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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.

The Senate convened for a legislative session. Senators rejected a motion on a substitute amendment authored by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK); 60 votes were needed. Senators rejected, 53-39,…

Former Senators Bob Packwood (R-OR) and Bill Bradley (D-NJ) testified at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on tax code reform and lessons learned from the Tax Reform Act of 1986.

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

The Senate failed to advance by a 56-42 margin a resolution of disapproval of the Iran nuclear deal.

The Senate confirmed Willie May, 93-0, to be under secretary of Commerce for standards and technology.

FBI Director James Comey testified on new encryption technologies and the challenge the pose to law enforcement and counterterrorism operations. He specifically talked about how ISIS* uses e…

National Security Agency (NSA) Director Michael Rogers testified on the challenges his agency faces, including retention of key personnel, securing the budget, optimization within the NSA, a…

The Senate resumed debate on H.R. 1735, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.

The Senate voted 70-27 to pass the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill.

Federal and state-level tax, revenue, and justice officials testified on some of the scams being used against taxpayers during the 2015 tax-filing season. The scams ranged from impersonation…

The Senate resumed debate on H.R. 1735, a fiscal year 2016 national defense authorization bill for weapons and defense programs.

The Senate has voted 93-5 to confirm Ashton Carter to be the next defense secretary. Republican Senators Blunt (MO), Crapo (ID), Kirk (IL), Risch (ID), and Boozman (AR) voted against. Senato…

Seto Bagdoyan testified at a hearing on Healthcare.gov security concerns. The Website is the federally maintained portal through which taxpayers purchase health insurance plans via governmen…

The Senate took up H.R. 2048, the USA Freedom Act, which makes changes to expired Patriot Act provisions dealing with government surveillance and data collection.

Nick Rasmussen testified at a Senate Select Intelligence Committee hearing on security threats facing the U.S. at home and abroad, and what the National Counterterrorism Center was doing to …

The Senate convened for a legislative session. The Senate was debating S. 178, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act. No agreement has been reached on how to proceed on amendments. Vote…

The Senate voted to 83-14 to limit debate on the USA Freedom Act, which makes changes to NSA surveillance provisions under the Patriot Act that expired on June 1, 2015.

Former Michigan Governor John Engler and two economics professors testified on the state of the economy and unemployment. They said the economy was stronger, but slow growth and unemployment…

The Senate resumed debate on S. 178, the Justice for Victims of Human Trafficking Act.