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Medical professionals testified on COVID-19 outpatient treatment at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), who chairs the committee, said in his opening re…

In a 90-8 vote, the Senate approved a House-passed coronavirus economic aid package. It includes two weeks of paid leave for sick and quarantined workers, extends state unemployment insuranc…

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on U.S. Postal Service operations during the coronavirus pandemic and 2020 ele…

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a virtual hearing about safely re-opening elementary and secondary schools during the coronavirus pandemic. State and local le…

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig testified before the Senate Finance Committee about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the 2020 tax filing season. Commissio…

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on the involvement of federal law enforcement’s role in addressing…

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing with drug manufacturers and Food and Drug Administration officials on the agency’s foreign drug manufacturing inspection process. The witnesses di…

Senators spoke on various subjects as, off the floor, negotiations continued on another coronavirus pandemic economic relief bill continued.

Prior to the final vote in the impeachment trial of President Trump, senators spoke about the reasons for their votes. Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Majority Leader Mitch McConn…

The Senate Homeland Security Committee discussed a report submitted in March 2020 by the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC). Congress set up the commission in 2019 as part of the National …

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a confirmation hearing for U.S. Postal Service governors and other judicial nominations to the District of Columbia Super…

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing on the government’s procurement and distribution strategies in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Senators q…

Labor Secretary Eugene Scaliahe testified at a Senate Finance Committee hearing about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on unemployment insurance benefits. Secretary Scalia told members…

Lawmakers held a news conference on Capitol Hill to unveil a bipartisan, bicameral coronavirus pandemic emergency relief proposal. The legislative framework would provide $908 billion in aid…

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on colleges and universities. Several college and university presid…

Federal health officials testified before the Senate Health Committee regarding response efforts to the coronavirus outbreak. Questions focused on the availability of test kits nationwide, t…

The Senate Homeland Security Committee approved a subpoena for documents and deposition from Blue Star Strategies, a consulting firm that worked with Ukrainian gas company Burisma when Hunte…

A bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Susan Collins (R-ME) announced two legislative proposals totaling $908 billion to provide coronavirus pandemic emergenc…

The Senate Finance Committee met to consider the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal, known as the USMCA. Following opening statements by lawmakers, the committee voted to favorably send the trade…

Ken Cuccinelli, the acting deputy Homeland Security secretary, and Dr. Robert Kadlec, the assistant secretary of Health and Human Services, testified on the interagency coordination in respo…