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The Senate convened for a legislative session and recessed subject to the call of the chair.

The Senate voted 56-41 to approve a resolution ending U.S. military aid in the war in Yemen. Senators also approved by voice vote a resolution condemning the killing of Washington Post contr…

The Senate in an 87-13 passed a five-year farm bill. Members also approved Jonathan Kobes' nomination to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Senators also paid tribute to Senator Joe Donnel…

The Senate confirmed Justin Muzinich’s nomination for deputy treasury secretary. Members paid tribute to Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), who was defeated in the 2018 midterm election.

Officials from the Agriculture Department and the U.S. Trade Representative Office testified at a hearing on the impact of U.S. trade policy on American agriculture. Senators asked for updat…

The chair and a commissioner of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) testified with other government officials and voting system vendors about election security in a hearing of the Senat…

The Senate passed its version of a farm bill that sets farm, conservation, crop insurance, nutrition, and rural development policies through 2023. It would also legalize commercial hemp prod…

The Senate worked on its version of a farm bill, which sets farm, conservation, crop insurance, nutrition, and rural development policies through 2023. It would also legalize commercial hemp…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell welcomed the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding President Trump’s travel ban, saying the administration “got it right” on its third version of the propos…

The Senate continued work on the farm bill.

The Senate continued work on the farm bill.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross defended the Trump administration’s tariffs actions during an appearance before the Senate Finance Committee. Members from both parties voiced their concerns o…

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Pat Roberts (R-KS) and the committee’s senior Democrat Debbie Stabenow (MI) held a news conference shortly after the Farm Bill was advanced by a vote of 20…

The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee held a meeting on the 2018 farm bill. The legislation is crafted and passed approximately every five years and covers programs that i…

Industry analysts and health care providers testified at a hearing on challenges facing rural hospitals and offered their recommendations for improvements. Some of the areas discussed were i…

The Senate in a 57-42 vote confirmed the nomination of CIA Director Mike Pompeo as secretary of state. Members also confirmed Richard Grenell to be U.S. ambassador to Germany.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue testified at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on the state of rural America. Secretary Perdue discussed U.S.-China trade relations, rural broadband a…

Assistant Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Admiral Brett Giroir and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Kim Brandt testified at a hearing on how Medicare, Medicaid, and HHS …

Following a trade meeting at the White House, senators on the Agriculture Committee told reporters that President Trump instructed top economic advisers to explore re-entering the Trans-Paci…

Mike Pompeo, President Trump’s pick to replace former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on his nomination. Senators asked him question…