Oversight
Senate confirms Lew as OMB director
Move comes after Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., lifts hold on nomination.
Oversight
Senate minority leader effectively scuttles omnibus plan
Congress will likely be forced to keep the government running through a continuing resolution.
Oversight
Senate minority leader will back earmark ban
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says he will take his own advice and listen to the American people.
Oversight
Senate battle over earmark moratorium heats up
Aides call the GOP vote on the ban next week a toss-up.
Defense
Drug enforcement nomination gets back on track
Opposition by marijuana legalization groups has not registered in Senate.
Defense
House-Senate talks on Defense policy bill collapse
Authorization measure might fail to pass for the first time in more than 40 years.
Oversight
Obama's choice to lead OMB faces hurdle
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said he will oppose the nomination of Jacob Lew.
Defense
Forecast calls for politics and a side of bluster on Defense bill
Senate braces for votes this week on controversial issues with limited ties to defense authorization bill, but which could energize voters in the midterm elections.
Oversight
Senator: Consumer agency needs permanent director
Democrat dismisses significance of White House plan to appoint Elizabeth Warren as an unconfirmed special adviser to new consumer financial protection bureau.
Oversight
Bill to curb secret Senate holds could get vote soon
Measure is expected to be introduced as an amendment to defense authorization legislation.
Oversight
Obama expected to send nominations back
Renominating the officials is necessary because Republicans opposed an agreement that would have kept them pending on the Senate calendar.
Defense
Senate vote on spending bill should prove point to House
Aides say test vote likely will help show House Democrats the Senate cannot pass the wartime supplemental with extra domestic spending tacked on.
Defense
Lawmaker urges quick Senate action on wartime spending measure
House Armed Services Committee leader breaks with colleagues in advocating a "clean" bill free of extra domestic spending to increase its chances of passage.
Oversight
Sen. Robert Byrd, dead at 92
Senate's longest-serving member was one of the most influential lawmakers of his era.
Defense
Obama accepts McChrystal's resignation
Gen. David Petraeus is president's choice to replace McChrystal as top commander in Afghanistan.
Defense
Senator faces off with president on immigration
Arizona Republican Jon Kyl says Obama will only secure the Southwest border if it's part of a comprehensive immigration bill.
Oversight
Senate eyes FAA, collective bargaining bills
The chamber's schedule through July 4 remains in flux.
Oversight
Nonagenarian senator is helping keep holds alive
At 92, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., remains a formidable opponent of Senate rule changes.
Defense
Senate Democrats circulate divisive immigration draft
Plan designates tighter security as a prerequisite to giving illegal immigrants legal status.
Oversight
Junior senator becomes latest Republican to reject earmarks
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., says though earmarks represent a small fraction of the overall budget, the process is "fundamentally flawed and lacks oversight."
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