Senate Session
The Senate continued work on House-passed legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for two years. Section 702 allows the U.S. to monitor for…
View in Congressional Chronicle915 viewsThe Senate continued work on House-passed legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for two years. Section 702 allows the U.S. to monitor for…
View in Congressional Chronicle915 viewsOffice of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young testified before the Senate Budget Committee on President Biden’s fiscal year 2025 budget request. She touted the successes of the adm…
740 viewsFollowing their weekly caucus lunch meeting, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters. Topics included infrastructure investments, student …
318 viewsThe Senate confirmed Susan Bazis' nomination to be a U.S. District Court judge for Nebraska, and voted to advance Robert White’s nomination to be a U.S. District Court judge for Eastern Mich…
View in Congressional Chronicle706 viewsHouse and Senate Democrats marked the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.
296 viewsFollowing their weekly caucus lunch meeting, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters about the upcoming government funding deadline. Senat…
397 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 …
698 viewsThe Senate confirmed Dennis Hankins’s nomination for U.S. ambassador to Haiti. Mr. Hankins was nominated by President Biden in May 2023, and the Port-au-Prince-based post had been without a …
View in Congressional Chronicle871 viewsWitnesses, including a reproductive health professional, an economist, a “pro-life” advocate, and a mother who experienced a 20-week abortion, testified on abortion access and the economic c…
1,687 viewsFollowing their weekly caucus lunch meeting, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters about their legislative agenda for the week. Senator …
605 viewsAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified on USDA oversight before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee. They discussed a variety of topics including mitigating child …
507 viewsThe Senate approved (77-13) the House-passed continuing resolution to extend government funding in two stages, until March 8 and 22, to avert a looming partial government shutdown at midnigh…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,009 viewsVice President Kamala Harris held a roundtable discussion in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with medical providers, patients, reproductive rights advocates, and state and local leaders. She also ad…
359 viewsFollowing their weekly caucus lunch meeting, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters about their legislative agenda for the week. Regardin…
395 viewsSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and leadership colleagues spoke to reporters following their weekly caucus lunch meeting and prior to their meeting with President Biden and Repub…
228 viewsThe Senate resumed executive business following a recess for weekly caucus luncheons. No votes were taken.
View in Congressional Chronicle266 viewsThe Senate voted to advance the nomination of John Kazen to be U.S. District Court judge for the Southern District of Texas. Several Democratic senators paid tribute to the late former Senat…
View in Congressional Chronicle679 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 Chronicle1,670 viewsSenators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Brian Schatz (D-HI) spoke to reporters about the stalled national security supplemental aid request for Ukrain…
257 viewsFollowing their weekly caucus lunch meeting, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters about their legislative agenda for the week. Senator …
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