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Vice President Biden held a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony with newly-elected and re-elected senators. The event happens at the start of each Congress in the Old Senate Chamber. The officia…

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins and other other NIH directors testified at a hearing about his agency’s fiscal year 2016 budget. The talked about the areas m…

The Senate debated and approved the House-passed trade promotion authority (TPA) bill by a 60-38 vote.

Thirteen of the 14 female Democratic senators announced their endorsement of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate. They explained why they …

James Clapper and Lieutenant General Vincent Stewart testified at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on global terror threats. Topics included the Ukraine-Russia conflict, the war aga…

The heads of the military branches testified on the impact of sequestration Defense Department budget cuts on national security.

Admiral Harry Harris and Assistant Defense Secretary David Shear testified on U.S. military strategy in the Asia-Pacific region. The majority of the hearing was focused on the threat posed b…

General Lloyd Austin, the head of U.S. Central Command, testified testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on combating ISIS.* General Lloyd vowed to take appropriate action rega…

The Senate resumed debate on the conference report to the Every Child Achieves Act, which rewrites and reauthorizes the 2001 No Child Left Behind law.

The Senate resumed consideration of S. 1, a bill to approve construction on the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Navy Secretary Raymond Mabus, Naval Operations Chief Admiral John Greenert, and Marine Corps Commandant General Joseph Dunford testified at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the N…

The Senate resumed initial debate on H.R. 240, a bill to fund the Department of Homeland of Security.

The Senate continued debate on cybersecurity legislation.

The Senate resumed debate on S. 1177, the Every Child Achieves Act. It would change the No Child Left Behind Law by giving more authority to states and local school districts.

Witnesses testified on the Department of Education’s fiscal year 2016 budget request. He said that budget sequestration was having an impact on learning and needed to be addressed.

Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Martin Dempsey testified at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on President …

U.S. Pacific Command Admiral Samuel Locklear and General Curtis Scaparrotti, the commander of U.S. forces in Korea, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee about their fiscal ye…

The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) held a hearing to consider the Syrian refugee crisis and the appropriate response of the European and international communities. …

The Senate passed a continuing resolution to keep the government funded for five more days.

Generals James Mattis (Ret.), General John Keane (Ret.), and Admiral William Fallon (Ret.) testified at a Senate Armed Services committee hearing on threats to U.S. national security. Topics…