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The Senate convened for a legislative session.

The Senate convened and resumed consideration of the motion to concur in the House message to accompany H.R.3304, the National Defense Authorization Act.

John Koskinen testified at his nomination hearing to be the next commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. He promised to restore public trust in the IRS and fully cooperate with Congres…

John Koskinen testified at the confirmation hearing of his nomination to be the next commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. Opening statements were heard. The proceeding recessed f…

The Senate convened and proceeded to executive session to resume consideration of the nomination of Cornelia Pillard to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia. The session contin…

Senators debated the Affordable Care Act during the day’s proceedings in the U.S. Senate.

The Senate convened for a period of morning business and thereafter resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R.3204, the Pharmaceutical Drug Compounding bill.

Secretary Kathleen Sebelius updated the committee on the status of fixing the ongoing difficulties with the Affordable Care Act’s HealthCare.gov insurance exchanges. She said many improvemen…

The Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to S.J.Res.26, a joint resolution relating to the disapproval of the president’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit.

The Senate rejected the motion to proceed to S. J. Res. 26. Thereafter, the senators proceeded to executive session to consider the nomination of Richard F. Griffin, Jr., of the District of …

Former Attorney General Elliot Richardson testified in support of Robert Bork’s Supreme Court confirmation. In October 1973 Richardson resigned rather than carry out President Nixon’s order …

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testified on raising the debt limit. In his remarks he warned the committee that failing to raise the debt ceiling could cause havoc in financial markets, which r…

Despite a shutdown of the federal government, the Senate convenes for a legislative session.

The Senate continued consideration of H. J.Res. 59, Continuing Appropriations Resolution. The filing deadline for germane first-degree amendments to the joint resolution was 1 p.m.

The Senate convened for a period of morning business, and thereafter resumed consideration of S. 1392, the energy efficiency bill.

The Senate resumed consideration of S 1392, the energy efficiency bill.

The Senate confirmed the nomination of Samantha Power to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations by a vote of 87 to 10..

The Senate confirmed the nominations of Nancy Jean Schiffer and Mark Gaston Pearce to be members of the National Labor Relations Board.

The Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee considered the nominations of Kent Hirozawa and Nancy Schiffer to the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB). The nominees answered questi…

The Senate convened for a period of morning business and thereafter resumed consideration of S. 1243, the Transportation-HUD spending bill for fiscal year 2014. The Senate confirmed the nomi…