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Witnesses testified on the role of Social Security as a source of retirement income as the number of workers with pensions continued to decline. They agreed that Social Security benefits oug…

Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) delivered the weekly Republican address. He spoke about the Affordable Care Act.

The Senate convened and proceeded to executive session to resume consideration of the nomination of Cornelia Pillard to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia. The session contin…

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James McPherson, and others spoke at an event commemorating the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and…

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Janet Yellen for Federal Reserve chair. Many senators' questions focused on when the Federal Reser…

Richard Cordray gave his semi-annual report to Congress of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). He focused on the agency’s efforts to craft new auto lending rules and addressed R…

Senate will continue consideration of S. 815, Employment Non-Discrimination Act. At 11:45 a.m., Senate will vote on or in relation to Reid (for Toomey/Flake) Amendment No. 2013 to the bill, …

Secretary Kathleen Sebelius updated the committee on the status of fixing the ongoing difficulties with the Affordable Care Act’s HealthCare.gov insurance exchanges. She said many improvemen…

The Senate took cloture votes on the nominations of Representative Mel Watt (D-NC) to be director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and Patricia Millett for Washington, D.C. Circuit Cou…

House and Senate negotiators held their first formal meeting on the 2014 federal budget. The conference committee was supposed to come up with a budget plan by mid December 2013, as called f…

Witnesses testified on the impact of a default on financial stability and economic growth in the U.S. In their remarks the outlined various scenarios should Congress allow a default and warn…

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testified on raising the debt limit. In his remarks he warned the committee that failing to raise the debt ceiling could cause havoc in financial markets, which r…

The Senate convened for a period of morning business. At a time to be determined, members considered two judicial nominations: Colin Stirling Bruce, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central…

The Senate continued consideration of H. J.Res. 59, Continuing Appropriations Resolution. The filing deadline for germane first-degree amendments to the joint resolution was 1 p.m.

The Senate convened for a period of morning business, and thereafter resumed consideration of S. 1392, the energy efficiency bill. The Senate passed H.R. 527 As Amended; A bill to amend t…

Financial regulators testified on ways to prevent catastrophic threats to financial markets. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Mary Jo White and Commodity Futures Trading Com…

The Senate convened for a period of morning business and thereafter resumed consideration of S. 1243, the Transportation-HUD spending bill for fiscal year 2014. The Senate confirmed the nomi…

Ben Bernanke testified on the U.S. economic outlook for the year and the future of economic growth. He said that he can only recommend and not “threaten” Congress to take action to improve t…

The Senate confirmed the nomination of Fred P. Hochberg, of New York, to continue as president of the Export-Import Bank.

The Senate resumed work on S 744, the immigration bill.