The Senate convened for a legislative session. The Senate considered nominations and a terrorism insurance bill. Earlier, it cleared H.R. 5571, a bill extending certain tax breaks beyond thi…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,080 viewsThe Senate considered a House-passed defense authorization bill, which authorized $585 billion for defense programs for 2015.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,873 viewsThe Senate convened for a legislative session. Senators from both parties reacted to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s release of its report on CIA enhanced interrogation techniques.
View in Congressional Chronicle4,297 viewsThe Senate convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle518 viewsCandidates for Alaska’s Senate seat, incumbent Senator Mark Begich (D) and challenger Dan Sullivan (R) met in a debate.
1,223 viewsWitnesses testified at a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing on the overall state of the VA health care system and the findings of an investigation into the Phoenix, Arizona, VA medic…
1,730 viewsBy a vote of 78-22, the Senate cleared H.J. Res 124, a measure to fund the government through December 11, for President Obama’s signature. The House passed the measure 273-156, after amendi…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,669 viewsWitnesses testified on the impact at the federal and state level of extreme weather conditions that many parts of the country were experiencing. Among the topics they addressed were countert…
1,174 viewsThe Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee met to discuss the Cruise Passenger Protection Act. The hearing examined the safety and security regulations of the cruising industr…
1,739 viewsThe Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Robert McDonald to be secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. In remarks, Mr. McDonald pledged to transfor…
2,013 viewsThe Senate was in a period of morning business, with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. Earlier, they voted to advance the nomination of Pamela Harris to be U.S. circuit …
View in Congressional Chronicle906 viewsThe Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held an executive session during which five bills were passed out of the committee before a hearing on cruise ship passenger safety …
412 viewsMembers of the House and Senate met to negotiate differences between their respective bills to overhaul the Veterans Affairs Department (VA). The bills sought to improve access to care and i…
1,767 viewsThe Senate considered the nomination of Crystal Nix-Hines for the rank of ambassador during her tenure as the U.S. representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural O…
View in Congressional Chronicle817 viewsThe Senate debated three Federal Reserve Board of Governors nominations and then held up to three cloture votes on the nominees:Lael Brainard and Jerome Powell to be members, and Stanley Fis…
View in Congressional Chronicle365 viewsWitnesses testified on the training and resources available to firefighters and first responders in communities threatened by wildfires. Mayor Navarre testified by remote video from Alaska. …
347 viewsThe Senate convened for a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. Members voted on three judicial confirmation votes as well as the motion to …
View in Congressional Chronicle714 viewsThe Senate was scheduled to vote on the following: 1.Cloture on David Barron to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the First Circuit 2.Confirmation of Elisebeth Collins Cook to be a member of th…
View in Congressional Chronicle248 viewsSecretary Eric Shinseki testified before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee over delays at Veterans Affairs hospitals in Phoenix and elsewhere, and the deaths of at least 40 veterans who…
6,237 viewsThe Senate convened for a legislative session.
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