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Democratic leader Senator George Mitchell (D-ME) and Republican leader Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) each made speeches on the Senate floor before Vice President Al Gore declared H.R. 1025, the Br…

The Senate met to debate the Brady Bill. This session ended with a quorum call and with the hope that agreement would be reached fairly quickly after the Majority and Minority Leaders met.

The Senate convened for a rare Saturday session to finish legislative business before the end of the year, including a final debate over the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

The United States Senate debated the Independent Counsel Reauthorization bill and the 1994 Crime Bill.

The U.S. Senate continued debate on S. 1607, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1993, also known as the Crime Bill. Time was spent debating Senator Diane Feinstein’s (D-CA)…

The Senate Session considered a Motion to end the debate and take the final vote on 5-State Department Nominees. The Senate debated the Crime Bill S 1607: A bill to control and prevent crime…

The United States Senate continued to work on amendments to the FY '94 Department of Defense spending bill. Two resolutions on U.S. policy in Haiti were also on the agenda.

The U.S. Senate considered the FY '94 Defense Department Appropriations Bill, funding troops in Somalia and funding the D5 missile.

The Senate considers the FY '94 Energy & Water Development Appropriations Bill which funds the Energy Department, Army Corps of Engineers, the Interior Department of Reclamation, and $640 mi…

The Senate continued to work on the FY '94 Labor/Health and Human Services appropriations bill.

Witnesses testified on the ongoing efforts of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee. Secretary Brown stressed the importance of international trade to the growth of the U.S. economy. He…

The senators debated on funding for the Energy and Water Development Act, specifically an amendment by Sen. Dale Bumpers (D-Arkansas) to end funding for the superconducting super collider (S…

The Senate debated an amendment to eliminate funding for the Space Station Freedom contained in the VA/HUD FY 94 Appropriations Bill.

The Senate debated the Resolution on Base Closures and Fiscal Year 1994 VA/HUD Appropriations Bill.

Senate Session where they worked on a resolution on base closures and then debated a Fiscal Year 1994 Veterans Affairs and HUD appropriations Bill.

The U.S. Senate met and debated and voted on the DOD FY 94 Budget Authorization bill.

Senate Majority Leader Mitchell and two Democratic senators talked to reporters after the Senate voted to pass the Budget Reconciliation Bill in a vote of 51-50. Senator Mitchell noted the i…

U.S. Senate held a session that discussed the President’s Budget Plan.

In an excerpt, senators debated the Budget Reconciliation Bill, which passed the previous evening by a narrow margin in the House of Representatives. Supporters of the bill emphasized its fa…

The Senate met to vote on a number of Executive branch nominations and the National Service Bill. After the bill, they held a vote for the nomination of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be an associat…