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Witnesses testified on the role of Social Security as a source of retirement income as the number of workers with pensions continued to decline. They agreed that Social Security benefits oug…

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 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 convened for a legislative session.

The Senate convened and proceeded to executive session to resume consideration of the nomination of Cornelia Pillard to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia. The session contin…

Witnesses testified on the employer practice of classifying employees as contract workers to avoid paying insurance, taxes, and overtime. They focused on the impact on worker protections, ta…

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.

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…

Marilyn Tavenner, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), testified at a hearing on the online health insurance marketplace. In her testimony she said that we…

The Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to S.815, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

The Senate resumed post-cloture debate on the motion to proceed to ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

The Senate convened and recognized the majority leader. Thereafter, it was the majority leader’s intention to begin consideration of the motion to proceed to S.1569, a bill to ensure the …

The Senate convened for a legislative session. The Senate confirmed the nomination of Colin Stirling Bruce, of Illinois, to be United States district judge for the Central District of Ill…

The Senate convened for a period of morning business. At a time to be determined, members considered two judicial nominations: Colin Stirling Bruce, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central…

Witnesses testified on efforts to reduce health care-related infections from various medical treatments. One of the witnesses recounted his son’s death from sepsis following a school nurse’s…

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.

The Senate convened for a period of morning business, and thereafter resumed consideration of S. 1392, the energy efficiency bill. The Senate passed H.R. 527 As Amended; A bill to amend t…

The Senate convened for a period of morning business and thereafter considered the nominations of Patricia Campbell-Smith and Elaine Kaplan to be judges on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

At approximately 10 a.m., Senate will observe a moment of silence to pay tribute to the thousands of Americans whose lives were taken on September 11, 2001.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee marked up the Strengthening America’s Schools Act of 2013, an education initiative to replace No Child Left Behind.