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The Senate met to debate Financial Year 1998 appropriations.

The United States Senate met for morning hour to give opening speeches and to vote on three spending bills.

The United States Senate met for morning hour to give opening speeches. Senators would then vote on four spending bills and resume debate on the fast track authority bill.

The United States Senate met for morning business where any Senator can speak on any topic they want. Later on in the day, senators would continue debate on the fast track trade authority an…

The Senate met on November 6, 1997 to discuss and debate the judicial nomination of Ronald Gilman to become Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit of Tennessee, defense programs, and a final bi…

The U.S. Senate debated the nomination of Charles Siragusa to be a District Court Judge in New York. His nomination passed with a vote of 98-0. Later debate began on S.1292, a bill to overtu…

Senators debated a bill to disapprove of the president’s line-item veto of 38 military construction projects in a recently signed appropriations bill. If the House passes a similar bill, the…

After morning business, the Senate voted to end debate for the Highway Reauthorization Bill. Later in the day the senate voted $13.8 billion on Interior spending. It’s one of the 13 appropri…

The Senate continued debate on a highway reauthorization bill, totaling $181 billion over the upcoming six years. Members also debated an extension of temporary funding for approximately hal…

The Senate Appropriations Committee heard testimony from William S. Cohen, Defense Secretary Madeleine K. Albright,Secretary of State on the cost of NATO expansion. In May 1997 NAT…

After the Senate came in they voted to end a filibuster on the Campaign Finance reform bill. The also worked on the $145 billion Highway Authorization Act and the District of Columbia spendi…

Senator Ted Stevens, and Senator Conrad Burns, the chair of the Appropriations Committee and the chair of the Military Construction Subcommittee, reacted to President Clinton’s line-item vet…

The U.S. Senate discussed S11-56 the D.C. appropriations bill

The Senate continued their work on the fiscal year 98 budget. The president has requested 13.8 billion dollar budget for the Interior. The Senate continued debate of Interior spending with t…

Senate Session of September 17, 1997. Debate continues with regard to Interior and Military Construction spending, Arts Endowment spending,

This segment of the 1997 SENATE SESSION debate FDA Reform in approving new drugs and medical devices and the budget for the National Endowment for the Arts.

United States Senate session from September 9, 1997

The U.S. Senate began this session with a discussion on a motion to invoke Cloture to the Motion to proceed to the consideration of S.830, The FDA Reform Bill. Cloture is the procedure used …

The Senate debated amendments to an appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. Members also voted on judiciary nominations.

The Senate continued debate on a $269 billion Labor, Health and Education spending bill for Fiscal Year '98.