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The Senate convened, and members gave general speeches. No votes were taken.

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, it is expected the Senate will begin consideration of the House message to accompany H.R. 2764, the Omnibus Appropri…

The Senate passed the farm bill. Members also passed the Federal Housing Administration Act of 2007, and approved the conference report on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal y…

The Senate agreed to the H.R.1429 Conference Report; Head Start for School Readiness Act.

The Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R.3963, the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization bill. Members also passed H.R.3963, the Support for Injured Ser…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 3043, the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations b…

The Senate passed H.R. 3093, as amended; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008.

The Senate convened and proceeded to executive session to consider judicial nominations. Senator Barrasso delivered his first speech on the Senate floor. Thereafter, the Senate began c…

The Senate passed H.R. 2764 as amended; Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008.

The Senate convened and resumed consideration of the House message on S. 1, the Ethics Reform bill. The Senate passes H.R.976 as amended; Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007.

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R. 976, the State Children’s Health Insurance Progra…

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.

Republican senators talked about a cloture vote on immigration legislation that had just failed to pass.

The Senate resumed consideration of S. 1639, the immigration bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. Members rejected a motion to invoke cloture on the m…

Defense Department officials testified about the treatment of prisoners held in Iraqi prisons by U.S. forces and pictures of abuse at the prisons in recent media reports. They talked about t…

The Senate Armed Service Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Preston Geren to be secretary of the Army. Among the issues he addressed were personnel training and readiness, equipme…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of S. 1348, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act.