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Senator Specter reflected on his life and career in public service. A former prosecuting attorney, Senator Specter was elected to his current post in 1980. He currently serves on the Judicia…

The Senate passed S. 754, to provide that a portion of the income derived from trust or restricted land held by an individual Indian shall not be considered as a resource or income in determ…

The United States Senate took up President George H. W. Bush’s nomination of William Barr to be U.S. attorney general. The President nominated Mr. Barr when Attorney General Dick Thornburgh …

The Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2521, which made appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992. The Senate began consideration…

The United States Senate passed H.J.Res. 157, to make technical corrections and to correct enrollment errors in certain acts making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 19…

The United States Senate passed H.R. 3371, to control and reduce violent crime, after striking the language “after the enacting clause” and inserting in “lieu thereof the text of S. 1241.” T…

The Senate confirmed William Barr, of Virginia, to be Attorney General of the United States. The Senate passed H.R. 2280 to improve the provision of health care and other services to veteran…

The Senate continued consideration of S. 543, to reform federal deposit insurance, to protect the deposit insurance funds, and improve supervision, regulation, and disclosure relating to fed…

The Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2707, to make appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. The also Senate unanimously passed S. …

The Senate passed S. 455, the Indoor Air Quality Act.

Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania) and David Anderson, an attorney with the Justice Department, spoke about the case of "Specter, et al v. Anderson, et al", recently heard in U.S. Distri…

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania heard oral arguments in the case Sen. Arlen Specter, et al v. H. Lawrence Garrett, et al. The case involved a naval shipyard …

The Senate resumed consideration of S. 1745, to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to strengthen and improve federal civil rights laws.

The Senate sustained the veto of the president of S. 1722, to provide emergency unemployment compensation. The Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2426, to make appropriations for…

Senator Arlen Specter, member of the Senate Judiciary committee, discussed the reopened Supreme Court confirmation hearings of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas during a recess in …

The Senate continued consideration of the nomination of Clarence Thomas of Georgia to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing f…

The Senate began consideration of the nomination of Clarence Thomas of Georgia to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The Senate agreed to S.Res. 191, to authorize testimony b…

Members of the Senate debated and passed several bills including S. 5. Other amendments discussed and passed were the Bond/Ford/Coats Amendment No. 1245, the Durenberger Amendment No. 1248, …

Senator Spector, a member of the Judiciary Committee, voted on Friday to support the confirmation of Judge Clarence Thomas. He discussed the hearings and the Senate vote scheduled for Octobe…

Committee members delivered brief remarks in support or in opposition to the nomination of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas shortly before the committee’s vote on the nomination. …