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IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel testified on the 2024 tax filing season and President Biden’s fiscal year 2025 budget request for the agency during a hearing before the Senate Finance Committ…

State and local election officials, including secretaries of state Jocelyn Benson (D-MI) and Wes Allen (R-AL), testified before the Senate Rules Committee on election preparation, administra…

The 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 …

Secretary Xavier Becerra testified on President Biden’s fiscal year 2025 budget request for the Health and Human Services Department. He said the budget includes expansions in Medicaid-like …

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, CIA Director Bill Burns, and FBI Director Christopher Wray joined other leaders from the intelligence community to testify before the Senate S…

House and Senate Democrats speoke with reporters about efforts to pass an aid package for Ukraine. They were joined by former National Security Council official Alexander Vindman and several…

The Senate worked on a House-passed government funding measure. This bill would extend funding for part of the government beyond the March 8 deadline until the end of the fiscal year on Sept…

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified on USDA oversight before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee. They discussed a variety of topics including mitigating child …

“I think Speaker Johnson, on the one hand, is in a very difficult position. He’s got these 30 hard right MAGA Republicans who want the government to shut down, who just want to be destructiv…

The Senate confirmed two nominations: David Leibowitz, U.S. District Court judge for the Southern District of Florida; and Hampton Dellinger, special counsel to the Office of Special Counsel…

During the early morning hours, the Senate passed (70-29) legislation providing $95.3 billion in foreign aid to Israel, Taiwan, and Ukraine. In the final hours of debate, a group of Republic…

The Senate voted in favor of advancing consideration of legislation providing security aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, and humanitarian aid for civilians in the Gaza Strip. This came aft…

The Senate worked on judicial nominations, confirming S. Kato Crews to be a U.S. District Court judge for the District of Colorado. Members also failed (54-45) to override President Biden’s …

The Senate confirmed by unanimous consent 11 of the four star generals whose promotions were on hold by Senator Tuberville (R-AL). Since February, Senator Tuberville had been blocking over 4…

The 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 …

Former Federal Election Commission Chair Trevor Potter (R) and Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon (D) were among the witnesses testifying on prohibiting content generated by artificial…

In an effort to circumvent Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-AL) hold on senior military nominees, the Senate Rules Committee passed a rule-change resolution, along a party-line vote of 9-7, that a…

The Senate convened with a period of morning business, speaking on aid to Israel and Ukraine and U.S.-China relations. Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) asked for unanimous consent to approve a …

With less than three hours left before a midnight deadline to avert a government shutdown, the Senate approved a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through November 17, 2023. …

The Senate voted to begin debate on a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown and fund the government through November 17, 2023. Members also failed to override President Biden’…