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Senators express concern over OMB Director Vought's push for a more partisan appropriations process, warning it could undermine Congress' power of the purse.
Grassley allowed the remaining senators to vote on advancing Bove and former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, who is nominated to serve as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. The Republicans voted unanimously in favor of both.
Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee endorsed the FBI’s plan spend money on a downtown D.C. headquarters rather than a suburban Maryland campus.
A Senate committee has approved a spending bill that would maintain protections for states with medical marijuana programs, while omitting a separate proposal included in the House version of the annual appropriations legislation that would prevent the Justice Department from rescheduling cannabis.
Democratic senators on Thursday walked out of a meeting to vote on Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyer Emil Bove’s nomination
See how your lawmaker voted on the bill that would let the Trump administration pull back billions in foreign aid and other federal funding.
Both Republican senators voted yes in the early hours of July 17. The legislation returns to the House for approval ahead of a Friday deadline.
Two Democratic U.S. senators on Wednesday urged Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr to end investigations into CBS News and other media outlets.
An investigation by Democratic senators has raised concerns about conflicts of interest in telehealth companies' ties to pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Eli Lilly.
The Senate passed a bill that would cut $9 billion in federal funding for public broadcasting, foreign aid and more. See how Illinois' senators voted.