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Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota talks with Eric Garcia about the year since the Supreme Court overturned Dobbs, Republicans blocking military nominations because of abortion and the need to get rid of the filibuster

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Sen. Tina Smith, vice chair of Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, is optimistic about her party's chances, despite the predictions.

A Senate Finance Committee hearing tackles insurance directories that provide inaccurate, outdated provider information.

WASHINGTON — Politicians come in all colors of charismatic, from red-faced rabble rousers to silver-tongued orators, and Alex Padilla’s hue is the faded blue of some everyday jeans. Sure, he’s California’s first Latino senator, a rising star in the Democratic Party and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate who’s the…

Alex Padilla is California’s first Latino senator and a rising star, as co-chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers, as they work on the 2023 farm bill, are staking out positions on nutrition and food stamps — the Agriculture Department’s biggest single program and a perennial source of contention.

Food stamps are on course again to be a flash point in the farm bill as some Republicans want to add work requirements for recipients.

WASHINGTON — Housing advocates are turning to this year’s farm bill in an effort to steer rural communities away from an affordable housing cliff ahead.

As property owners retire mortgages in an Agriculture Department program, the apartments lose their eligibility for aid.

WASHINGTON — Over the course of more than four years working on the Hill, Gabe Garbowit heard the same set of gripes from his fellow staffers that he felt.