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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

U.S. President Joe Biden signs the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law.
2022-06-25

The United States Senate votes unanimously to pass the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, a bill that would make lynching a federal crime in the United States. The bill will head to President Joe Biden for his signature.
2022-03-7

The U.S. Senate unanimously passes the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which mandates that the State Department at least annually checks to see if Hong Kong retains enough autonomy to retain its special trade status with the United States. The Senate also unanimously passes another bill banning the sale of certain crowd-control munitions to the Hong Kong police. The former's passage is condemned by China.
2019-11-19

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

U.S. President Barack Obama, the White House Office of Management and Budget, issues a partial shutdown of government agencies after the House and Senate fail to come to an agreement on a spending bill to keep government operations running.
2013-10-1

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

Former United States Senator and 1972 Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern dies at the age of 90 in Sioux Falls.
2012-10-21