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Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) spoke to reporters about their bipartisan jobs legislation. The bill would exempt small businesses from some securities regulations relate…

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).

Senators Claire McCaskill and Pat Toomey spoke to reporters about their bipartisan legislation that would ban earmarks.

Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Committee member Senator Pat Toomey talked about the group’s failure to reach an agreement on federal budget cuts, and the effects of their failur…

Senator Toomey (R-PA) spoke about deficit reduction and tax policy.

Former officials tasked with finding a solution to the nation’s debt and deficit problems testified about their previous attempts to offer solutions and the work of the Joint Select Committe…

Douglas Elmendorf testified on discretionary federal spending at a hearing of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. Among the topics he addressed were defense spending, tax policy…

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.

Thomas Barthold testified on individual and corporate tax rates before the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction hearing on tax code reform. The bipartisan Select Deficit Reduction Com…

Douglas Elmendorf testified before the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. In his remarks he talked about the state of the economy and deficit spending, saying that larger short-ter…

The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction held its first meeting. The bipartisan supercommittee aims to recommend $1.2 trillion in budget deficit reduction over a ten-year period. Memb…

Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) held a town hall meeting in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, that focused on the debt, jobs, and the economy. He also received questions on a balanced budget amendment, th…

In the weekly Republican address Senator Patrick Toomey talked about the impact of government regulation on the economy.

The Senate voted unanimously to extend by two years Robert Mueller’s tenure of the FBI.

A group of House and Senate Republicans spoke to reporters about their support for the passage of legislation that would require the Treasury secretary to prioritize payments for debt servic…

The Senate Banking Committee met to mark the one-year anniversary of President Obama signing the Dodd-Frank Financial Regulations Act in to law, and to look at the impact of that measure. Wi…

The Senate continued work on HR 2055, the Military Construction-Veterans Administration spending bill for fiscal year 2012.

Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke presented to the committee the Federal Reserve Board’s semiannual report on monetary policy. In his remarks he compared possible failure to raise the natio…