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The Senate approved two House-passed measures. One funds the government for one week through December 23, and other is the fiscal year 2023 defense programs and policies bill. Members also c…

Internet and Television Association CEO Michael Powell and other executives and advocates testified at a Senate commerce subcommittee hearing on increasing broadband access and achieving sus…

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Rostin Behnam testified at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on the collapse and bankruptcy of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. He called on Congr…

“By the end of this week, the Department of Education will have approved applications of 16 million Americans,” to have their loans discharged, announced President Biden, but said it is “tem…

Policy advocates, industry stakeholders, and government officials testified at a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband hearing on …

Executive branch officials testified at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the continued rise of overdose deaths linked to fentanyl. Senators' questions cent…

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Indian leaders testified about the damage done by federal Native American boarding schools created to acculturate native children starting in the 1870s. Th…

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, and Health and Hu…

Western water and forestry experts testified at a a Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry and Natural Resources hearing on a growing crisis in the western states…

In testimony before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf said the U.S. needs to consider creating a natio…

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified at a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee hearing on agriculture policy. Addressing an ongoing baby formula shortage, Secretary Vi…

The Senate worked on instructions for negotiations between the House and Senate on a science and technology research bill. Both chambers have already passed separate versions of the legislat…

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testified at a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on his department’s fiscal year 2023 budget request. He defended the spen…

White House Budget Director Shalanda Young testified at a Senate Budget Committee hearing on President Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget proposal and priorities. Director Young answered questi…

The Senate Budget Committee held a confirmation hearing to consider President Biden’s nomination of Shalanda Young to be director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Nani Colore…

By a 49-51 margin, the Senate blocked the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 from advancing to a final passage vote. Sixty votes were needed. No Republicans voted for the le…