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The Senate confirmed two nominations: Moshe Marvit, member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; and Cathy Ann Harris, chair of the the Merit Systems Protection Board. Mem…

The Senate worked on instructions for negotiations between the House and Senate on a science and technology research bill. Both chambers have already passed separate versions of the legislat…

By a 49-51 margin, the Senate blocked the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 from advancing to a final passage vote. Sixty votes were needed. No Republicans voted for the le…

The Senate passed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, 69-30. Vice President Kamala Harris read the final vote. All Democrats and 19 Republicans voted for the measure, including M…

The Senate confirmed, in a 51-48 vote, Kristen Clarke’s nomination for assistant attorney general for civil rights at the Justice Department. Senator Collins (ME) was the only Republican to …

The Senate Budget Committee held a confirmation hearing for Neera Tanden to serve as director of the Office of Management and Budget. Committee Chair Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and other members …

The Senate confirmed two U.S. District Court judicial nominations: Katherine Crytzer for Eastern Tennessee and Joseph Dawson for South Carolina. Lawmakers also advanced the nomination of Cha…

Joe Biden accepted the presidential nomination on the final night of the Democratic National Convention. Topics addressed during the evening included: Mr. Biden’s religious faith, the import…

Six 2020 Democratic presidential candidates spoke at a forum on labor issues hosted by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Taking questions from the moder…

Thirteen of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates attended the Liberty and Justice Celebration in Des Moines, Iowa. At the annual dinner, they spoke to attendees about their platforms,…

Seventeen of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates spoke at the Polk County Democrats Steak Fry in Des Moines, Iowa. Each candidate took the stage for about 10 minutes to make their ca…

Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), Andrew Yang, Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA), Governor Jay Inslee (D-WA), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and former Vice President Joe B…

Democratic presidential candidates participated in the AFSCME 2020 Public Service Forum in Las Vegas. The candidates each made their case to be the next president.

Ten 2020 presidential candidates, including Republican candidate Bill Weld, spoke at the NAACP Annual Convention in Detroit.

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) held his “world famous” fish fry in Columbia, South Carolina. Representative Clyburn’s first fish fry in 1992 was held to thank campaign volunteers who…

Planned Parenthood Action Fund hosted a presidential candidate forum focusing on access to abortion and women’s reproductive health care. This portion of the event featured the following 202…

The Iowa Democratic Party held its Hall of Fame event with remarks from 19 Democratic presidential candidates.

Andrew Wheeler, President Trump’s pick for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA administrator, testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Mr. Wheeler was asked about…

Senators Coons (D-DE), Booker (D-NJ) and Flake (R-AZ) tried to bring up a bipartisan bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) objected. Earlier in the mont…

The National Action Network (NAN) and its founder Reverent Al Sharpton concluded a two-day legislative and policy conference on Capitol Hill. The event focused on the Democratic legislative …