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The Senate continued consideration of the motion to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to H.J. Res. 59, Budget Act, post-cloture. The measure passed on a vot…

The Senate Select Intelligence Committee heard testimony on the nominations of Daniel Bennett Smith to be assistant secretary of State for intelligence and research and Caroline Dianne Krass…

The Senate convened and resumed consideration of the motion to concur in the House message to accompany H.J.Res.59, the Budget Resolution.

The Senate convened for a legislative session.

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.

Army, Air Force, Marine, and Navy chiefs testified on the impact of sequestration budget cuts to national defense programs. They warned the cuts would compromise the military’s ability to de…

Members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees held their first public meeting to consider the 2013 farm bill.

Following remarks from the majority leader, senators were permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. The pending business was the motion to proceed to S. 1569, the debt limit bill. Th…

National security officials and legal experts testified on proposals to reform the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) authorized under the Foreign Intelligence Surv…

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.

Senators Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) appeared together by remote video on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” In this portion of the interview they talked about the temporary closure o…

The Senate confirmed by a 97-0 vote the nomination of Raymond Chen to be a judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The cloture vote on the Transportation/HUD funding bill…

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…

The Senate Armed Services Committee heard from General Martin Dempsey and Admiral James Winnefeld, both of whom had been nominated to remain in their senior military posts on the Joint Chief…

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a nomination hearing for Samantha Power to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Ms. Power was pressed by several committee members on p…

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)) and Ranking Member Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) and other senators spoke to reporters about the National Security Agency (NSA) program …

The Senate Armed Services Committee marked up sexual assault provisions in the fiscal year 2014 defense authorization. Members focused on proposals that would remove some decision-making abo…

Military service branch chiefs and others testified on pending legislation on sexual assault in the military. Among the issues they addressed were reporting procedures for assault cases, the…

Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) held a press conference to talk about counterterrorism policy and the potential repatriatio…

The Senate convened for a period of morning business and then resumed consideration of S.954, the farm bill.