While most of the Senate spent the week wrestling with a human trafficking bill and arguing over the confirmation of a new attorney general, the Senate education committee was collegially zipping through its rewrite of No Child Left Behind. The bill includes toxic education topics like testing and school performance ratings. It’s been...

In a letter Friday to Premera Blue Cross, Sen. Patty Murray demanded answers to questions related to a cyberattack that may have accessed personal and health information of approximately 11 million of the health insurer’s customers. As a ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Murray is part of a...

“We need to fight back against those who miss that Mad Men era,” said Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) on a press call Thursday to introduce the 21st Century Women’s Health Act, which Murray brought to the Senate today along with co-sponsors Senators Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA). Murray emphasized how women’s...