Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified on President Biden’s fiscal year 2025 budget request before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. He responded to Sen. John Kennedy’s…
1,202 viewsThe Senate worked on a House-passed government funding measure. This bill would extend funding for part of the government beyond the March 8 deadline until the end of the fiscal year on Sept…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,032 viewsAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified on USDA oversight before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee. They discussed a variety of topics including mitigating child …
496 viewsThe Senate confirmed two U.S. District Court nominations: Julie Sneed, District of Middle Florida; and Melissa Damian, District of Southern Florida. Members also advanced Marjorie Rollinson’…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,139 viewsThe Senate confirmed two Amtrak Board of Directors nominations: Anthony Coscia and Joel Szabat, both for five year terms.
View in Congressional Chronicle203 viewsMaria Muyad and Elise Cataldo, two young girls living with Type 1 diabetes, testified on their experience living with the disease before the Senate Appropriations Committee as members of the…
806 viewsSecretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testified on President’s Biden’s $106 billion emergency aid request that would provide military and humanitarian assistan…
4,049 viewsThe Senate passed the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, which provides $886 billion in national defense funding. It also includes an extension of the FISA surveillance aut…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,549 viewsIn an effort to circumvent Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-AL) hold on senior military nominees, the Senate Rules Committee passed a rule-change resolution, along a party-line vote of 9-7, that a…
1,491 viewsHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra testified on President Biden’s multibillion-dollar supplemental funding requests for the…
3,373 viewsSenate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) held a news conference with Republican colleagues to discuss U.S. support for Israel.
244 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…
1,851 viewsThe Senate continued work on the fiscal year 2024 spending package for the Departments of Agriculture, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development.
View in Congressional Chronicle757 viewsThe Senate confirmed Tanya Bradsher’s nomination to be deputy secretary in the Department of Veterans Affairs, and voted to limit debate on Jeffrey Cummings' nomination to be a U.S. District…
View in Congressional Chronicle607 viewsCustoms and Border Protection Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Intelligence and Analysis James Mandryck, Customs and Border Protection Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner of Field Operat…
1,230 viewsDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo testified on U.S.-China relations, competitiveness, and national security investment b…
1,776 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…
1,482 viewsThe Senate confirmed Natasha Merle’s nomination to be a U.S. District Court judge for Eastern New York, and members voted to move forward with a tax treaty with Chile. Senators also debated …
View in Congressional Chronicle450 viewsGroups representing farmers testified on crop insurance and other federal safety net programs for farmers at a Senate Agriculture subcommittee hearing. Two panels of witnesses represented lo…
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