Bessent Refutes Cortez Masto’s Argument About Trump Wanting ‘Influence’ Over The Federal Reserve During Thursday’s Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) questioned Trump’s Treasury Secretary Nominee Scott Bessent about President-elect Donald Trump's claims about wanting influence over the Federal Reserve.

During the confirmation hearing for Scott Bessent in the Senate this week, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto got into a heated exchange with Bessent over Trump's influence over the Federal Reserve.

Each Cabinet-level nominee must go through a public hearing in the relevant Senate committee and then be confirmed by the Senate as part of the upper chamber’s “advise and consent” duty.

Nev., asked President-elect Donald Trump’s energy secretary nominee, Chris Wright, to acknowledge the “failed Yucca Mountain project is

Department of Housing and Urban Development nominee Eric Scott Turner said his main goal would be to tackle the housing shortage.

U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Marsha Blackburn(R-Tennessee) have reintroduced a bill aiming to bolster the U.S. Southern Border.

On Tuesday, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) reintroduced the bipartisan Western Wildfire Support Act, which Cortez Masto first introduced in 2021. This critical legislation would provide comprehensive resources to prevent wildfires,

WASHINGTON – Several Senate Democrats from swing states joined with Republicans Friday to clear the final hurdle to passing the Laken Riley Act, which would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain noncitizens who commit certain crimes.

Ten Democrats joined Republicans in voting to advance the measure in a critical test vote that put it on track for quick enactment under President-elect Donald J. Trump.

Ten Senate Democrats joined Republicans Friday to advance the Laken Riley Act, making way for final passage of the bill as soon as next week.

Policy changes pertaining to undocumented immigrants — be they congressional or executive — have the potential to upend Nevada, which has the highest percentage of undocumented workers in its workforce of any state.

Kelly and Gallego joined eight other Senate Democrats to help the Republican-led immigrant crime bill thwart a filibuster.