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The Senate convened for a legislative session and resumed consideration of H.R.5949, the FISA bill. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R.1, the Emergency Supplemental Appropr…

The Senate convened for a period of morning business and thereafter resumed consideration of H.R.1, the legislative vehicle for the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill to provide reli…

The U.S. Senate convened for a legislative session. The Senate passed H. R. 6156; A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to produ…

The Senate convened for a period of morning business, with the time equally divided. At about 2 p.m., the Senate began consideration of HR 6156, the Russia/Moldova trade bill. The Senate co…

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) called on Congress to extend the Bush-era tax cuts on incomes under $250,000 and avoid another damaging fight over the debt ceiling. He sa…

The Senate convened for a legislative session.

Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), John McCain (R-AZ), and Max Baucus (D-MO) discussed foreign policy on the Senate floor.

Witnesses testified about U.S. tax policy and the capital gains tax rate in the context of comprehensive tax reform. The maximum capital gains tax rate was 15 percent, as compared to the max…

The Senate resumed consideration of S.3457, the Veterans Jobs Corps Act.

Committee members met to mark up legislation dealing with tax “extenders,” a number of short-term tax breaks. Among the amendments they considered were credits for “Make it in America,” appl…

Committee members made opening statements at a markup hearing on legislation dealing with tax “extenders,” a number of short-term tax breaks. It included an extension for the research and de…

Witnesses testified on at the bankruptcy of MF Global. The panel also reviewed the recent collapse of Peregrine Financial Group, and how customer protections could be strengthened to prevent…

The Senate convened and resumed consideration of S.3414, the cybersecurity bill.

Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) and others testified on legislation he co-sponsored, the Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act, to help with the backlog of water projects in rural communi…

The Senate convened for a legislative session.

The Senate convened for a legislative session.

Physicians Medicare’s physician payment system and offered solutions to make it more efficient. They called for a comprehensive solution to replace the government’s sustainable growth rate (…

Health insurance executives talked about their methods for dealing with doctor payments for Medicare-related services. Committee Chair Baucus asked the panelists how the Supreme Court’s upco…