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The Senate debated and passed H.R. 3030, the Farm Credit Act, to give assistance to the ailing Farm Credit System. Also, the Omnibus Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1987 was passed, i…

Senators entered a colloquy about the proposed Intermediate Nuclear Forces agreement with the Soviet Union.

CR, pp. S15951-S16034. The Senate passed the continuing appropriations bill, H.J. Res. 394, to make further appropriations for the government for fiscal year 1988, effective through December…

CR, pp. S15717-S15841. The Senate began consideration of H.R. 2700, to appropriate funds for energy and water development for the current fiscal year. The Senate concurred with House amendme…

The Senate began consideration of the nomination of Robert H. Bork to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Note: This is an incomplete program.

CR, pp. S14549-S14626. The Senate resumed consideration of S.J. Res. 194, the War Powers Act resolution. The Senate disagreed to the House amendments to the Department of Defense authorizati…

In the first half of the program, Senators responded to that attack in the Persian Gulf and answered the questions of the press. In the second half of the program, Congressmen discussed the …

Senators debated the merits and drawbacks of the War Powers Act on the Senate floor.

Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) spoke in opposition to Judge Robert Bork’s nomination saying that “Robert Bork’s America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, bla…