
Senate Courts of Justice Committee defeats gun safety bills
The Senate Courts of Justice Committee voted along party lines Monday to defeat a package of gun safety bills.

The Senate Courts of Justice Committee voted along party lines Monday to defeat a package of gun safety bills.

U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner secured final passage of the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017. Once signed by the President, the legislation will grant federal recognition of six Virginia tribes.

U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Mark Warner (D-VA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA) applauded final Senate passage of their bipartisan 400 Years of African American History Commission Act.

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, comments following the committee’s bipartisan 10-13 vote against former Rep. Scott Garrett’s nomination to lead the U.S. Export-Import Bank, followed by broad bipartisan support for other Ex-Im Bank board nominees.

The Senate unanimously passed legislation introduced by Sen. Mark R. Warner to improve health outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries living with chronic conditions.

Dr. Ralph Northam comments on the U.S. Senate’s latest failure to pass Graham-Cassidy, an attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the Senate passage of the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.

The Senate approved a resolution condemning white nationalists, white supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis and other hate groups.

The City of Charlottesville has hired Tim Heaphy to lead an independent, external review of the City’s response to three events during the last three months.

Mark R. Warner, Jerry Moran, Bob Casey and Shelley Moore Capito introduced the first comprehensive bill in the Senate to target food deserts.
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