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IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel testified on the 2024 tax filing season and President Biden’s fiscal year 2025 budget request for the agency during a hearing before the Senate Finance Committ…

Secretary Xavier Becerra testified on President Biden’s fiscal year 2025 budget request for the Health and Human Services Department. He said the budget includes expansions in Medicaid-like …

Policy advocates testified on the intersection of U.S. gun violence and public health before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Witnesses brought in by the Democratic majority included Universi…

Seema 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…

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…

The 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 …

NCAA 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…

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Supreme Court ethical standards following press reports that Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch might be in violation of ethics rules.…

Republican Senate Judiciary Committee members discussed their opposition to a Democratic-led Supreme Court ethics bill during a news conference on Capitol Hill. The committee’s ranking membe…

“I nearly died on their watch,” said Amanda Zurawski before the Senate Judiciary Committee about her inability to receive an emergency abortion in Texas. Ms. Zurawski testified alongside med…

Physicians and mental health advocates testified at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on barriers to care, specifically challenges referred to as “phantom or ghost networks.” These networks…

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra defended President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget request for the agency before the Senate Finance Committee. Topics included protecting M…

Attorney General Merrick Garland testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on oversight of the Justice Department. Topics included the department’s response to Mexican drug cartels and…

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reassured lawmakers the U.S. banking system remains sound as she testified before congress for the first time following two recent bank failures. The secretar…

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified at an oversight hearing held by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Republican senators grilled him with several questions relating to is…

Daniel Werfel, President Biden’s nominee to be IRS commissioner, testified at his confirmation hearing committing to senators from both parties to address issues including public trust, audi…

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the legal impact, financial cost, and human toll of U.S. drone strikes conducted over the past two decades. Topics included the 2001 Authoriz…

Officials with Mastercard and Visa, Giant Eagle’s CEO, and consumer advocates testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on credit and debit card transaction fees. These fees, also kn…

The Senate voted 62-37 to advance a House-passed marriage equality legislation protecting same-sex and interracial marriage under federal law. Twelve Republicans voted “yes” along with all D…

Eli Rosenbaum, director of human rights enforcement and strategy at the Justice Department, called on Congress to address gaps in federal laws that aim to hold international war crime perpet…