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The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, it is expected the Senate will begin consideration of the House message to accompany H.R. 2764, the Omnibus Appropri…

The Senate proceeded to consideration of the conference report to H.R. 3043, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations bill.

Senators McConnell and Cochran spoke to reporters about Democratic spending proposals and criticized the Democratic leadership for combining domestic spending bills with spending proposals f…

The committee continued to mark up draft legislation that would reauthorize federal farm programs. They voted to offer farmers an alternative safety net that would provide protection against…

The Senate resumed consideration of the Leslie Southwick U.S. Circuit Judge nomination. The Senate confirmed the nomination of Leslie Southwick, of Mississippi, to be U.S. Circuit Judge. …

The Senate passed H.R. 3043 as amended; Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008.

The Senate resumed consideration of H.R.3093, the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008.

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R.3222, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2008.

The Senate Appropriations Committee held a hearing on the proposed $150 billion emergency supplemental appropriations for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and for rebuilding Baghdad. The commit…

The Senate convened and begin a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 2638, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008. The…

The Senate convened and resumed consideration of H.R. 1642, the Higher Education Reauthorization bill.

The Senate convened and resumed consideration of H.R. 2669, the Higher Education Reconciliation Act. The Senate passed H.R. 2669 as amended; College Cost Reduction Act of 2007.

Witnesses testified about operations of the Smithsonian and the administration of its programs since the resignation of Lawrence Small. They spoke about several proposals to change the gover…

The Senate convened and resumed consideration of H.R. 6, the Energy bill.

Officials testified about the proposed fiscal year 2008 budget of the National Institutes of Health for medical research. Among the topics addressed were requests for research on spinal cord…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Sente resumed consideration of H.R. 1495, the Water Resources Development Act. The Senate rejected the motio…

A hearing is held on the proposed fiscal year 2008 budget for the Department of Defense. Among the topics they addressed were budget requests for health care programs, equipment procurement,…