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The Senate passed the two 2020 domestic spending packages funding the government through the end of the fiscal year on September 30, 2020, thus averting a government shutdown. Senators also …

The Senate voted 74-20 in favor of a House-passed continuing resolution funding the government through December 20, 2019, to avoid a government shutdown. Members also voted to limit debate o…

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Kathleen Kraninger testified on the agency’s semi-annual report to Congress. Other topics discussed included payday lending practices and…

The Senate passed a fiscal year 2020 domestic spending bill, focusing on the Departments of Agriculture, Justice, Commerce, Science, Interior, Environment, and Housing and Urban Development.…

The Senate took up a resolution to repeal a Treasury Department rule that puts caps on state and local income tax deductions. The chamber also continued work on fiscal year 2020 domestic spe…

The Senate confirmed Andrew Bremberg’s nomination for U.S. representative to the United Nations office in Geneva. Members also voted to limit initial debate on H.R. 3055, a House-passed fisc…

The Senate approved several executive nominations. Members debated a House-passed fiscal year 2020 federal spending package but did not have enough votes to invoke cloture. Lawmakers also vo…

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a confirmation hearing for President Trump’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) director nominee, Kenneth Canterbury, and three dis…

The Senate continued work on tax treaties with Switzerland, Japan, Luxembourg. They also took up judicial and executive nominations, including Clifton Corker to U.S. district judge for the E…

' Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on U.S. monetary policy and the state of the economy. He told senators the nati…

The Senate passed a bill providing humanitarian aid to aid the plight of migrant children on the U.S. southern border after rejecting a House-passed measure to address the issue. Members als…

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Joseph Dunford testified on President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget request before a Senate Appropriations…

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee regarding President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget request fo…

Attorney General William Barr testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the Justice Department’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. Like a similar previous-day House Appropriati…

The Senate worked on executive and judicial nominations, confirming retired General John Abizaid to be U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Labor Department nominee Cheryl Stanton. Lawmakers …

The Senate confirmed Kalman Altman to be a judge for the Southern District of Florida, and Mark Calabria to serve as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Republicans blocked a Dem…

The Senate voted to keep debating a bill that provides additional disaster response money for the previous year’s hurricanes, wildfires, and other natural disasters. The measure twice failed…

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Kathleen Kraninger testified on the agency’s semi-annual report to Congress. Members pressed her on several topics, including the Trump administ…

Senate Republican leaders spoke to reporters following their weekly party caucus lunch. They talked about their opposition to Democratic-proposed Green New Deal legislation and their displea…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified on the economy and monetary policy before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. He said the U.S. economy is “healthy” and the…