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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.

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.

Doug Elmendorf testified before the House and Senate budget Conference Committee. He told members that even a short term agreement on spending levels would be better than no deal at all.

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…

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

House and Senate negotiators held their first formal meeting on the 2014 federal budget. The conference committee was supposed to come up with a budget plan by mid December 2013, as called f…

The Senate resumed the legislative business of the day.

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…

The Senate convened for a legislative session.

*At a TBD, the Senate will consider the following judicial nominations under a unanimous consent agreement that allows for up to 30 mins of debate, equally divided and controlled by Sens. Le…

Lawmakers, health officials and patients spoke to reporters and answered questions about ways in which the federal government shutdown had affected various Americans, the value of the Nation…

The Senate convenes for a legislative session.

Democratic senators and furloughed federal workers spoke to reporters about the economic impact of the federal government shutdown.

The Senate convened for a legislative session to consider the continuing resolution to keep the government operating.

A group of Senate Democratic women spoke to reporters about the impact the House continuing resolution would have on women’s health care.

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

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

Democratic Senators Chuck Schumer (NY) and Debbie Stabenow (MI) reacted to the Commerce Department’s economic growth statistics. The report showed that U.S. economy grew in the second quarte…