menu-control
The Jerusalem Post Logo - Bring them home now
accessibilty

senate

 House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to the media, following a meeting with fellow Republicans on the day where a potential government shutdown looms during the holidays, after a spending bill backed by US President-elect Donald Trump failed in the US House of Representatives, on Capitol Hi

US Congress approves stopgap bill to avoid government shutdown

By REUTERS
 REP. ADAM Schiff (D-CA) speaks during a hearing of the US House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol Building.

Adam Schiff is sworn into Senate on edition of Maimonides’ Jewish legal code printed in 1490

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
 Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, March 16, 2024

Bill developing plan transferring Weitzman Museum to Smithsonian awaits awaits Biden sign-off

 SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI, a Republican from Alaska, says she will vote against confirming any Trump nominee who has not had a full FBI vetting, the writer notes.

Trump’s second term begins with divisive decisions and unforced errors

 Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs, after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, November 21, 2024.

Israel at war day 412: What happened in Gaza, Lebanon?

 US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, May 10, 2023.

Progressive senators push to block offensive US arms sales to Israel

(L-R): International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Senate leader elect threatens ICC sanctions over pending Netanyahu warrants

 Angela Alsobrooks, picture taken 2011

Angela Alsobrooks beats AIPAC-aligned opponent in Maryland Democratic primary

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
 US REP. Marjorie Taylor Greene stands next to House Speaker Mike Johnson, earlier this month. Greene has been working to punish Johnson for passing the four-part foreign aid package, the writer notes.

House passes bill that would enshrine IHRA definition into US law

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA , JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 Senators Joe Lieberman (left) and John McCain visit the Western Wall on March 19, 2008.

Senator Joe Lieberman and 'The Jerusalem Report'

By HOWARD BLAS
 US President Joe Biden looks on during his visit at the Chavis Community Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, March 26, 2024.

US House sends impeachment of Biden border official to Senate

By REUTERS
 JOE LIEBERMAN

My stepfather, Joe Lieberman, modeled integrity inside and out

By Rabbi Ethan Tucker/jta
 MOURNERS ATTEND the funeral of Border Police Sgt. Rose Ida Lubin at Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, earlier this month. She was murdered in a stabbing attack.

Father of lone soldier killed in Jerusalem stabbing attack running for Georgia state Senate

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA
Members of the 118th Congress raise their right hands as they are sworn into office to serve in the US House of Representatives on the fourth day of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, US, January 7, 2023.

Progressive members of US Senate express concern over aid bill funding 'blank check' for Netanyahu

 US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer next to House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, as supporters of Israel gather in solidarity and protest against antisemitism, amid the war with Hamas, during a rally on the National Mall in Washington, US November 14, 2023.

US Senate tables resolution for assessing potential Israeli human rights violations

The US Capitol building, which contains the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Senate staffer fired after sex tape scandal, shows explicit acts in Senate building

 Salazar speaking on a bill in the New York Senate chamber, March 2021

After uproar, NY State Sen. Julia Salazar fires staffer who endorsed Hamas attack

By Luke Tress/JTA
 US senate floor

US Senate Democrats block Republican bid to aid Israel, not Ukraine

By REUTERS