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The Senate convenes and begins a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumes consideration of S. 2020, the Tax Relief Reconciliation bill. The Senate passed S. 2020, As Ame…

After holding an organizational meeting, the bipartisan “gang of fourteen” talked with reporters about controlling filibusters in the Senate over Supreme Court nominees. They said that the c…

Judge Alito met privately with several senators about his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. He posed with the senators for news photo opportunities and several senators spoke to reporter…

The Senate passed H.R. 3058, as amended; Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services held a meeting to receive testimony on “U.S. Military Strategy and Operations in Iraq.” Secretary Rumsfeld and other Department of Defense offici…

The Senate convenes and proceeds to Executive Session to resume consideration of the nomination of John G. Roberts, Jr. to be Chief Justice of the United States.

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention and Prediction held a hearing on the lifesaving role of accurate hurricane prediction. Chairman Senator De…

Witnesses testified about the short- and long-term rise in domestic energy prices and whether price gouging is occurring in consumer gasoline or whether the market is controlling prices in r…

The subcommittee heard testimony on all-hazards alert systems, focusing on the need for a national all-hazards alert and public warning system. Witnesses testified about emergency communicat…

The subcommittee holds a hearing on military justice and detention policies in the global efforts to combat terrorism. Among the issues addressed were allegations of mistreatment and torture…

Democratic Senators Ben Nelson and Ron Wyden spoke to reporters about their recent trip to the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. They commended the soldiers for improving morale …

Witnesses testified about recent breaches in security in databases containing sensitive personal and financial information and the problem of identity theft in the U.S. Among the topics they…

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

The Senate resumes consideration of H.R.6, the Energy bill.

Democratic and Republican senators appeared in the Senate Television Gallery late in the day to announce that they had reached a compromise to avert the “nuclear option” on judicial nominati…

For a time telephone lines were opened for viewer comments. Senator Nelson spoke by remote video from Capitol Hill about the resolution of the threatened filibuster of judicial nominations. …

Senator Nelson discussed the judicial nomination process and the possible use of the so-called “nuclear option” in approving judicial nominees. Senators Nelson and Trent Lott reportedly are …

The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the Defense Department fiscal year 2006 budget for defense intelligence. The witnesses focused on how the intelligence services are bein…