
Reminder: No, Mark Warner isn’t a presidential contender
Mark Warner had said in the wake of the 2016 presidential election that he was not interested in mounting a run at the White House in 2020, preferring to focus on his work in the U.S. Senate.

Mark Warner had said in the wake of the 2016 presidential election that he was not interested in mounting a run at the White House in 2020, preferring to focus on his work in the U.S. Senate.

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate to warn of threats to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ralph Northam is coming out forcefully against the new version of Trumpcare making its way back through the U.S. Senate.

After an evening of debate in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, a budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2017 passed along party lines.

The U.S. Senate voted 94-5 to pass bipartisan legislation, the 21st Century Cures Act, to facilitate medical research and innovation.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) will serve as the vice chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in the 115th Congress.

Tim Kaine has been consistently ranked as one of the least progressive Democrats in the U.S. Senate. Adding him to the Hillary Clinton ticket would be a kick in the face to Bernie Sanders supporters.

Today, the U.S. Senate voted 89-4 to approve bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the FAA through September 2017.

U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee members Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) along with U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) have introduced legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the Office of Strategic Services, the World War II-era predecessor to today’s Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Special Operations Command, “in recognition of their superior service and major contributions during World War II.”

The U.S. Senate is expected to move forward with legislation that cleared the House of Representatives last week for retroactive tax extenders.
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