The Senate approved a House-passed short-term spending bill to fund the government and avert a shutdown before a midnight deadline on November 17, 2023. The legislation extends government fu…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,209 viewsSen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Rep. John Larson (D-CT) discussed the future of Social Security at the American Association of Retired Persons' (AARP) headquarters in Washington, D.C. Sen. Cass…
226 viewsDr. Monica Bertagnolli, nominee to be director of the National Institutes of Health, testified at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health Committee. She answered senators' question…
1,834 viewsSocial Security Administration (SSA) commissioner nominee Martin O’Malley testified at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee. He made his pitch of why he was qualified f…
1,353 viewsThe Senate voted to limit debate on U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew Maddox’s nomination to the U.S. District Court of Maryland.
View in Congressional Chronicle368 viewsEnergy industry stakeholders and policy advocates testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the reliability of the U.S. power grid. Topics included regulations by…
1,899 viewsChild care policy advocates and early childhood educators testified on child care access and affordability in the U.S. before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Sev…
1,014 viewsSurgeon General Vivek Murthy pointed to loneliness and social media as two areas of concern as drivers of the mental health crisis during his testimony on youth mental health before the Sena…
1,415 viewsPharmaceutical industry CEOs and senior executives testified on lowering the cost of insulin before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. The committee questioned the …
2,957 viewsSen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), the top Republican on the Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, talked about his proposal to address the solvency of the Social Security program.
797 viewsThe Senate voted in favor of limiting debate on Philip Jefferson’s nomination for vice chair of the Federal Reserve.
View in Congressional Chronicle490 viewsTop public health officials testified before the Senate Health Committee on preparing for future emergencies. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky …
1,061 viewsLabor secretary nominee Julie Su testified at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Republicans questioned her qualifications, citing h…
1,969 viewsPhysicians and mental health advocates testified at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on barriers to care, specifically challenges referred to as “phantom or ghost networks.” These networks…
966 views“We are pursuing a strategy of energy security through energy diversity,” said Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm as she discussed the threats posed to global energy markets by Russia’s inva…
1,496 viewsAcademics and policy stakeholders, including former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz (Obama administration, 2013-17), discussed bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) during an event…
107 viewsHealth and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra defended President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget request for the agency before the Senate Finance Committee. Topics included protecting M…
977 viewsSenators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) joined the Atlantic Council for a discussion on bipartisan legislation called Americas Act, to secure and bring supply chains back to t…
221 viewsThe Senate confirmed Elizabeth Allen’s nomination for undersecretary of state for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, and voted to limit debate on Hernan Vera’s nomination to be a U.S. dist…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,492 viewsThe Senate voted to limit debate on Elizabeth Allen’s nomination for undersecretary of state for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
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