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United States Senator Bob Menendez is charged with acting as a foreign agent for Egypt while serving as a member of the United States Senate.
2023-10-12

Nine people are killed and another three are injured in a plane crash in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States.
2019-11-30

The United States federal government shuts down after the United States Senate fails to pass a budget bill.
2018-01-20

A hearing in the U.S. Senate is held about alleged human rights violations in the Philippines's war against illegal drugs.
2017-07-20

The United States Senate passed by an overwhelming majority a bill ramping-up sanctions against Russia and against Iran. Language in the measure also reaffirms United States' commitment to NATO.
2017-06-16

The U.S. House of Representatives, defying a veto-threat by President Barack Obama, overwhelmingly passes legislation to suspend the Obama administration's program to admit 10,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees into the country. The bill will now face a vote in the U.S. Senate.
2015-11-19

A proposal to tighten gun control in the United States fails in a Senate vote.
2013-04-17

In the United States, Senator Rand Paul ends a 13-hour filibuster to block voting on the nomination of John O. Brennan as the Director of the CIA, questioning President Barack Obama and his administration's use of drones, and the stated legal justification for hypothetical lethal use within the United States targeting against noncombatants. Attorney General Eric Holder states that combat drones would not be used to target and kill, without due process, Americans not engaged in combat on American soil.
2013-03-7

The United States Senate confirms John Kerry to become United States Secretary of State by a vote of 94–3. Kerry succeeds outgoing Secretary Hillary Clinton on February 1.
2013-01-29

The United States Senate passes the financial reform package, aimed at curbing misconduct on Wall Street, with a 60-39 vote.
2010-07-15