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The Senate by voice vote passed a short-term spending bill to fund the government through February 8, 2019. Members also voted in favor of limiting debate on Joseph Maguire’s nomination to b…

Senators paid tribute to former President George H.W. Bush, who died on November 30 at age 94.

The Senate continued work on judicial and executive nominations. Members advanced the nominations of Jonathan Kobes to be a circuit court judge for the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and Ka…

Senators Coons (D-DE), Booker (D-NJ) and Flake (R-AZ) tried to bring up a bipartisan bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) objected. Earlier in the mont…

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing on two of President Trump’s nominees, including that of Ronald Vitello to be in charge of Immigration and Custo…

The Senate voted to limit debate on a two-year $20 billion bill to set policy and programs for the Coast Guard. The bill requires the Coast Guard to enforce new rules from the Environmental …

In the Oval Office, President Trump signed America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, which authorized $6.1 billion for 12 new water projects for construction by the Army Corps of Engineers…

Delaware Senate candidates, incumbent Senator Tom Carper (D) and challenger Rob Arlett (R) met for a debate. They discussed gun control, the national debt, universal health care, and the Sup…

The Senate passed a water infrastructure bill that includes $4.4 billion for a program that finances state and local drinking water projects. Lawmakers also rejected a Democratic resolution …

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, FBI Director Christopher Wray and the acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center testified on national security threats before the …

The Senate continued work on a water infrastructure bill that included $4.4 billion for a program that finances state and local drinking water projects. Members also approved 96-3 a procedur…

In a vote of 50-48 vote, the Senate confirmed Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be an associate justice on the Supreme Court. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), who voted “no” on cloture and was the only…

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing on the nominations of Steven Dillingham to become the director of the U.S. Census Bureau and Michael Kubayanda …

The Senate Finance Committee considered the nomination of Andrew Saul to head the Social Security Administration. Mr. Saul, a former chair of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board d…

Officials with the Justice Department, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Co…

Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) gave a victory speech after defeating challenger Kerri Harris in the U.S. Senate Democratic primary race in Delaware.

The Senate passed H.R. 6157, a two-bill $857 billion fiscal year 2019 spending package containing the two largest annual spending bills that fund the Defense Department as well as the Labor,…

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma and U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee on combating Medicaid fr…

Officials from the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services testified before a Senate Homeland Security subcommittee on efforts to protect unaccompanied immig…

Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler testified on his agency’s priorities, his first congressional appearance since taking over following Scott Pruitt’s resignation on July 6, 2018. Mr. W…