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Vice President Biden held a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony with newly-elected and re-elected senators. The event happens at the start of each Congress in the Old Senate Chamber. The officia…

Former Equifax Chair and CEO Richard Smith testified before the Senate Banking Committee on the company’s data breach that left more than 140 million consumers' data at risk. Senators focuse…

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testified before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on her semiannual report on the U.S. economic outlook for the year and the future…

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen delivered the central bank’s semiannual monetary policy report. This was her second day on the Hill. She said she’d like to see a three percent growth rate…

The Senate approved H.J.Res. 42, a disapproval resolution that would repeal an Obama administration Labor Department rule limiting drug testing of unemployment insurance applicants.

The Senate resumed debate on the nomination of David Nye to be U.S. district judge for the District of Idaho.

Witnesses testified at a hearing on rural development and energy programs for the 2018 farm bill. The first panel included testimony by several Agriculture Department officials who outlined …

Representatives of the credit reporting industry and consumer protection groups were among the witnesses at a hearing on potential legislative responses to the Equifax data breach, which mad…

The Senate debated and voted 51-48 to pass Republican tax reform legislation.

The Senate confirmed Amul Thapar’s nomination for judge in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Senate voted 55-43 to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to be U.S. circuit judge for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue (R) testified before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee about his nomination to be agriculture secretary. He pledged to be a strong…

The Senate resumed debate on the fiscal year 2017 budget resolution, which includes instructions to committees to write legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Ben Carson testified on his nomination to be Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) secretary in the Donald Trump administration. Dr. Carson, a former neurosurgeon and 2016 Republica…

The Senate confirmed Representative Tom Price’s (R-GA) nomination to be health and human services secretary. Senators also voted to move forward on the nomination of Steve Mnuchin for treasu…

Congressional Democrats held an impromptu rally after the Senate voted 51-50 in favor of a motion to proceed to health care legislation. All Democrats and Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and …

After returning from a break for floor votes, the Senate Budget Committee continued its markup of its version of a fiscal year 2018 federal budget. The legislation lays the groundwork for Re…

The Senate Budget Committee began the first day of markup on its version of a fiscal year 2018 budget that lays the groundwork for Republicans to advance their tax legislation. The budget re…

The Senate Budget Committee met to approve legislation to reform the tax code and open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to expanded oil and gas drilling for consideration on the Se…

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke in opposition to the nomination of Betsy DeVos to be education secretary. He also touched briefly on the president’s immigration order and Russia. …