Sen. Patty Murray, who chaired the Energy-Water Subcommittee for much of the last Congress, will remain that panel's top Democrat.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Democratic U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, following the White House's withdrawal of an order to pause federal spending.

Trump’s Federal Funds Freeze Puts Appropriations Agreements In Jeaporady During Wednesday's Senate Democrats' press briefing, ...

The Trump administration reversed its policy to freeze grants and loans while officials evaluated whether spending met the ...

The Trump Administration abruptly reversed its federal aid freeze Wednesday after immense backlash and a federal judge's ...

The White House confirmed that OMB pulled the memo Wednesday in a two sentence notice sent to agencies and departments, but ...

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray is slamming the Trump administration’s order pausing all federal grants and loans as a “brazen and ...

A federal judge on Tuesday delayed a sweeping order by the Trump administration to freeze trillions in federal grants and loans just as it was set to go into effect, after the move sowed confusion and ...

Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined Senate Democrats’ weekly press conference on January 28 to denounce ...

Democrats are struggling to respond to the sheer volume of executive orders, personnel changes, and policy shifts taking place in the little more than a week since Trump’s inauguration.

A federal judge put a temporary hold on the White House directive as Washington and 21 other states filed a lawsuit.