Senate Session
The Senate continued work on 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 for…
View in Congressional Chronicle898 viewsThe Senate continued work on 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 for…
View in Congressional Chronicle898 viewsBiden administration officials and members of Congress discussed technology policy at an Axios summit. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas discussed using artificial intelligence …
50 viewsThe Senate confirmed Ann Marie McIff Allen’s nomination to be a U.S. District Court judge for Utah. Members also approved a joint resolution of disapproval to block a Federal Highway Adminis…
View in Congressional Chronicle845 viewsWhite House Domestic Policy Director Neera Tanden, Food and Drug Administration Principal Deputy Commissioner Namandje Bumpus, and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) talked about health policy issue…
71 viewsThe 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 …
View in Congressional Chronicle5,093 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 Chronicle1,076 viewsSenator Joe Manchin (D-WV) speoke at the City Club of Cleveland as part of his listening tour to meet with voters around the country. He also said he would pick Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) or…
636 viewsVeterans Affairs (VA) Chief Research and Development Officer Rachel Ramoni testified on the VA’s research priorities before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. She was joined by medical …
354 viewsMaria Muyad and Elise Cataldo, two young girls living with Type 1 diabetes, testified on their experience living with the disease before the Senate Appropriations Committee as members of the…
809 viewsSenator Joe Manchin (D-WV) was the keynote speaker at a “Politics and Eggs” breakfast cohosted by the New Hampshire Institute of Politics and the New England Council. Sen. Manchin advocated …
349 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…
4,055 views“I’m not making any of those predictions … I will not be a spoiler. I have never been a spoiler of anything,” said Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) when asked if he plans to run for national office i…
81 viewsHouse Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and other lawmakers took part in the annual lighting of the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree. The 2023 tree from a national forest in West Virginia.
1,953 viewsThe Senate confirmed the nomination of Jerry Edwards Jr. to be a U.S. District Court judge for the Western District of Louisiana, and voted to limit debate on the nomination of Brandon Long …
View in Congressional Chronicle1,670 viewsThe Senate passed the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, which provides $886 billion in national defense funding. It also includes an extension of the FISA surveillance aut…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,553 viewsThe Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Loren AliKhan to be a U.S District Court judge for the District of Columbia. Vice President Kamala Harris broke the 50-50 tie with her 32nd vo…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,351 viewsWitnesses testified about ways to reshape and modernize aging services, including meals, rides and care-giving programs, through the re-authorization of the Older Americans Act.
1,138 viewsNCAA President Charlie Baker, Big Ten Commissioner Tony Pettiti, four-time national team gymnast Trinity Thomas, and others testifIed on compensation for college athletes for their name, ima…
1,342 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…
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