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The U.S. Senate met to discuss Higher Education and Defense Spending

Senator Durbin announced a proposal to ban all late term abortions except for rare cases when the mother’s life is in danger. All the senators present supported this measure. After their pre…

The Senate debated the Campaign Finance Reform and Bankruptcy bills. This is an incomplete program

The U.S. Senate convened to debate H.R. 629, the Texas-Maine-Vermont Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Act, passing with a vote of 78-15. They then moved on to work on a foreign operatio…

Senator Susan Collins R-Maine, gave the Republican response to President Bill Clinton’s weekly radio address.

The US Senate returned to continue work on almost 30 billion dollars in spending for the Us Treasury and General Government Spending.

United States Senate session on July 28, 1998 with a memorial to shooting victims at the U.S. Capitol

Subcommittee members heard testimony from representatives of telephone companies and billing companies regarding telephone billing fraud.

Senate Banking Committee members heard testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan during his report on the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve Board. He talked about the state…

Senator Trent Lott (R-MS) and others talked about the proposed Republican bill on health care. The goal of the bill is to improve the quality of managed care for Americans.

Republican Senators talked with reporters about Republican health care proposals and took questions.

The Senate continued debate on the Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration Funding Bill for Fiscal Year 1999.

The July 13th, 1998 session of the U.S. Senate. Among other issues the primary issue debated was a private property and land use bill, S. 2271, the Private Property Rights Bill.

Senators heard testimony about imported foods, and the correlation between the rise in use of these foods and the rise of food-borne illnesses and deaths. The General Accounting Office repor…

The Senate met to consider a bill to continue federal higher education program funding for another 5 years.

Senator Susan Collins R-Maine talked about current news stories of interest to her, and took audience calls, faxes, and electronic mail.

The Senate war in session today.

The Senate continues to debate tobacco legislation.

The Senate continues debate on the Tobacco Bill.

The U.S. Senate met to debate Tobacco Legislation. Before debate, they held morning business where senators can speak up to an hour on a topic of their choosing.