
Senate passes Growing Climate Solutions Act
The U.S. Senate voted 92-8 to pass the Growing Climate Solutions Act, legislation led in the U.S. House by Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Don Bacon (R-NE-02).

The U.S. Senate voted 92-8 to pass the Growing Climate Solutions Act, legislation led in the U.S. House by Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Don Bacon (R-NE-02).

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner joined President Biden and his Senate colleagues for a bipartisan meeting at the White House where they struck an agreement to make the largest long-term investment in American infrastructure and competitiveness in nearly a century.

The Senate failed to reach the 60-vote threshold required to advance S.1, For the People Act, a bill that would protect and strengthen the right to vote.

The Senate voted on Tuesday to pass the United States Innovation and Competition Act, bipartisan legislation that includes provisions to foster U.S. innovation in the race for 5G and shore up American leadership in the microelectronics industry.

The Senate Rules Committee and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a bipartisan report on the security, planning, and response failures that led to the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection.

Former U.S. Sen. John Warner, who represented Virginia in the Senate for 30 years before retiring in 2009, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 94.

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner took to the Senate floor this week in support of the United States Innovation and Competition Act.

A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed State Sen. Amanda Chase’s suit challenging the Senate vote to censure her for her participation in the events surrounding the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Legislation that would help farmers participate in carbon markets has been reintroduced to the U.S. Senate for consideration after clearing the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry on April 22.

The campaign for ratification of the ERA is in the middle of a global pandemic with women losing jobs at a much higher rate than men, especially affecting women of color.
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