Senate Session
The Senate by voice vote passed a short-term spending bill to fund the government through February 8, 2019. Members also voted in favor of limiting debate on Joseph Maguire’s nomination to…
View in Congressional Chronicle8,812 viewsThe Senate by voice vote passed a short-term spending bill to fund the government through February 8, 2019. Members also voted in favor of limiting debate on Joseph Maguire’s nomination to…
View in Congressional Chronicle8,812 viewsSenator Richard Shelby (R-AL) spoke briefly with reporters after a closed-door briefing with CIA Director Gina Haspel on the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the…
424 viewsFinancial regulators testified before the Senate Banking Committee on implementation of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act. The legislation passed with…
674 viewsThe Senate approved the final version of H.R. 6157, a two-bill spending package funding the Departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for fiscal year 2019. The…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,553 viewsThe Senate passed H.R. 6157, a two-bill $857 billion fiscal year 2019 spending package containing the two largest annual spending bills that fund the Defense Department as well as the…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,404 viewsThe Senate continued consideration of H.R. 6157, a two-bill $857 billion fiscal year 2019 spending package containing the two largest annual spending bills that fund the Defense Department…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,256 viewsThe Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 6157, a two-bill $857 billion fiscal year 2019 spending package containing the two largest annual spending bills that fund the Defense Department as…
View in Congressional Chronicle595 viewsThe Senate confirmed two U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit nominations: Marvin Quattlebaum and Julius Richardson. Senators also unanimously passed Senator Brian Schatz’s (D-HI) Freedom of…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,544 viewsThe Senate passed H.R.6147, a package of four spending bills for fiscal year 2019: (1) Interior and Environment, (2) Financial Services, (3) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,764 viewsThe Senate confirmed Britt Grant to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. They also voted to advance four fiscal year 2019 spending bills.
View in Congressional Chronicle494 viewsThe Senate continued debate on H.R.6147, a package of four spending bills for fiscal year 2019: (1) Interior and Environment, (2) Financial Services, (3) Transportation, Housing and Urban…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,084 viewsThe Senate continued debate on H.R.6147, a package of four spending bills for fiscal year 2019: (1) Interior and Environment, (2) Financial Services, (3) Transportation, Housing and Urban…
View in Congressional Chronicle849 viewsThe Senate confirmed the nomination of Robert Wilkie to be the secretary of Veterans Affairs.
View in Congressional Chronicle645 viewsThe chair and a commissioner of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) testified with other government officials and voting system vendors about election security in a hearing of the…
1,019 viewsThe Senate voted to go to conference with the House on several fiscal year 2019 federal spending bills and for the conferees to consider provisions for national flood insurance and the role of Congress…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,933 viewsAt a White House meeting with Republican lawmakers who serve on the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, President Trump began by reading a statement to the press about the Supreme Court…
1,717 viewsThe Senate approved a spending package for fiscal year 2019 energy and water projects, the legislative branch, military construction, and veterans affairs. Senators also voted to move…
View in Congressional Chronicle944 viewsThe Senate worked on a spending package for energy and water projects, the legislative branch, military construction, and veterans affairs.
View in Congressional Chronicle829 viewsDefense Secretary James Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Joseph Dunford testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on President Trump’s fiscal year 2019 budget request.…
1,265 viewsThe Senate Rules and Administration Committee held a hearing to consider a legislative proposal, sponsored by Senator James Lankford (R-OK), that would change procedures for the…
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