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The Senate convened and began a period of morning business.

The Senate convened and began with a period of morning business. Thereafter, members resumed consideration of S.1867, the National Defense Authorization Act.

The Senate convened with a period of morning business and thereafter, proceeded to executive session to consider judicial nominations. Subsequently, members resumed consideration of H.R. 235…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business.

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, it began consideration of the motion to proceed to S.J.Res.27, a joint resolution disapproving a rule submitted by the…

Ben Bernanke testified on the U.S. economic outlook. Among his comments he said the economic recovery was close to faltering. He said the Federal Reserve was prepared to take additional step…

Senate Republicans spoke to reporters and answered questions about their jobs legislation.

Senator Dan Coats (R-IN) answered the question “What are you reading this summer?” through twitter.com. The date of the tweet is not known.

The Senate Select Intelligence Committee held a confirmation hearing on the nomination of Matt Olsen to be director of the National Counterterrorism Center. His remarks focused on counterter…

The Senate debated compromise legislation to raise the debt ceiling and begin a deficit reduction process. The measure passed the House the previous day on a vote of 269 to 161. The vote lat…

Senators debated the House Republicans' “Cut, Cap, and Balance” bill.

The Senate voted 51-46 to table the motion to table consideration of a House-passed bill, H.R. 2560, the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act.

Republican senators spoke to reporters and answered questions about negotiations on raising the debt ceiling and efforts to reduce the deficit.