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The Senate approved the nominations of Owen West to be an assistant secretary of defense and J. Paul Compton Jr. to be general counsel of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Department.

The Senate voted in favor of invoking cloture on the nomination of Leonard Steven Grasz to be a U.S. circuit judge for the Eighth Circuit.

The Senate Banking Committee held a confirmation hearing for President Trump’s Federal Reserve chair nominee, Jerome Powell. Mr. Powell answered questions on his overall philosophy and antic…

The Senate Finance Committee wrapped up its fourth and final day of debate on the Republican tax reform legislation. In this portion, Democratic members offered amendments on several provisi…

The Senate Finance Committee continued its fourth day of debate on the Republican tax reform legislation. Democrats offered several amendments in this session pertaining to various provision…

The Senate Finance Committee continued its fourth day of debate on the Republican tax reform legislation. Democrats offered several amendments in this session pertaining to various provision…

The Senate Finance Committee continued into its fourth day of consideration of the Senate Republicans' tax reform bill. The committee’s chair, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), said that he was fr…

The Senate met to consider several nominations.

The Senate Finance Committee for a third day examined and debated the Republican tax reform bill. Democratic members voiced anger and frustration after several changes were made to the bill …

The Senate Finance Committee met for a second day to mark up the Senate Republican tax reform bill. In part one committee members questioned several panelists and reviewed the bill’s basic s…

The Senate Finance Committee began marking up a tax code reform bill, the first day of an expected four-day process to amend and approve the legislation. Members offered opening remarks for …

The Senate passed a $36.5 billion emergency supplemental disaster aid in response to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria and wildfires in California. Lawmakers also voted to invalidate a Cons…

Representatives of the credit reporting industry and consumer protection groups were among the witnesses at a hearing on potential legislative responses to the Equifax data breach, which mad…

The Senate Budget Committee continued its markup of its version of a fiscal year 2018 federal budget. The legislation lays the groundwork for Republicans to advance their tax bill through th…

After returning from a break for floor votes, the Senate Budget Committee continued its markup of its version of a fiscal year 2018 federal budget. The legislation lays the groundwork for Re…

The Senate confirmed the nominations of Lee Cissna to be director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and Randal Quarles to be a member and vice chair of the Federal Reserve Bo…

The Senate Budget Committee began the first day of markup on its version of a fiscal year 2018 budget that lays the groundwork for Republicans to advance their tax legislation. The budget re…

Former Equifax Chair and CEO Richard Smith testified before the Senate Banking Committee on the company’s data breach that left more than 140 million consumers' data at risk. Senators focuse…

The Senate continued work on several nominations, including Eric Hargan to be deputy Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary and Lee Cissna to be director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigrati…

Wells Fargo CEO Timothy Sloan testified at a hearing on the bank’s business practices. Wells Fargo had faced scrutiny since 2016 when it was revealed that customers had unknowingly been enro…