama’s veto of a bill allowing families of the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to sue Saudi Arabia. Senators also approved …
View in Congressional Chronicle2,782 viewsThe Senate resumed debate on H.R. 5325, the legislative vehicle for a short-term continuing resolution to fund the federal government through December 9. It also provides funding for Zika vi…
View in Congressional Chronicle697 viewsOfficials from private technology companies testified at a hearing on the implications of the Obama administration’s proposal to relinquish oversight of the Internet domain name system to th…
3,274 viewsThe Senate passed 95-3 a water resources development bill that authorizes Army Corps of Engineers projects on flood control and hurricane damage while also providing state loan funds to Flin…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,123 viewsThe Senate continues work on S. 2848, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), a water projects authorization bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle295 viewsThe Senate continued debate on S. 2848, a water projects bill, which authorizes Army Corps of Engineers flood and hurricane relief projects and provides state loan funds to cities with high …
View in Congressional Chronicle886 viewsHouse Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Senator Chris Coons of Delaware, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, talked about Republican presidential n…
422 viewsPanelists talked about the 2016 congressional races and key swing states in the presidential election. Speakers included Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) and Representatives Joseph Crowley (D-NY) …
347 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,276 viewsA Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts convened a hearing on the use of the term “radical Islam” in government documents and combating…
72,145 viewsThe Senate resumed initial debate on H.R. 5293, a Defense spending bill. Members debated climate change. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) said this was his 144th time to talk about the subj…
View in Congressional Chronicle740 viewsOfficials from the Departments of State and Defense as well as a Russian pro-democracy activist were among the witnesses who testified on U.S. policy toward Russia. The hearing focused on Ru…
1,483 viewsThe Senate resumed debate on H.R. 2578, a commerce, justice, and science appropriations bill for fiscal year 2017.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,444 viewsWitnesses testified at a joint hearing of two Senate Judiciary subcommittees. The hearing concerned the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act, which deals with adjusting the statutes of li…
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