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Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA) discussed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) at an event hosted by Georgetown University Law School. …

The Senate approved House-passed legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for two years. Section 702 allows the U.S. to monitor foreign citi…

U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Timothy Lenderking and Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for the Middle East Daniel Shapiro testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near E…

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…

Maryland Governor Wes Moore (D) and the state’s congressional delegation held a news conference to discuss federal funding for the rebuilding of the Key Bridge, which collapsed on March 24 a…

The Senate voted to limit Susan Bazis' nomination to be a U.S. District Court judge for Nebraska.

Maryland officials, including Gov. Wes Moore (D), provided an update on the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse investigation. The governor updated that a emergency request for $60 million was app…

Governor Wes Moore (D-MD), Maryland Senators Ben Cardin (D) and Chris Van Hollen (D), White House Adviser Tom Perez, members from Maryland State Police and U.S. Coast Guard, and others held …

“Today we are most acutely focused on the emergency operations underway and on the families that have been impacted. I have no doubt that we will rebuild together, and that Baltimore will co…

The Senate approved the House-passed $1.2 trillion six-bill spending package to fund about 70 percent of the federal government through the end of the fiscal year on September 30, and avoid …

The Senate confirmed two U.S. District Court nominations: Edward Sunyol Kiel, District of New Jersey; and Eumi Lee, Northern District of California.

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 …

The Senate confirmed Service Employees International Union general counsel Nicole Berner to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Officials from the State Department, Defense Department, and U.S. Agency for International Development testified on U.S. strategy in the Pacific Islands region before the Senate Foreign Rela…

The Senate confirmed Dennis Hankins’s nomination for U.S. ambassador to Haiti. Mr. Hankins was nominated by President Biden in May 2023, and the Port-au-Prince-based post had been without a …

The Senate confirmed two U.S. District Court judicial nominations: Sunil Harjani, Northern Illinois; and Melissa DuBose, Rhode Island. Members also confirmed Sean Patrick Maloney to be U.S. …

The Senate approved (77-13) the House-passed continuing resolution to extend government funding in two stages, until March 8 and 22, to avert a looming partial government shutdown at midnigh…

The Senate confirmed two U.S. District Court nominations: Julie Sneed, District of Middle Florida; and Melissa Damian, District of Southern Florida. Members also advanced Marjorie Rollinson’…

The Senate convened and began with a reading by Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) of President George Washington’s 1796 Farewell Address. The annual event began on the former president’s birthday in…

The Senate voted in favor of advancing consideration of legislation providing security aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, and humanitarian aid for civilians in the Gaza Strip. This came aft…