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"We are committed to fiscal responsibility and reducing tax burdens that are hurting the men and women who are working hardest."

The Senate passed a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill Thursday that finances federal agencies through September and provides another significant round of military and economic aid to Ukraine one day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's dramatic address to a joint meeting of Congress.

The Democratic party won’t have to negotiate a power-sharing deal with Republicans and Vice President Kamala Harris won’t be called on as much to break tie votes.

President Joe Biden has vowed to sign the legislation quickly.

The bill now goes to the Senate for consideration.

Neither Senate District 27 nor Senate District 29 had any Democratic Party candidates.

The House committee investigating the Capitol riot has set a vote for next week to consider contempt of Congress charges for two aides of former President Donald Trump.

The Senate has given final congressional approval to a $13.6 billion emergency package of military and humanitarian aid for besieged Ukraine and its European allies.

Senator Cynthia Lummis recently spoke on the Senate floor to protest the manner in which financial aid to Ukraine was combined with the Biden Administration's Omnibus Bill.

The House has overwhelmingly approved legislation that would ban Russian energy imports to the United States.