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The Senate passed H.R. 3909, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions. } The Senate passed S. 2131, to repeal section 618 of the Resolution Trust Corp…

The Senate passed S. 754, to provide that a portion of the income derived from trust or restricted land held by an individual Indian shall not be considered as a resource or income in determ…

The United States Senate passed H.J.Res. 157, to make technical corrections and to correct enrollment errors in certain acts making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 19…

The United States Senate passed H.R. 3371, to control and reduce violent crime, after striking the language “after the enacting clause” and inserting in “lieu thereof the text of S. 1241.” T…

Members of the U.S. Senate debated H.R. 3575, legislation that would extend unemployment benefits for American workers by 6, 13, or 20 weeks depending upon the extent of the recession in the…

The Senate continued consideration of S. 243, a bill to revise and extend the Older Americans Act of 1965.

The Senate passed S. 455, the Indoor Air Quality Act.

The Senate began consideration of the nomination of Clarence Thomas of Georgia to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The Senate agreed to S.Res. 191, to authorize testimony b…

Members of the Senate debated and passed several bills including S. 5. Other amendments discussed and passed were the Bond/Ford/Coats Amendment No. 1245, the Durenberger Amendment No. 1248, …

Members of the Senate debated S. 1722, the Unemployment Compensation bill, which would provide additional unemployment benefits to persons in certain parts of the country out of work for ove…

The Senate passed H.R. 2521, to make appropriations for the Department of Defense.

The Senate debated amendments to and passed S. 1722, to provide emergency unemployment compensation.

The Senate began consideration of H.R. 2707, to make appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education.

Senator Kasten is the ranking Republican member of the Senate Small Business Committee. He discussed his proposal to establish enterprise zones in cities to help boost the economy of poorer …

The Senate passed H.R. 2698, to make appropriations for the Department of Agriculture. The Senate began consideration of H.R. 2608, to make appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Ju…

The Senate passed H.R. 2508, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The Senate passed S. 1434, to amend the Arms Control and Disarmament Act.

The Senate passed H.R. 2427, the Energy and Water Appropriations Act, making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992. The Senate continu…

The Senate passed H.R. 1455, to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 for intelligence authorizations. The Senate agreed to S.Res. 115, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the emerge…

The Senate began consideration of S. 1241, to control crime and reduce violent crime. The Mitchell (D-ME) amendment 365, to strike provisions that ban the use of the death penalty if statist…

The Senate debated and voted upon a proposed amendment to the fiscal year 1992 budget resolution which would have cut the social security payroll tax for American workers. The proposal, intr…