Senate Session
The Senate worked on a House-passed government funding measure. This bill would extend funding for part of the government beyond the March 8 deadline until the end of the fiscal year on Sept…
View in Congressional Chronicle951 viewsThe Senate worked on a House-passed government funding measure. This bill would extend funding for part of the government beyond the March 8 deadline until the end of the fiscal year on Sept…
View in Congressional Chronicle951 viewsAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified on USDA oversight before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee. They discussed a variety of topics including mitigating child …
422 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 Chronicle262 viewsSecretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testified on President’s Biden’s $106 billion emergency aid request that would provide military and humanitarian assistan…
4,019 viewsThe 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 …
View in Congressional Chronicle1,470 viewsHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra testified on President Biden’s multibillion-dollar supplemental funding requests for the…
3,338 viewsThe Senate completed work on and passed a three-bill package for fiscal year 2024 federal spending for the Departments of Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, and Vete…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,292 viewsThe Senate confirmed Jessica Looman’s nomination for Department of Labor administrator of the Wage and Hour Division. Lawmakers also began work on a three-bill fiscal year 2024 spending pack…
View in Congressional Chronicle673 viewsSenate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) held a news conference with Republican colleagues to discuss U.S. support for Israel.
242 viewsThe Senate voted to overturn a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau small business lending rule. The vote was 53-44. Members recessed to attend a classified briefing with Secretary of State …
View in Congressional Chronicle1,006 viewsThe Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on U.S. competitiveness amid recent advances in artificial intelligence. Witnesses included Energy Department Deputy Secretar…
639 viewsEnergy industry stakeholders and policy advocates testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the reliability of the U.S. power grid. Topics included regulations by…
1,817 viewsThe Senate continued work on the fiscal year 2024 spending package for the Departments of Agriculture, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development.
View in Congressional Chronicle755 viewsThe Senate confirmed two nominations: Gwynne Wilcox, National Labor Relations member for a second term; and Lisa Cook, Federal Reserve Board of Governors member for a second term of 14 years…
View in Congressional Chronicle260 viewsChiefs from the National Guard and Reserves testified on President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget request before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. Several topics were discu…
1,304 viewsThe Senate continued work on its version of the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. The House earlier in the month passed its own version.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,005 viewsInterior Secretary Deb Haaland and Deputy Interior Secretary Tommy Beaudreau testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The committee’s senators--most of whom are fr…
1,563 viewsDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo testified on U.S.-China relations, competitiveness, and national security investment b…
1,771 viewsEPA Administrator Michael Regan testified before a Senate panel on the Biden administration’s 2024 budget request for the agency. Topics included addressing the problem of per- and polyfluor…
881 views“We are pursuing a strategy of energy security through energy diversity,” said Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm as she discussed the threats posed to global energy markets by Russia’s inva…
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