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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 spoke about Campaign Finance reform and ISTEA, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Act.

The Senate approved an extension of temporary funding for approximately half of government programs. The money was needed because several of the 13 annual appropriations bills had still not …

This session of the US Senate addressed Treasury & Postal Service Spending & Campaign Finance Reform

The Senate is considering $820 million in spending for the District of Columbia in FY 98.An amendment is offered by Senator Dan Coats, R-Indiana, and Senator Joseph Lieberman, D-Connecticut.…

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,

Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee members heard testimony on the creation of a national drought emergency commission. The subcommittee heard testimony from federal and local agricultu…

Subcommittee members heard testimony regarding the state of public schools in the District of Columbia. Reform measures such as school choice for low-income students and school management we…

The Senate met to continue debate on Labor, Health, & Education Spending for Fiscal Year 1998.

Committee members continued the investigation into campaign abuses during the past campaign. Three Buddhist nuns and testified about a fund-raiser at a Buddhist temple in Hacienda Heights,…

Haley Barbour, the Former Chairman of the Republican National Committee, testified before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee about Republican fund-raising practices during the last ca…

Committee members debated and voted on immunity for five witnesses in the campaign finance investigation in a public session. Immunity for all five witnesses was granted.

The Senate continued work on the fiscal year 98 spending bill. They took up debate on Agriculture and Transportation spending appropriations bills. President Bill Clinton would need to sign…

In this session, debate continued on $17 billion in foreign operations spending for the fiscal year. A final vote was scheduled later. After some debate on Congressional on pay raise. A bill…

The Senate debated and voted on amendments to the Foreign Operations Appropriations bill. Note: This is an incomplete program

Senate session on spending bills.

Several senators voiced their disappointment with the changed television ratings system which will go into effect in October. He claimed that the new system is still too vague and that the a…

On this day, the Senate considered a campaign financing investigation. They also took up a continuing debate on the defense spending bill.