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Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) talked about the first session of the 105th Congress and the agenda for the second session. He talked about tax reform and Iraq among other issues.

The United States Senate met for morning hour to give opening speeches. Senators would then vote on four spending bills and resume debate on the fast track authority bill.

Subcommittee members heard testimony concerning standards for data encryption. Members are considering a bill that regulates how much encryption companies can use to protect classified infor…

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…

The Senate continued debate on a highway reauthorization bill, totaling $181 billion over the upcoming six years. Members also debated an extension of temporary funding for approximately hal…

The Senate conducted morning business in observation to Rosh Hashanah. Senators spoke on a variety of topics of interest to them.

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…

The Senate debated amendments to an appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. Members also voted on judiciary nominations.

The US Senate debated an Agriculture spending Bill.

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…

The United States Senate convened to begin debate on S. 1033, Agriculture spending for the fiscal year of 1998.

This Senate session debates the Defense Authorization Bill for FY 98.

On this day, after a 44 minute quorum call, the Senate’s first order of business was to vote on a Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 936, Defense Department Authorization. The vote failed to rea…

The Senate voted on amendments to and passed its first budget reconciliation bill, which reduces entitlement spending by a net $136 billion over five years. The bill reduces Medicare, Medica…

The Senate began debate on a bill to reduce entitlement spending by a net $136 billion over five years. The bill reduces Medicare, Medicaid, and management of the student loan program, and i…

The Senate passed the intelligence authorization bill, which sets general funding levels for intelligence activities at 12 federal agencies and departments. Members also began debate on the …

Several senators blocked consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1998 due to some provisions they found objectionable. Members also passed a measure to deny v…

Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and panelists discussed the impact of the federal estate taxes on economic growth, especially on small businesses, as well as other arguments for reform or repeal of the …

The U.S. Senate met and continued consideration of S. Con. Res. 27 the Concurrent Budget Resolution which set forth the congressional budget for the United States government for fiscal years…

The United States Senate considered campaign finance reform, disaster relief, and military funding for Bosnia/Iraq operations. They voted on an amendment to the disaster relief bill offered …