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The Senate convened for business and then adjourned the 109th Congress sine die.

Mike Mansfield, former congressman and senator from Montana, was honored. Author Donald Oberdorfer spoke about his biography, Senator Mansfield: The Extraordinary Life of a Great American St…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 5631, the Department of Defense Approp…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 6061, the Secure Fence Act.

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 5684, the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act. The…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R.4954, the Port Security bill.

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on executive compensation. Among the issues addressed were backdating of stock options and tax treatment of executive compensation, retirement and…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R.5631, the Department of Defense FY 2007 Appropriations bill. The Sen…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of S. 728, the Water Resources Development Act.

The Senate considered the conference report to accompany H.R. 2361, the Department of the Interior Appropriations bill. Senator Frist made remarks on the floor about his reconsideration o…

Henry Paulson testified at the hearing on his nomination to be secretary of the Treasury succeeding John Snow. Topics included Bush administration tax cuts, flexibility of Chinese currency, …

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate began consideration of S. 3569, the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement. The Senate passed S.3569, U…

The Senate convenes and begins a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate begins consideration of S. 3569, the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement.

The Senate convenes and resumes consideration of the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit. The Senate confirmed the nomination B…

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the confirmation of the nomination of Susan Schwab to be U.S. trade representative. In he testimony she responded to questions on such issues a…

The Senate convenes and proceeds to consideration of the Conference Report to accompany H.R.4297, the Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act.