The Senate advanced a $6.3 billion medical research bill, which includes funding for Vice President Joe Biden’s cancer “moonshot” initiative. The procedural vote on the legislation included the vice president presiding over the chamber. Before the vote, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) acknowledged the vice president’s work on the bill and asked that the cancer provisions of the bill be named after Beau Biden, the vice president’s son who died of brain cancer in 2015.
Speakers:
Topics:
Time
Action
Briefings for December 5, 2016
- No Briefings Covered
Hearings for December 5, 2016
Today
- No Hearings Covered
Statistics
2020 Year End Statistics118th Congress - Senate
Total Hours: 1183 (After 472 days)
Debate273 Hours
Quorum Calls228 Hours
Votes432 Hours
Click a category within the legend to toggle its visibility.
Source: Resume of Congressional Activity (senate.gov)