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The Senate passed H.R. 3093, as amended; 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. 3093, the Departments of Commerce and Justice and Science Appropriations b…

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

The Senate resumed consideration and approved H.R.1585, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008.

Senator Richard Shelby talked about his trip to Iraq the previous month, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report on Iraq released the previous day, and the reports expected the nex…

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.

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,…

Director Mueller testified about FBI operations and fiscal year 2008 budget requests by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He also talked about counterterrorism, intelligence collection an…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Then the Senate proceeded to consideration of the conference report for H.R. 1591, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Ac…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate began consideration of S. 761 , the America Competes Act.

Upon reconsideration, the Senate rejected the motion to invoke cloture on S. 372; Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007.

A hearing was held on the impact that natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina have had on the availability and affordability of insurance for families and businesses in the Gulf Coast an…

Work on the Emergency Supplemental bill will continue and conclude today. All time in post cloture debate has expired by agreement. There will be roll call votes on at least five amendment…

Senator Shelby spoke about Senate debate on emergency supplemental spending legislation for operations in Iraq. The legislation set a goal for troop withdrawal by fall of 2008. He also respo…

Witnesses testified at a hearing on the banking industry and subprime mortgage lending practices. Among the topics addressed were the numbers of foreclosures in recent years, credit solicita…

Acting Secretary Geren and General Schoomaker testified about the proposed fiscal year 2008 defense budget. They talked about operations in Iraq and other overseas deployments, readiness and…

Administrative officials testified about the proposed fiscal year 2007 supplemental request of $99.6 billion for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.