Newsmakers with Senator Lamar Alexander
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) talked about the Every Child Succeeds legislation signed by President Obama, bringing efficiency to the Senate, and the 2016 election. Senator Alexander is the…
941 viewsSenator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) talked about the Every Child Succeeds legislation signed by President Obama, bringing efficiency to the Senate, and the 2016 election. Senator Alexander is the…
941 viewsThe Senate approved the conference report to the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015, which reauthorizes and rewrites the 2001 No Child Left Behind law.
View in Congressional Chronicle502 viewsThe Senate resumed debate on the conference report to the Every Child Achieves Act, which rewrites and reauthorizes the 2001 No Child Left Behind law.
View in Congressional Chronicle470 viewsThe Senate confirmed Travis Randall McDonough’s nomination to be a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
View in Congressional Chronicle352 viewsThe Senate resumed debate on the House-passed budget reconciliation bill, which includes provisions to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle766 viewsThe Senate convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle883 viewsThe Senate continued work on H.R. 2577, the fiscal year 2016 Transportation-Housing and Urban Development (HUD) spending bill. Senators voted to advance a motion to go to conference with the…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,022 viewsRobert Califf testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on his nomination to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. Many of senators' question…
1,616 viewsThe Senate blocked the fiscal year 2016 defense spending bill. Senators also advanced consideration H.R. 2029, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriati…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,309 viewsThe Senate failed to advance a legislation dealing with clean water regulations. The bill would require the Obama administration to rewrite a rule governing waters covered under the clean wa…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,527 viewsThe Senate continued initial debate via a motion to proceed to the Federal Water Quality Protection Act (S. 1140), The bill seeks to change an Obama administration rule dealing with the regu…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,530 viewsWitnesses testified at a hearing on mental health challenges in the U.S. Topics included smoking, incarceration, and research on genetics. Dr. Insel talked about researching fire arms as a p…
878 viewsThe Senate began consideration of a two-year, $80 billion budget deal that also raises the debt ceiling.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,563 viewsThe Senate voted 74-21 to approve the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015.
View in Congressional Chronicle635 viewsThe Senate continued work on cybersecurity legislation that would encourage private companies and the government to share information about cyber threat indicators and data breaches.
View in Congressional Chronicle822 viewsThe Senate voted to block H.R. 2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle550 viewsNational Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins and other other NIH directors testified at a hearing about his agency’s fiscal year 2016 budget. The talked about the areas m…
800 viewsThe Senate voted 70-27 to pass the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle552 viewsWitnesses testified at a hearing on a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling that companies can be held responsible for labor violations committed by their contractors. Committee Chair…
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