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The United States Senate met for morning hour to give opening speeches and to vote on three spending bills.

The United States Senate met for morning hour to give opening speeches. Senators would then vote on four spending bills and resume debate on the fast track authority bill.

The U.S. Senate debated the nomination of Charles Siragusa to be a District Court Judge in New York. His nomination passed with a vote of 98-0. Later debate began on S.1292, a bill to overtu…

This session of the US Senate addressed Treasury & Postal Service Spending & Campaign Finance Reform

The Senate is considering $820 million in spending for the District of Columbia in FY 98.An amendment is offered by Senator Dan Coats, R-Indiana, and Senator Joseph Lieberman, D-Connecticut.…

The U.S. Senate discussed S11-56 the D.C. appropriations bill

This session of the United States Senate opened with Morning Business. Senators may be called upon to discuss any subject of their choosing for up to ten minutes. Senator Jeff Bingaman, D-Ne…

The Senate continued work on the fiscal year 98 spending bill. They took up debate on Agriculture and Transportation spending appropriations bills. President Bill Clinton would need to sign…

Continuing Senate Session of July 22nd, 1997. Debate focused on Military Construction, Veterans, Housing and Urban Development, and Superfund spending among other budget considerations were…

In this session, debate continued on $17 billion in foreign operations spending for the fiscal year. A final vote was scheduled later. After some debate on Congressional on pay raise. A bill…

The Senate passed its second budget reconciliation bill, which reduces taxes by a net $85 billion over five years. The process is designed to reduce the deficit and reach a balanced budget b…

The Senate voted on amendments to and passed its first budget reconciliation bill, which reduces entitlement spending by a net $136 billion over five years. The bill reduces Medicare, Medica…

A portion of Senate debate on supplemental appropriations legislation beginning at about 4:05 p.m. was shown. Senators debated the history of this bill and the president’s veto of the first …

The Senate passed a revised version an $8.6 billion spending bill, mainly for disaster aid in 35 states and for peacekeeping in Bosnia and Iraq. The new bill does not include the added provi…

During morning business, senators discussed the disaster relief bill for the Upper Midwest. President Clinton vetoed it earlier in the week because of several added provisions in that spendi…

Members of the U.S. Senate met with morning business where Senators spoke on a variety of topics and then debated on the Disaster Relief Bill.

Note: the Senate Session from 13:57 till 15:57 is not available at this time.

The United States Senate considered campaign finance reform, disaster relief, and military funding for Bosnia/Iraq operations. They voted on an amendment to the disaster relief bill offered …

The Senate Finance Committee heard testimony from administration officials, senators, students, and education experts concerning proposals to increase access to higher education. They also h…