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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other top Democrats will hold a press conference Tuesday afternoon to outline top priorities for the next two years. Vice President Harris gaveled ...
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R), President-elect Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security, will testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee ...
Half a dozen nominees to serve in President-elect Trump’s administration are set to appear before Senate committees for confirmation hearings on Wednesday. The list includes former Florida ...
Seniority in the United States Senate; List of current members of the United States House of Representatives; List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service; List of United States Senate committees; List of United States congressional joint committees; Religious affiliation in the United States Senate; Shadow congressperson
Except for the president of the Senate (who is the vice president), the Senate elects its own officers, [2] who maintain order and decorum, manage and schedule the legislative and executive business of the Senate, and interpret the Senate's rules, practices and precedents. Many non-member officers are also hired to run various day-to-day ...
An executive session is a portion of the United States Senate's daily session in which it considers nominations and treaties, or other items introduced by the President of the United States. [5] These items are termed executive business; therefore, the session is an executive session. [6] It can either be closed door or open door.
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday begins a busy week of Trump Cabinet confirmation hearings with the president-elect’s Pentagon nominee, Pete Hegseth, an Army veteran and former Fox ...
The United States Senate has been called into closed session 54 times since 1929. Under the Standing Rules of the Senate , a closed session may be called by any senator through a simple motion . Once the motion is seconded , the presiding officer of the Senate directs the Capitol Police to clear the public galleries of spectators and close all ...