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Witnesses testified on ways the Higher Education Act can be improved to help students and their families navigate the federal student loan process. Issues discussed included the need for mor…

Witnesses testified on trans-Atlantic security challenges, Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, and NATO expansion. In the first panel Victoria Nuland gave an update on the crisis in Ukraine an…

The Senate convened for a period of morning business and thereafter began a series of six roll call votes to confirm the following judicial and executive branch nominations (all need a simpl…

The Senate continued initial work (Post-Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 1926) on legislation that would delay scheduled federal flood insurance rate increases for four years.

Secretary of State John Kerry testified on national security and foreign policy priorities for the State Department in the proposed fiscal year 2015 international affairs budget. The proposa…

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a confirmation hearing to consider the nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell to be Health and Human Services Secretary. This w…

The Senate convened for a legislative session. The Senate held a roll call vote to confirm the nomination of Robin Rosenbaum to be a U.S. circuit judge for the Eleventh Circuit. The Senat…

The Senate convened for a legislative session and then proceeded to consideration of four judicial nominations. They also voted on the nomination of Joseph Westphal to become ambassador to S…

The Senate passed the flood insurance bill by a 67-32 vote.

The Senate convened for a legislative session.

Senators spoke on a variety of topics including the 13th anniversary of the September 11th attacks and military action against ISIS. The Senate voted on S.J.Res 19, a joint resolution propos…

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) talked about the latest developments in Ukraine. Topics included U.S. response to the change in government and ongoinging political and civil unrest. C-SPAN …

The Senate has voted 96-1 to advance the Child Care and Development Block Grants Act, which would provide aid to low-income families to help pay for childcare. Senators are now making genera…

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to mark up a bill that would authorize limited military force against ISIS for three years. It also permits the use of ground forces in certain sit…

The Senate reconvened for a period of morning business with senators allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. At 5:00 p.m. ET senators began talking about climate change. At 5:30 p…

A bi-partisan delegation of eight senators, led by Senator John McCain (R-AZ), held a news conference from Kiev, Ukraine where earlier they met with leaders of the country’s interim governme…

The Senate considered the nomination of Crystal Nix-Hines for the rank of ambassador during her tenure as the U.S. representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural O…

Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Christopher Murphy (D-CT) and experts on Europe and international Security talked about NATO’s global security challenges.

The Senate considered a House-passed defense authorization bill, which authorized $585 billion for defense programs for 2015.

The Children and Families Subcommittee of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions convened a hearing to learn more about child trafficking issues facing states. A Health and Human Services…