Republican Senators, including Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD), criticized the administration’s border policies during a press co…
14,513 viewsThe Senate confirmed the nomination of Nathalie Rayes to be U.S. ambassador to Croatia. Republicans blocked consideration of legislation providing emergency aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwa…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,335 views“Given the steady drumbeat of calls for attacks by foreign terrorist organizations since October 7, we’re working around the clock to identify and disrupt potential attacks by those inspired…
10,227 viewsSenators John Cornyn (R-TX), Mark Warner (D-VA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and others spoke to reporters about President Biden’s emergency supplemental aid request for Ukraine and the impasse o…
101 views“Congratulations on destroying the United States Senate Judiciary Committee,” said Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) to Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-IL) during a tense meeting. The committee voted o…
7,128 viewsThe Senate confirmed two U.S. District Court judicial nominations: Micah Smith, District of Hawaii; and Jamel Semper, District of New Jersey. Members also advanced other nominees, including …
View in Congressional Chronicle1,478 viewsThe Senate approved a House-passed short-term spending bill to fund the government and avert a shutdown before a midnight deadline on November 17, 2023. The legislation extends government fu…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,201 viewsSenators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) held a news conference to discuss what the U.S. response should be if Iran or its proxies seek to widen the war in the Middle Eas…
481 viewsSenate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced that the committee would pursue subpoenas for Republican donor Harlan Crow and conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo as par…
2,605 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…
3,378 viewsAppearing before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, whistleblower Arturo Bejar, a former Meta engineering director and consultant, testified on Meta’s harmful impact on children. He said that …
1,959 viewsThe Senate completed work on and passed a three-bill package for fiscal year 2024 federal spending for the Departments of Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, and Vete…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,330 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…
4,057 viewsThe Senate confirmed Jessica Looman’s nomination for Department of Labor administrator of the Wage and Hour Division. Lawmakers also began work on a three-bill fiscal year 2024 spending pack…
View in Congressional Chronicle687 viewsSeema Nanda, solicitor of labor for the U.S. Labor Department, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee there has been an 88% increase since 2019 in the number of children employed il…
3,105 viewsNCAA President Charlie Baker, Big Ten Commissioner Tony Pettiti, four-time national team gymnast Trinity Thomas, and others testifIed on compensation for college athletes for their name, ima…
1,342 viewsSenator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) spoke with reporters following a closed door Senate briefing on the war and situation in Ukraine.
550 viewsA former U.S. visa holder who moved to America as a young child with his parents from the Netherlands joined immigration policy experts to testify and offer recommendations to congressional …
2,196 viewsIllinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias (D) joined advocates for and against book bans in testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Mr. Giannoulias focused on Illinois' new ant…
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