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The Senate convened and began a period of morning business.Thereafter, members proceeded to concurrent consideration of S.J.Res.10 and S.J.Res.24, joint resolutions proposing balanced budget…

MF Global executives testified about the bankruptcy of their financial firm, as well as claims a senior employee with the company told one of its auditors that CEO Jon Corzine knew about the…

Customers affected by the financial firm MF Global’s bankruptcy testified at a Senate hearing. Roger Hupfer, a grain elevator operator from Freeland Michigan said regulators clearly failed t…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business.

The Senate convened and began with a period of morning business. Thereafter, members resumed consideration of S.1867, the National Defense Authorization Act.

The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing to consider the nominations of Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Varadaraj Pai to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Senator John Thune (R-SD) talked about reasons he is endorsing Mitt Romney as the 2012 Republican presidential candidate.

John Pistole testified at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) oversight hearing. In his testimony he announced an expansion of a pre-check program for airline passengers, which allo…

The Senate began work on an infrastructure and transportation spending package, the second piece of President Obama’s jobs plan.

Senate Republican leaders spoke to reporters following weekly party lunches.

The Senate voted on procedural motions to advance parts of President Obama’s jobs legislation.

Witnesses testified on concussions suffered by student athletes. Among the topics addressed were returning to play too soon after injury, diagnosis of concussions, protective equipment, and …

Members of Congress, federal and local officials, and experts testified on the condition of U.S. flood control systems.

The Senate began work on a fiscal year 2012 spending measure that includes three of the 12 annual spending bills that fund the federal government and related agencies.

The Senate Finance Committee marked up bills for the Colombia, Panama, and South Korea Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). The measures included job retraining for U.S. workers displaced by the ag…

In the weekly Republican address, Senator John Thune (R-SD) spoke about the president’s jobs plan and free trade agreements being considered in the Senate.

Late in the session Majority Leader Reid (D-NV) moved that a post-cloture motion by Republicans was dilatory. The chair ruled against the motion and the ruling of the chair was appealed and …