Senate committee approves legislation to regulate rising costs of prescription drugs in U.S.
The Senate Finance Committee approved on a 26 to 1 vote legislation to reduce prescription drug costs for Americans.
The Senate Finance Committee approved on a 26 to 1 vote legislation to reduce prescription drug costs for Americans.

The U.S. House voted 217-213 Friday to pass an assault weapons ban that would reinstate the ban on military-style rifles, high capacity magazines, and other assault weapons modeled on firearms designed for use on the battlefield.

The Senate Rules Committee and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee convened on Tuesday the first hearing examining the security failures that enabled a mob supporting former President Donald Trump to overrun the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Democrats seem poised to sweep the two Georgia Senate runoffs, giving the party control of both houses of Congress ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, and also elevating West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, the most conservative member of the Senate Democratic caucus.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) comments on the passage of S.J.Res.54, a joint resolution to end U.S. military support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen.

Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement on Senate confirmation of Loretta Lynch as Attorney General of the United States.

Statement from U.S. Sen. Mark Warner on the final outcome in the 2014 Senate election and the concession in the race from his opponent, Republican Ed Gillespie.

The U.S. Senate today unanimously approved a resolution offered by Sens. Jim Webb (D-Va.) and Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) commemorating the deactivation of U.S.S. Enterprise after 51 years of service and honoring the more than 100,000 current and former sailors and Marines who served aboard the aircraft carrier. The Enterprise, which was home ported in Norfolk, was the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

Late Thursday, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved an amendment offered by Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to Japan under Article V of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, and to firmly counter any attempts to challenge Japan’s administration of the Senkaku Islands.

Republican Senate candidate George Allen received the endorsement of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today
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