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Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2503-2515, S. Res. 303, and S. Con. Res. 108-109. Pages S3513-14 Measures Reported: Reports we…

Senator Byrd delivered a speech on “The Flag and the Constitution.” Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 2310-2327, and S. Con. Res. 100.…

Measures Introduced: Forty-three bills and five resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2138-2180, S. Res. 265, and S. Con. Res. 88-91. Pages S1117-18 Measures Reported: Reports wer…

The Senate debates a financial services bill and vote on a Democratic amendment.

Republican leaders spoke to reporters about their legislative agenda for the 106th Congress. They noted that they would go forward with business concurrently with the impeachment trial of Pr…

Senator Trent Lott (R-TX) and other Senate leaders spoke about the 106th Congress and its agenda for the next two years. Senator Stromm Thurmond (R-SC) made a few positive comments about Sen…

Republican leaders talked with the reporters about how President Bill Clinton has vetoed important education reform passed by the Congress. Both Republicans and Democrats had supported thes…

The Senate met to debate legislation on education.

This session had the Senate resuming debate on Tax-Free Education Savings Accounts, the Coverdale Education A+ Bill. Before adjourning, Senate Democratic and Republican leaders had reached a…

United States Senate session on March 26, 1998 with debate on Disaster Relief & Foreign Operations, Additional FY '1998 Spending, and Mexico’s Anti-Drug Efforts & U.S. Aid.

The Senate voted on the nomination of three judges to the Federal judiciary: Ann Aiken, Barry Silverman, and Richard Story.

Senate Republican leaders unveiled their 1998 legislative agenda for education. They emphasized the crisis of education in kindergarten through high school and the need to address the fundam…

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…

On this day, the Senate once again took up consideration of the FDA Reform Bill. Debate also continued on the $269 billion spending bill to fund the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Se…

On this day, the Senate considered a campaign financing investigation. They also took up a continuing debate on the defense spending bill.

The U.S. Senate reconvened and continued debate on the Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment. The Senate rejected the measure by 66 yeas to 34 nays, two-thirds of those Senators duly chos…

The Senate majority and minority leaders introduced a number of bills covering the budget, crime, and agriculture policy.

After their elections, Senate Republican leaders talked to reporters about the agenda for the 105th Congress. Senator Trent Lott (R-Mississippi) talked about Republican desires to work with …