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The Senate voted 66-32 to pass a short-term government funding bill. Also, Senator Al Franken (D-MN) delivered his farewell address. He was to leave the Senate on January 2, 2018, following …

A bipartisan group of senators held a news conference on the re-authorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Section 702 was set to expire at the end of …

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a hearing on President Trump’s nomination of former Eli Lilly head Alex Azar for Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary. C…

Defense Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF). They told t…

The Senate passed a $36.5 billion emergency supplemental disaster aid in response to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria and wildfires in California. Lawmakers also voted to invalidate a Cons…

In a 51-49 vote, the Senate passed the Republican fiscal year 2018 budget resolution which clears the way for committees to work on tax legislation Senator Rand Paul (KY) was the only Republ…

University professors and medical experts testified at a hearing on federal funding for scientific research. Subcommittee Chair Rand Paul (R-KY) called for greater transparency involving fed…

Senator Rand Paul spoke to reporters on Capitol Hill about the federal budget process. He explained his vote in favor of starting debate on the budget and presented what it would take for hi…

President Trump signed an executive order to expand access to health care insurance by allowing plans to be sold across state lines. In a signing ceremony at the White House, he outlined why…

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) told reporters at a press briefing that he remained opposed to the revised Senate Republican Affordable Care Act replacement, the Graham-Cassidy bill. Senator Paul s…

On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) talked about the latest Senate Republican bill to replace the Affordable Care Act.

Health care stakeholders, including state and insurance company officials, testified at a hearing on stabilization of the individual insurance market. They discussed the future of “cost-shar…

The Senate continued work on the $692 billion Defense Authorization bill for fiscal year 2018. Senators also voted to table an amendment offered by Senator Rand Paul that would sunset curren…

The Senate continued work on the the Defense Authorization bill.

The Senate approved the House-passed emergency supplemental spending bill for the relief and recovery effort in Texas and Louisiana. The measure included a three-month debt hike and temporar…

State health insurance commissioners gave their recommendations to stabilize and lower costs of the individual health insurance markets. Topics included the uncertainty of the future of Affo…

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) addressed the annual National Conservative Student conference. He talked about the state of the conservative movement, the Senate’s previous-week vote on replacing t…

The Senate resumed debate on H.R.1628, the American Health Care Act. Among the amendments considered were one by Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) that would have repealed most of the Affordable Care…

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a confirmation hearing for the ambassador nominations to key U.S. allies, including Canada, Singapore, Italy, the United Kingdom, and NATO. Former…

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) told reporters he had not been swayed by changes to the revised Affodable Care Act replacement bill, which was expected to be unveiled the following day. “They’ve no…