Senate Session
The Senate confirmed Jose Javier Rodriguez to be the assistant labor secretary for Employment and Training. Lawmakers also approved a bipartisan measure to repeal a U.S. Department of Agricu…
View in Congressional Chronicle953 viewsThe Senate confirmed Jose Javier Rodriguez to be the assistant labor secretary for Employment and Training. Lawmakers also approved a bipartisan measure to repeal a U.S. Department of Agricu…
View in Congressional Chronicle953 viewsDirector of National Intelligence Avril Haines, CIA Director Bill Burns, and FBI Director Christopher Wray joined other leaders from the intelligence community to testify before the Senate S…
6,991 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 Chronicle987 viewsThe Senate confirmed the nomination of Nathalie Rayes to be U.S. ambassador to Croatia. Republicans blocked consideration of legislation providing emergency aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwa…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,316 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…
3,344 viewsSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other senators held a news conference at the White House driveway about regulating artificial intelligence. This came after they had a biparti…
443 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 Chronicle3,301 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…
1,827 viewsSenators Schumer (D-NY), Todd Young (R-IN), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Mike Rounds (R-SD) briefed reporters following a closed-door meeting on artificial intelligence with the the founder o…
400 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 viewsMajority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters following their weekly party lunch meeting. Topics included the House impeachment inquiry against …
459 viewsMedical experts, policy advocates, and community leaders testified on the economic impact of diabetes before the Joint Economic Committee. Several topics were addressed, including the need f…
371 viewsOfficials from the Agriculture and Interior departments, among others, testified on the federal response to escalating wildfires before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The…
1,299 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…
1,571 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…
1,465 viewsMajority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters following their weekly party lunch meeting. Topics included artificial intelligence, Senator Tommy…
382 viewsAcademics and policy stakeholders, including former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz (Obama administration, 2013-17), discussed bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) during an event…
105 viewsThe Senate confirmed Nusrat Choudhury’s nomination to be a U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of New York. Members also voted to limit debate on Julie Rikelman’s nomination to be a…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,181 viewsThe Senate voted to end debate on the Dilawar Syed’s nomination to be deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration.
View in Congressional Chronicle366 viewsThe Senate began work on a House-passed resolution repealing an Education Department rule on federal student loan forgiveness.
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