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The Senate voted 66-32 to pass a short-term government funding bill. Also, Senator Al Franken (D-MN) delivered his farewell address. He was to leave the Senate on January 2, 2018, following …

The Senate debated and voted 51-48 to pass Republican tax reform legislation.

Advocacy group Voices for Internet Freedom held a rally at Federal Communications Commission headquarters to express opposition to proposed changes to federal net neutrality regulations that…

The Senate confirmed Don Willett’s judicial nomination to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Members also voted to limit debate on James Ho’s nomination to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal…

The chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and two NRC commissioners testified at an oversight hearing for their agency. The witnesses answered a variety of questions on topics inc…

The Senate confirmed the nomination of Kirstjen Nielsen to be Homeland Security secretary.

Members considered the Senate Republican tax reform bill.

The Senate confirmed Dabney Friedrich to be a district judge for the District of Columbia. Senators also voted to limit debate on Gregory Katsas' nomination to be a district judge for the Di…

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing to consider the rules and guidelines for the authority to order the use of nuclear weapons. Members considered the conditions under whic…

The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on data breaches and ways to further secure the personal information of consumers. Witnesses included the current and former CEOs of Equifax who …

Following the weekly Senate Democratic caucus luncheon, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other party leaders spoke with reporters. Senator Schumer criticized the House Republican tax…

Defense Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF). They told t…

The Senate continued work on Scott Palk’s nomination to be a district judge for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Three State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development officials testified at a hearing on U.S.-Myanmar relations, with a focus on the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in that nati…

Witnesses testified at a hearing on the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Food for Peace program, as well as on ways to distribute food aid more effectively around the worl…

The Senate continued work on the fiscal year 2018 budget resolution.

The Senate began consideration of the fiscal year 2018 budget resolution.

Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren (D) and Edward Markey (D) were two of the speakers honoring John Kerry, a former Democratic Massachusetts senator and Obama administration secretary o…

The Senate debated the nomination of Lee Cissna to be director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

The Senate confirmed Federal Communications Commission Chair Ajit Pai’s renomination for a second term.