The Latest Breaking News from Patty Murray

The House passed a bill Wednesday night to suspend the debt limit past the 2024 elections, sending the measure to the Senate.

With abortion increasingly restricted in many states, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), hopes to persuade Republicans to back insurance coverage for over-the-counter birth control.

Sen. Patty Murray’s history-making 10,000th vote in the Senate was a milestone as she breaks records in a chamber long dominated by men. 

A Republican-appointed federal judge in Texas issued an order suspending the US government’s decades-old approval of a key drug used in medication abortion, initiating a process that could block access to the pill nationwide in a week.

Democrats including Senate majority leader warn of ‘dangerous new precedent’ set by ruling and vow to fight it

Debate over how how veterans funding should be provided, specifically aid to veterans exposed to toxins, is an early fiscal 2024 flashpoint.

WASHINGTON — New Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., knows that returning the chamber’s appropriations process to regular order “won’t be a walk in the park,” as she said during a news conference last week.

Senate Appropriations Committee leaders are vowing to mark up fiscal 2024 spending bills in committee and move them across the Senate floor.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s budget request would allocate billions of dollars for climate and low-carbon energy programs just as Republicans press for less environmental protection and more fossil fuel production, muddying the outlook for potential areas of agreement.