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The United States Senate met for morning business where any Senator can speak on any topic they want. Later on in the day, senators would continue debate on the fast track trade authority an…

The Senate met on November 6, 1997 to discuss and debate the judicial nomination of Ronald Gilman to become Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit of Tennessee, defense programs, and a final bi…

Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD) and Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Diane Feinstein (D-CA), expressed their support for Bill Lann Lee, who is also from California, to be the next Assistant Atto…

The U.S. Senate considered the nomination of William Kennard to be Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. His nomination passed with a vote of 99-1. They then worked on the budge…

United States Senate session on October 27, 1997 with morning business and debated Federal Reserve Board and Judicial nominations.

Committee members heard testimony from Bill Lann Lee, President Clinton’s nominee for Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. Mr. Lee testified about his background as a civil rights li…

Sen. Feinstein talked about several education issues including school choice, teacher training and bilingual education. She began her remarks with comments on the recent campaign finance ref…

Senate is in morning session.

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

After a Special Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting on the William Weld nomination to be Ambassador to Mexico, Mr. Weld and members of the committee talked with reporters. They expres…

The Senate continued debate on a $269 billion Labor, Health and Education spending bill for Fiscal Year '98.

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…

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 debated and voted on amendments to the Foreign Operations Appropriations bill. Note: This is an incomplete program

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

The Senate passed the intelligence authorization bill, which sets general funding levels for intelligence activities at 12 federal agencies and departments. Members also began debate on the …

Several senators blocked consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1998 due to some provisions they found objectionable. Members also passed a measure to deny v…

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.

The U.S. Senate met and continued consideration of S. Con. Res. 27 the Concurrent Budget Resolution which set forth the congressional budget for the United States government for fiscal years…