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Trump’s Patience With Putin Leaves Senate Sanctions Push on Hold
President Donald Trump’s suggestion that he may let Russia and Ukraine keep fighting has left US lawmakers in an awkward spot ...
Senate Republicans revise ban on state AI regulations in bid to preserve controversial provision
Senate Republicans have made changes to their party's sweeping tax bill in hopes of preserving a new policy that would ...
California Senate greenlights energy reform bills as Democrats pursue “affordability”
Two bills passed by the Senate this week would drive major changes to energy markets and regulation in California.
Medicare cuts in play as Senate GOP hones budget bill
As Senate Republicans go deep into reconciliation bill-drafting mode, Medicare is increasingly coming up as a potential ...
Senate says SALT isn’t settled
Speaker Johnson is now staring down Senate tax writers who are doubling down on threats to scale back his carefully ...
Senate passes bill to allow housing up to seven stories near public transit
In the Bay Area, the bill would allow six-story residential buildings to be built within a half-mile of all BART and Caltrain ...
AI regulation moratorium dropped in Senate budget package
A controversial ban on state AI regulations in the House-passed "big, beautiful" measure was left out of the Senate Commerce ...
After ‘tough choices’ on spending, N.H. Senate approves budget with notable cuts
Two members of the chamber’s Republican supermajority defected, as all Democrats opposed the draft spending plan.