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Senator Ted Kennedy is chairman of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee. He discussed the changing role of education, the differences between the educational goals of Congress and …

The Senate passed H.R. 3909, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions. } The Senate passed S. 2131, to repeal section 618 of the Resolution Trust Corp…

The Senate passed S. 754, to provide that a portion of the income derived from trust or restricted land held by an individual Indian shall not be considered as a resource or income in determ…

Sen. Kennedy, chairman of the Labor and Human Resources committee, held a news conference in the U.S. Capitol with two other senators to respond to the president’s remarks on education from …

The Senate passed H.R. 3807, to amend the Arms Export Control Act, to authorize the President to transfer battle tanks, artillery pieces, and armored combat vehicles to member countries of t…

The United States Senate passed H.J.Res. 157, to make technical corrections and to correct enrollment errors in certain acts making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 19…

Sen. Kennedy and Sen. Danforth, key figures in the compromise negotiations over the 1991 Civil Rights bill, discussed the civil rights legislation with reporters shortly after the president …

The Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2707, to make appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. The Senate unanimously passed S. 838, …

The Senate passed S. 455, the Indoor Air Quality Act.

The Senate passed S. 1745, to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to strengthen and improve federal civil rights laws. The Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2686, to make appropr…

The Senate resumed consideration of S. 1745, to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to strengthen and improve federal civil rights laws.

The Senate resumed consideration of the Dole Amendment to the Danforth/Kennedy Substitute to S. 1745, which amended the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to “strengthen and improve federal civil righ…

Sen. Kennedy spoke at the Harvard University Institute of Politics on the civil rights bill compromise reached the previous evening, and the current state of national politics. Sen. Kennedy …

Senator Ted Kennedy spoke with reporters in the U.S. Capitol about his endorsement of the compromise civil rights legislation. He discussed the language and consequences of the civil rights …

The Senate began consideration of S. 1745 to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964, to strengthen and improve federal civil rights laws.

In an award ceremony honoring Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, he received the third annual Claude Pepper Distinguished Service Award. The Pepper Distinguished Service Awa…

The Senate sustained the veto of the president of S. 1722, to provide emergency unemployment compensation. The Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2426, to make appropriations for…

The Senate continued consideration of the nomination of Clarence Thomas of Georgia to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing f…

The Senate continued consideration of the nomination of Clarence Thomas of Georgia to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Senate began consideration of the nomination of Clarence Thomas of Georgia to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The Senate agreed to S.Res. 191, to authorize testimony b…