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The Senate confirmed Jose Javier Rodriguez to be the assistant labor secretary for Employment and Training. Lawmakers also approved a bipartisan measure to repeal a U.S. Department of Agricu…

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, CIA Director Bill Burns, and FBI Director Christopher Wray joined other leaders from the intelligence community to testify before the Senate S…

The Senate worked on a House-passed government funding measure. This bill would extend funding for part of the government beyond the March 8 deadline until the end of the fiscal year on Sept…

Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and others hosted a roundtable to discuss the GOSAFE Act, which is aimed at reducing gun violence.

The Senate confirmed the nomination of Nathalie Rayes to be U.S. ambassador to Croatia. Republicans blocked consideration of legislation providing emergency aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwa…

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra testified on President Biden’s multibillion-dollar supplemental funding requests for the…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other senators held a news conference at the White House driveway about regulating artificial intelligence. This came after they had a biparti…

The Senate completed work on and passed a three-bill package for fiscal year 2024 federal spending for the Departments of Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, and Vete…

Energy industry stakeholders and policy advocates testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the reliability of the U.S. power grid. Topics included regulations by…

Senators Schumer (D-NY), Todd Young (R-IN), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Mike Rounds (R-SD) briefed reporters following a closed-door meeting on artificial intelligence with the the founder o…

The Senate continued work on the fiscal year 2024 spending package for the Departments of Agriculture, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters following their weekly party lunch meeting. Topics included the House impeachment inquiry against …

Medical experts, policy advocates, and community leaders testified on the economic impact of diabetes before the Joint Economic Committee. Several topics were addressed, including the need f…

Officials from the Agriculture and Interior departments, among others, testified on the federal response to escalating wildfires before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The…

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Deputy Interior Secretary Tommy Beaudreau testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The committee’s senators--most of whom are fr…

“We are pursuing a strategy of energy security through energy diversity,” said Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm as she discussed the threats posed to global energy markets by Russia’s inva…

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters following their weekly party lunch meeting. Topics included artificial intelligence, Senator Tommy…

Academics and policy stakeholders, including former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz (Obama administration, 2013-17), discussed bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) during an event…

The Senate confirmed Nusrat Choudhury’s nomination to be a U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of New York. Members also voted to limit debate on Julie Rikelman’s nomination to be a…

The Senate voted to end debate on the Dilawar Syed’s nomination to be deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration.