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Jay Clayton, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, testified at an oversight hearing before the Senate Banking Committee. Lawmakers asked him about a variety of issues, includi…

The Senate Armed Services Committee held a confirmation hearing for President Trump’s nominees to be the next commanders of U.S. Central Command commander and the U.S. Special Operations. Me…

The Senate continued work on judicial and executive nominations. Members advanced the nominations of Jonathan Kobes to be a circuit court judge for the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and Ka…

Several senators paid tribute to Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), who was retiring after serving seven terms. Senator Hatch then spoke about his tenure.

The co-chairs of the National Defense Strategy Commission, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee. The two witnesses discussed the findings and recommendations of their commiss…

National Action Network (NA) founder Reverend Al Sharpton and his organization hosted the NAN’s annual legislative and policy conference. The event focused on the results of the 2018 midter…

Candidates in Massachusetts' Senate race, incumbent Senator Elizabeth Warren (D) and challenger Geoff Diehl (R), met for their second debate. Thye discussed discussed Social Security, the le…

Massachusetts Senate candidates, incumbent Senator Elizabeth Warren (D) and challenger Geoff Diehl (R) took part in a debate. They discussed tax reform legislation, health care, defense fund…

Economist Nouriel Roubini and the Coin Center’s Research Director, Peter Van Valkenburg, testified at a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on cryptocurrency and bloc…

The Senate continued debate and discussion of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to be an associate justice on the Supreme Court.

Financial regulators testified before the Senate Banking Committee on implementation of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act. The legislation passed with bipart…

State education officials from Nebraska, Delaware and South Carolina testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on implementation of the Every Student Succee…

The Senate Armed Services Committee held a confirmation hearing on the nominations of Army General Robert Abrams to be commander of the U.N. Command, the Combined Forces Command and the U.S.…

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing on health care costs. Health care executives testified on providing quality health care and costs to consumers and l…

The Senate voted to advance the nomination of Elad Roisman to serve on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins testified before the Senate Health Committee about ongoing science and research at NIH. He was joined by four of his colleagues who ans…

The 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 a…

Treasury, Homeland Security, and State Department officials testified before the Senate Banking Committee about sanctions against Russia. Witnesses were challenged by committee members of bo…

Netroots Nation held its annual conference in New Orleans. Among the speakers were Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Kamala Harris (D-CA). They were joined by Democratic candidates runnin…

The 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 and…