Senate Session, Part 2
The Senate voted 89-10 to begin work on a five-year Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill, as current FAA programs were due to expire on May 10, 2024.
View in Congressional Chronicle181 viewsThe Senate voted 89-10 to begin work on a five-year Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill, as current FAA programs were due to expire on May 10, 2024.
View in Congressional Chronicle181 viewsIn a 79-18 vote, the Senate approved the $95.3 billion House-passed foreign aid package that includes money for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The measure also includes new sanctions against R…
View in Congressional Chronicle6,046 viewsThe Senate continued work on House-passed legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for two years. Section 702 allows the U.S. to monitor for…
View in Congressional Chronicle944 viewsThe Senate voted 51-49 to adjourn the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after the two articles of impeachment against him were defeated on constitutional po…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,826 viewsThe Senate confirmed Ann Marie McIff Allen’s nomination to be a U.S. District Court judge for Utah. Members also approved a joint resolution of disapproval to block a Federal Highway Adminis…
View in Congressional Chronicle862 viewsThe Senate approved the House-passed $1.2 trillion six-bill spending package to fund about 70 percent of the federal government through the end of the fiscal year on September 30, and avoid …
View in Congressional Chronicle5,119 viewsThe Senate confirmed Jose Javier Rodriguez to be the assistant labor secretary for Employment and Training. Lawmakers also approved a bipartisan measure to repeal a U.S. Department of Agricu…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,090 viewsSocial Security Administration (SAA) Commissioner Martin O’Malley testified on the financial state of the Social Security program during a public hearing before the Senate Special Aging Comm…
1,984 viewsOfficials from the State Department, Defense Department, and U.S. Agency for International Development testified on U.S. strategy in the Pacific Islands region before the Senate Foreign Rela…
309 viewsThe Senate Environment and Public Works Committee examined consumer packaging, recycling and how to reduce plastic waste during a public hearing. Among those testifying included Fick Johnson…
456 views“It shows that Putin’s playbook hasn’t changed. This is the way he operates,” said Estonian Prime Minster Kaja Kallas when asked during the Munich Security Conference about Russian President…
296 viewsDuring the early morning hours, the Senate passed (70-29) legislation providing $95.3 billion in foreign aid to Israel, Taiwan, and Ukraine. In the final hours of debate, a group of Republic…
View in Congressional Chronicle6,178 viewsThe Senate confirmed two nominations: Karoline Mehalchick to be a U.S. District Court judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and Joseph Goffman to be an Environmental Protection Agen…
View in Congressional Chronicle342 viewsThe Senate Aging Committee examined the state of the assisted living industry. One of the witnesses was Patricia Vessenmeyer, whose late husband lived in an assisted living facility due to d…
1,019 viewsRepublican Senators Bill Hagerty, Mike Rounds, Pete Ricketts, Ted Budd, Marsha Blackburn, and Cynthia Lummis spoke to reporters about legislation that would count citizens for the purposes o…
395 viewsThe Senate confirmed two U.S. District Court nominations: Jacquelyn D. Austin, District of South Carolina; and Cristal Brisco, Northern District of Indiana.
View in Congressional Chronicle768 viewsThe Senate resumed consideration of a temporary spending bill to avert a government shutdown on January 19. The House-passed bill being used to house the continuing resolution is H.R. 2872, …
View in Congressional Chronicle268 viewsA bipartisan group of senators, and others, held a news conference with American and Israeli families of hostages kidnapped by Hamas.
320 viewsThe Senate resumed executive business following a recess for weekly caucus luncheons. No votes were taken.
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