Senate Appropriations Committee

Mitch McConnell Announces New Senate Roles

The longest-serving senator in U.S. history is transitioning away from his role in GOP leadership.

November 22, 2024BY Rachel Acenas
Senate Hearing: Mayorkas Agrees With Sen. Rubio on Revoking Visas for Terrorism Supporters

During an exchange with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) at Wednesday’s Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Department of Homeland Security ...

November 8, 2023BY Epoch Videos
Sen. Hoeven Presses Mayorkas on Whether Border Crisis Presents Terrorism Threat, Suggests Tracking DHS Performance

At Wednesday's Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the DHS’s supplemental funding request to Congress, Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) ...

November 8, 2023BY Epoch Videos
Heated Exchange Between Sen. Kennedy, DHS Chief Mayorkas Over ‘Safe Third Country’ Policy

At a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the DHS’s supplemental funding request from Congress on Wednesday, Sen. John ...

November 8, 2023BY Epoch Videos
Senate Appropriations Committee Sets Stage for Showdown With House

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved two measures as well as top-line spending for 10 others at levels indicated by ...

June 22, 2023BY Lawrence Wilson
Hill Republicans Split Over ‘Clean CR’ Issue as Democrats Move to Boost Spending in Lame Duck Session

Senate Republicans are split on whether to push Democrats to adopt a measure that funds the government at ...

September 21, 2022BY Mark Tapscott
Senate Appropriations GOPers Lead Congressional Return to Pork Barrel Earmarks

Nine of the 16 Senate Republicans who received earmarks in 2022 are members of the upper chamber's Appropriations ...

April 12, 2022BY Mark Tapscott