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The Senate cleared, by unanimous consent, a resolution continuing current federal funding for two days, giving the chamber time to debate H.R. 83, the $1.1 trillion federal spending bill, wh…

The Senate confirmed Lawrence Vandyke’s judicial nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and also voted to limit debate on three other nominations: John Sullivan, amba…

The Senate confirmed Patrick Bumatay’s nomination to be U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the Ninth Circuit, and voted to limit debate on Lawrence Vandyke’s judicial nomination to the U.S. Cou…

Senators paid tribute to Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA), who was retiring at the end of the month. Senator Isakson also gave his farewell speech. Later, members voted in favor of limiting deb…

The Senate continued consideration of judicial nominations.

Eugene Scalia testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on his nomination to serve as Labor secretary. He addressed a number of topics with lawmakers, inclu…

The Senate considered several judicial and executive nominations.

The Senate voted to advance the nomination of Kelly Craft to be U.S. representative to the United Nations General Assembly.

Kelly Craft, the U.S. ambassador to Canada and President Trump’s nominee to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, testified at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation …

The Senate confirmed several nominees for district court judges in Texas, Florida, and Louisiana. Lawmakers also advanced the motion to proceed to S. 1790, the National Defense Authorization…

The Senate voted to block a unanimous consent from Select Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Mark Warner (D-VA) to bring up a bill requiring political candidates to report election-relate…

The Senate considered the nomination of Michael Truncale to be a U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of Texas.

The Senate confirmed two judicial nominations: J. Campbell Barker to the U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas and Andrew Brasher to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabam…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on his department’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. He also was questioned about the U.S. declaration …

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie testified at a Senate hearing on President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget request for his department. The secretary also touched on various other to…

The Senate voted to keep debating a bill that provides additional disaster response money for the previous year’s hurricanes, wildfires, and other natural disasters. The measure twice failed…

The Senate advanced the nomination of Bridget Bade to be U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the Ninth Circuit.

Public health experts and officials testified at a hearing on vaccines and preventable outbreaks. Also testifying was an 18-year-old high school student whose parents who did not allow him t…

The Senate Health Committee held a hearing to examine pain management alternatives to opioids. President Trump declared a public health emergency to address the opioid addiction epidemic. Wi…

The Senate voted to limit debate on the nomination of Paul Matey to be a judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.