The top priority for Senate Republicans this week will be to confirm Kevin Warsh to be chairman of the Federal Reserve, but much of the week’s work in the Senate will be off the floor, setting the stage for upcoming votes on the budget reconciliation bill.

Steve Pearce to lead the Bureau of Land Management and is expected to confirm the New Mexican as well as other energy and environment nominees in the coming days. The Senate approved a procedural motion on a 46-45 vote to move ahead with the confirmation of 49 nominees en bloc.

Following a divided Senate committee confirmation vote, Associate Justice Vla­dimir Devens was confirmed on Thursday to become chief justice of Hawaii’s Supreme Court by the full Senate following a 20-to-5 vote that reflected concerns over Devens’ failure to initially disclose his relationship with a powerful political action committee while applying to join the court as an associate justice.

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump's nomination of Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma to be the next head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Sunday advanced toward final confirmation after the Senate voted 54-37 to ...

Steve Pearce, a strong opponent of public lands conservation, was headed towards a confirmation vote in the U.S. Senate on Monday.