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The Senate confirmed Christy Wiegand to be U.S. District Court judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Lawmakers also advanced two other District Court nominations: Thomas Cullen for…

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened a hearing to discuss political, security and humanitarian conditions in Venezuela. Witnesses included the State Department’s Special Represent…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on his agency’s fiscal year 2021 budget request. He was also asked about President Trump’s tweet about …

Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun testified at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on U.S.-China relations. Among the topics the deputy secretary addressed were China’s actio…

The Senate continued work on a bill to annually fund national parks and public land maintenance. The bill puts revenue from oil, gas, and mineral development on federal land into the Land an…

Senate Republican leaders held a news conference on Capitol Hill following their weekly party luncheon. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he was tasking Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) wi…

The Senate considered H.R. 6172, the USA Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2020, a bill to reauthorize and reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) through December 1, 2023.

The Senate confirmed William Evanina’s nomination for director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC). Lawmakers also debated coronavirus legislation.

The Senate voted 96-0 in favor of a bill to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. The $2 trillion stimulus package would expand unemployment benefits, provide cash payments to taxpayers, fund…

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Commitee on his department’s fiscal year 2021 budget request. He answered several questions from m…

The Senate convened for a legislative session.

The Senate met for legislative business. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-SD) gave his maiden floor speech.

The Senate worked on judicial nominations and an over-the-counter drug regulations bill.

The Senate confirmed Lawrence Vandyke’s judicial nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and also voted to limit debate on three other nominations: John Sullivan, amba…

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to consider several legislative proposals related to outdoor recreational use of federal lands. Among the witnesses testifyin…

The Senate confirmed two nominations: Barbara Lagoa to be a U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the Eleventh Circuit, and Adrian Zuckerman to be U.S. ambassador to Romania.

The Senate continued work on fiscal year 2020 domestic spending, including the Departments of Agriculture, Justice, Commerce, Science, Interior, Environment, and Housing and Urban Developmen…

The Senate took up a resolution to repeal a Treasury Department rule that puts caps on state and local income tax deductions. The chamber also continued work on fiscal year 2020 domestic spe…

The Senate confirmed three nominations: Brian McGuire’s for deputy treasury undersecretary for legislative affairs; Joseph Cella to be U.S. ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tu…

The Senate passed the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a $750 billion defense programs and policy bill.