Senate Session
The Senate continued debate on the veto message on H.R.1058, the Securities Litigation Bill, the Welfare reform conference report and two consecutive roll call votes on those measures. Afte…
View in Congressional Chronicle201 viewsThe Senate continued debate on the veto message on H.R.1058, the Securities Litigation Bill, the Welfare reform conference report and two consecutive roll call votes on those measures. Afte…
View in Congressional Chronicle201 viewsThe Senate debated fiscal year 1996 Department of the Interior funding.
View in Congressional Chronicle186 viewsRepublican governors talked with reporters about block grants to their states' Medicaid and Medicare. Senator McCain talked about the Senate agenda.
112 viewsThe Senate considered the flag desecration amendment, among other things.
View in Congressional Chronicle120 viewsThis Senate debated a House-passed constitutional amendment banning flag desecration as well as the Partial-Birth Abortions Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle382 viewsConferees from the House and Senate commerce committees debated the differences between the House and Senate versions of the Telecommunications Reform Act of 1995. Both bills were designed t…
170 viewsCurrent news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…
143 viewsSenator John McCain (R-Arizona) talked about President Clinton’s decision to send U.S. peacekeeping troops to Bosnia.
49 viewsRepublican Senators talked briefly with reporters about the use of U.S. troops in Bosnia. They emphasized that a clear mission and an exit strategy was necessary for the operation.
26 viewsFollowing a briefing by President Bill Clinton, Senate leaders expressed their opinions on sending U.S. troops to Bosnia as part of a NATO peacekeeping force.
99 viewsThe Senate was joined in progress as they came back into session, discussing the federal budget,
View in Congressional Chronicle58 viewsThe speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives was honored by the Nixon Center. He talked about U.S. foreign policy in the next century.
138 viewsThe U.S. Senate met to debate Social Security Funding and Congressional Funding. Before debate, Morning Business was held where Senators can speak up to an hour on a topic of their choosing.
View in Congressional Chronicle146 viewsThe Senate met for legislative business.
View in Congressional Chronicle182 viewsThe Senate worked on the Transportation Conference Report and voted on the Transportation Appropriations Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle175 viewsRepublican congressional leaders talked about the Republican budget proposal’s progress through the House and Senate. They focused on one particular of the proposal, the Social Security Earn…
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