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Witnesses testified at a Senate hearing on existing child abuse laws and ways to improve reporting requirements. Witnesses talked about personal stories of abuse, the emotional damage abuse …

The Senate Education Committee marked up a new version of the George W. Bush administration education law “No Child Left Behind,” intended to ensure students are college and career-ready by …

The Senate Education Committee marked up a new version of the George W. Bush administration education law “No Child Left Behind,” intended to ensure students are college and career-ready by …

The Senate convened for a period of morning business and thereafter began consideration of S.1867, the Department of Defense Authorization Act. Members approved a continuing resolution to fu…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, proceeded to executive session to consider judicial nominations. Subsequently, resumed consideration of H.R.2354, the …

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, it began consideration of the motion to proceed to S.J.Res.27, a joint resolution disapproving a rule submitted by the…

The Senate voted on procedural motions to advance parts of President Obama’s jobs legislation.

The Senate began work on a fiscal year 2012 spending measure that includes three of the 12 annual spending bills that fund the federal government and related agencies.

Witnesses testified on the safety of pharmaceuticals made fully or partially abroad. A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report indicated that 80 percent of U.S. drug ingredients, and 4…

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a nomination hearing for Wendy Sherman to be Department of State undersecretary for political affairs. Among the issues she addressed were the Oba…

The Senate voted unanimously to extend by two years Robert Mueller’s tenure of the FBI.

Four Democratic senators spoke to reporters about the House Republican “Cut, Cap, and Balance” bill, which passed in the House the previous day. The senators said that the bill would dramati…

Senate Democratic leaders held a news conference in which they called on Republicans to include a repeal of ethanol subsidies as a part of a final deal on the federal debt limit. The senator…

The Senate Select Intelligence Committee held a hearing on the nomination of General David Petraeus to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Among the topics hie addressed were ope…

Secretary Gates and Admiral Mullen testified on the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2012 budget request. Among the topics they addressed were U.S. relations with Pakistan, the military capa…

Army Secretary John McHugh and Chief of Staff General Martin Dempsey testified about the U.S. Army’s budget request and spending programs for fiscal year 2012.