Politics and Foreign Policy
Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) talked about U.S. foreign policy issues. Topics included the fight against *ISIS, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Iran and its nuclear program,…
373 viewsSenators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) talked about U.S. foreign policy issues. Topics included the fight against *ISIS, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Iran and its nuclear program,…
373 viewsThe Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to mark up a bill that would authorize limited military force against ISIS for three years. It also permits the use of ground forces in certain sit…
423 viewsSecretary of State John Kerry testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the use of military force against ISIS militants. Secretary Kerry said a new congressional Authori…
3,471 viewsSenator Rand Paul (R-KY) delivered a keynote address at the annual Eisenhower Luncheon hosted by the Franklin County Republican Committee in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He talked about diver…
933 viewsSenator Rand Paul campaigned for Republican Senate and House candidates in North Carolina. In Raleigh, Senator Paul officially endorsed Republican U.S. Senate candidate Thom Tillis, who was …
702 viewsThe Family Research Council held its ninth annual Values Voter Summit, held from September 25-27, 2014. This morning session included several former members of the military who were critical…
833 viewsSecretary of State John Kerry testified at a Senate Foreign Relation Committee hearing on U.S. strategy for combating the Islamic State* militant group. He had just returned from a trip abro…
7,141 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 at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on the sale of Department of Defense weapons and equipment to state and local police forces.
9,727 viewsLaw professors, tax experts, and executives from Caterpillar testified on the offshore tax strategies of the Peoria, Illinois, manufacturing company. In his opening remarks Subcommittee Chai…
4,934 viewsSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Alison Lundergan Grimes, his Democratic opponent in the Kentucky U.S. Senate race, were among the speakers at the annual Fancy Farm Picnic i…
1,564 viewsObama administration officials and academics testified on the status of nuclear negotiations between the U.S. and five other global powers (P5+1) with Iran. A July 20th, 2014, deadline to re…
905 viewsThe Senate debated S. 2244, a bill to reauthorize the terrorism risk insurance program for seven years.
View in Congressional Chronicle669 viewsThe Senate convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle681 viewsSenator Rand Paul (R-KY) spoke at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority” policy conference at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. He talked about a disconnect between p…
651 viewsHerman Cain, Representatives Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Tom Price (R-GA), and Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI), Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ), Senator Rand Paul (R-KY…
528 viewsPotential candidates for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, Governor Bobby Jindal (LA), Senator Rand Paul (KY), and former Senator Rick Santorum (PA), spoke at the 2014 Iowa Rep…
1,489 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 convened for a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. The nomination of David Barron to be a federal appeals court judge was confi…
View in Congressional Chronicle9,099 viewsThe Senate convened for a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. Following a vote at 12:15 on the confirmation of Stanley Fischer to be a vice…
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