Senate Session
The 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 Chronicle963 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 Chronicle963 viewsSecretary 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 …
596 views“Over the past three years, the Biden administration has driven an historic recovery,” said Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during her testimony on the Financial Stability Oversight Council’…
962 viewsFederal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell outlined the Federal Reserve’s Semi-annual Policy Report before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. He outlined the state of t…
1,503 viewsAthens, Ohio, Mayor Steve Patterson (D) and the CEO of Greater New Orleans Inc., an economic development agency, were among those testifying at a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs C…
546 viewsNorfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R), an East Palestine resident, and others testified on rail safety before the Senate Commerce Committee. The hearing followed Norf…
1,287 viewsThe Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee holds an annual oversight hearing of Wall Street firms, with CEOs from Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and …
2,275 viewsThe Senate approved (64-19) the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 815, legislation providing $95.3 billion in foreign aid to Israel, Taiwan, and Ukraine. This came after the chamber…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,848 views“I was a part of the problem. I am here now standing as a man that wants to be a part of the solution,' said musician Jason "Jelly Roll” DeFord as he testified before the Senate Banking, Hou…
5,949 viewsThe Senate confirmed Joshua Kolar to be a U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the Seventh Circuit, which hears federal appeals from U.S. District Courts in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
View in Congressional Chronicle580 viewsThe Senate resumed consideration of a temporary spending bill to avert a government shutdown on January 19. The House-passed bill being used to house the continuing resolution is H.R. 2872, …
View in Congressional Chronicle704 viewsThe Senate resumed consideration of Christopher Fonzone’s nomination to be assistant attorney general for legal counsel. No votes were taken.
View in Congressional Chronicle791 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 Chronicle1,662 viewsSpeaker Johnson (R-LA), Rep. Pascrell (D-NJ), and others spoke at a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for former baseball player Larry Doby.
962 viewsThe Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on how to better combat financing for terrorism. This occurred amid Hamas' recent attack on Israel and Iran’s long-stan…
702 viewsSecurities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler testified on oversight of his agency before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. Several of the committee’s senators…
1,151 viewsFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chair Martin Gruenberg said the allegations of “pervasive sexual harassment” by FDIC regulators detailed in a recent article from The Wall Street…
1,629 viewsSocial Security Administration (SSA) commissioner nominee Martin O’Malley testified at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee. He made his pitch of why he was qualified f…
1,293 viewsThe Senate completed work on and passed a three-bill package for fiscal year 2024 federal spending for the Departments of Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, and Vete…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,302 viewsPolicy advocates, including Consumer Federation of America’s Insurance Director Douglas Heller, testified before the Senate Banking Committee on challenges in the property insurance market a…
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