U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) released the following statements applauding the U.S. Senate passage of their bipartisan legislation aimed at improving health care for expectant mothers.

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, faced questioning Thursday during a Senate Finance Committee hearing.

Vought, under pointed questioning from Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), said he would seek to avoid future government shutdowns as director of the Office of Management and Budget, drawing a scoff from ...

WASHINGTON – Several Senate Democrats from swing states joined with Republicans Friday to clear the final hurdle to passing the Laken Riley Act, which would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain noncitizens who commit certain crimes.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sounded cautiously optimistic on Capitol Hill Wednesday that he’ll win Senate confirmation to be the nation’s top health official. “I’ve got my fingers crossed,” Kennedy said in response to a question from the Daily Beast as he emerged from a private meeting with one of many senators who will decide his fate.

Kennedy is expected to meet with Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) Ranking Member Bernie Sanders, and committee member Ed Markey next week.

Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to clear a critical hurdle on legislation that would require the detention of undocumented immigrants arrested for certain crimes. Why it matters: The Laken Riley Act is on track to be the first bill passed out of the 119th Congress,

SENATE COMMITTEES WILL HEAR FROM TRUMP'S PICKS ... AND SECRETARY OF STATE NOMINEE MARCO RUBIO. SENATOR MAGGIE HASSAN WILL BE TAKING PART IN THE HEARINGS FOR áFOUR NOMINEES: SECRETARY OF VETERANS ...

Noem and committee Republicans focused on the border while Democrats asked about foreign and home-grown terrorism during a cordial hearing.

“When District of Columbia residents cannot have a vote in the Senate, they are being denied ... Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., John Hickenlooper ...

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