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June 27, 2017

Senate health care bill: What are GOP senators' positions?

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell last week unveiled the Better Care Reconciliation Act, Republicans' health care bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare.

June 26, 2017

Senate health bill would lower deficit, increase number of uninsured, estimate says

Senate Republicans’ health care bill would reduce the federal deficit and eventually lead to lower premiums, but would result in millions more Americans being uninsured a decade from now, according to a fresh analysis from Capitol Hill’s nonpartisan budget scorekeepers.

June 22, 2017

Tom Price: ObamaCare replacement 'has to be done'

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price told 91±¬ÁÏ Thursday night that repealing and replacing ObamaCare "has to be done."

June 21, 2017

Senate GOP health bill reportedly would roll back ObamaCare taxes, penalties

Senate Republicans expressed skepticism Wednesday about a Washington Post report purportedly detailing the contents of the upper chamber's bill to replace ObamaCare.

June 21, 2017

Congress tepid about revival of gun control bill following Navy Yard shooting

Monday's mass shooting at Washington's Navy Yard has revived the gun-control debate in the halls of Congress, but don't expect a vote on legislation, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Tuesday.

June 14, 2017

Senate passes Russia sanctions package

The Republican-led Senate voted decisively to punish Moscow for interfering in the 2016 election by approving a wide-ranging sanctions package that targets key sectors of Russia's economy and individuals who carried out cyber attacks.

June 7, 2017

Senate OKs bill to make firing employees easier for VA

The Senate approved broad legislation Tuesday to make firing employees easier for the beleaguered Department of Veterans Affairs, part of an accountability effort urged by President Donald Trump following years of high-profile problems.

May 16, 2017

Reid: Senate will vote on jobless benefits when members return Monday

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says his chamber will vote Monday on extending long-term jobless benefits and that he plans to outline his 2014 legislative agenda in the coming days.

May 11, 2017

Lawmakers reach agreement on long-stalled VA accountability bill

Congressional lawmakers reached an agreement on a bill Thursday to make it easier for the Veterans Affairs Department to fire its employees, part of an accountability effort touted by President Trump.

May 10, 2017

Senate blocks move to overturn Obama-era rule on drilling

The Senate on Wednesday failed to reverse an Obama-era regulation restricting harmful methane emissions that escape from oil and gas wells on federal land, a surprising win for environmentalists and Democrats and a blow to the fossil-fuel industry.