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The House debated H. Res 340 and voted on the resolution. CR, pp. H11903-H11913.

The committee discussed S. 1721, to enhance oversight in Congress in various intelligence ventures, and to improve the means by which such activities are executed by the president; and S.181…

The Senate Select Intelligence committee heard testimony in order to help identify where the line can be drawn on what is reasonable and unreasonable to ask of the intelligence community to …

The Senate convened for morning business. CR, pp. S17405-S17457.

The Senate debated and passed H.R. 3030, the Farm Credit Act, to give assistance to the ailing Farm Credit System. Also, the Omnibus Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1987 was passed, i…

Republican Senator William Cohen of Maine offered his thoughts on his life and his political career over the course of this hour long interview. Some of the subjects Senator Cohen talked abo…

Senators offered their thoughts on the report released by the House and Senate committees on the Iran-Contra affair and what changes the report may bring about. The senators also answered qu…

The Senate Select Intelligence committee heard testimony from Senators Specter, Glenn, Fowler, and Cohen on the issue of Congressional oversight of intelligence activities. As part of the fa…

The transcript of this session can be found in the Congressional Record, pp. S16035-S16136. The Senate continued consideration of the appropriations bill for energy and water development, H.…

The Senate convened for legislative business.

The Senate special committee on aging heard testimony on the proposed Medicare part B premium increase. Witnesses included representatives from the AMA, AARP, and the White House, among othe…

CR, pp. S15243-S15374. The Senate passed H.R. 2310, the Airport and Airway Capacity Expansion Act of 1987. The bill, sparked by concerns over excessive flight delays and air safety, would re…

The subcommittee heard testimony on government handling of Soviet and communist bloc defectors, focusing on the information these defectors possess and how our society could better utilize t…

Maine Senators William Cohen (R) and George Mitchell (D) held a news conference to comment on the Department of Energy’s new policy on nuclear waste. After their comments the Senators were a…

Senators debated the SALT II Amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill.

Secretary Caspar Weinberger was questioned further about his opposition to arms sales to Iran. Secretary Weinberger says that the transfer of U.S. arms by Israel, without official U.S. permi…

Donald Regan testified that when President Reagan was asked about pardoning Oliver North or John Poindexter that the president rejected the idea because he did not know of any crimes for whi…

Donald Regan testified that he was generally aware of the Iran initiative but that he was not aware of diversion of arms sale profits to the Contras. He described President Ronald Reagan as …

Attorney General Edwin Meese III answered questions from committee members on his questioning of Oliver North and John Poindexter and his report of the diversion scheme to President Ronald R…

Attorney General Edwin Meese III described his November 1986 investigation, at President Ronald Reagan’s request, into the Iran-Contra affair. Attorney General Meese answered questions about…