The Senate has sent the proposed $612 billion National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2016 to the White House with a 70-27 vote that includes 20 from Democratic senators, The Hill reported
MoreThe Senate voted 73-26 to advance the proposed $612 billion National Defense Authorization Act for 2016Â toward a final vote later this week amid talks of an expected presidential veto on the bill,
MorePresident Barack Obama met with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday to discuss their strategy on upcoming budget negotiations as possible U.S. government
MoreThe Senate voted 98-2 Wednesday to advance an appropriations bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security in 2015, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. Sean Sullivan writes the Senate could put
MoreSenate and House appropriators have finalized the details of a 1,603-page $1.01 trillion spending bill that would fund government operations during the 2015 fiscal year, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. Ed O’Keefe
MoreSen. Carl Levin expects the Senate and House Armed Services committees to pass a “pre-conferenced” version of the National Defense Authorization Act before the end of the calendar year, Defense News reported Wednesday. John
MoreSen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) expects the Senate to confirm Robert McDonald to be the next secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Politico reported Wednesday. Lauren French writes the Senate Committee on Veteransâ
MoreSen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), the Senate majority leader, has suggested the possibility that the Senate vote on legislation that could decide the fate of TransCanada‘s Keystone XL pipeline project, Reuters reported Tuesday. While Reid
MoreSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has moved to bring the nominations of Deborah Lee James as Air Force secretary and Jeh Johnson as homeland security secretary to the full chamber for a
MoreThe top two leaders in the Senate reached an agreement Thursday to fund the government through Jan. 15, 2014 and extend the country’s debt limit to Feb. 7. Bloomberg reports that under the
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