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The Senate convened for a rare Sunday legislative session. The nominations of William Joseph Baer, of Maryland, to be an assistant attorney general, and of Carol J. Galante, of California, t…

The lighting of the Capitol Christmas tree and the opening holiday ceremonies.

The U.S. Senate convened for a legislative session. The Senate passed H. R. 6156; A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to produ…

Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) discussed the Aurora, Colorado shooting on the Senate floor.

The Senate convened for a legislative session.

The Senate convened for a legislative session.

Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke presented the Federal Reserve Board’s semiannual report on monetary policy. In his testimony he said the two main sources of risk to the economy were the E…

During a legislative session, the majority leader and minority argued about the Senate agenda, and other lawmakers gave general speeches

The Senate took up the Campaign Finance Disclosures Act. At 5:00 p.m. they proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of Kevin McNulty to be United States District Judge for the…

The Senate continued work on a payroll tax credit bill for small businesses.

Witnesses testified about money market funds and proposed regulation of the financial industry. Mary Schapiro said money market funds posed a systemic risk to the financial system and theref…

Jamie Dimon testified on JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion trading loss on May 10, 2012, and business practices in the banking industry. Among the issues he addressed were the bank bailouts follow…

At a time to be determined, the Senate will take two roll call votes on the following amendments to S 3240, the farm reauthorization bill. The votes are expected to be motions to table each …

The Senate resumed consideration of the farm bill.

The heads of federal financial oversight agencies testified on on the implementation of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulations law, focusing on derivatives. They also focused on a $2 bill…

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motion to proceed to S 3187, the FDA bill will be adopted as will the Harkin-Enzi substitute amendment, which will serve as the new base bill for purposes of further amendments.

The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee met to mark up the 2012 Farm bill.