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The United States Senate met for morning business where any Senator can speak on any topic they want. Later on in the day, senators would continue debate on the fast track trade authority an…

The Senate met on November 6, 1997 to discuss and debate the judicial nomination of Ronald Gilman to become Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit of Tennessee, defense programs, and a final bi…

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 U.S. Senate considered the nomination of William Kennard to be Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. His nomination passed with a vote of 99-1. They then worked on the budge…

Lawmakers and other political figures gathered to honor Senator Jesse Helms (R-North Carolina) in observance of his twenty-five years in the U.S. Senate. Senator Helms talked about his caree…

Senate is in morning session.

The U.S. Senate discussed S11-56 the D.C. appropriations bill

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…

United States Senate session from September 9, 1997

The senate was in session. on this particular day they debated two Bills Designed to reduce the Deficit and Balance the federal budget.

The Senate conducted Morning Business, a time when members may introduce bills or talk about any topic of their choosing. They also began debate on the $43 billion Transportation Spending Bi…

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…

Beginning at about 4:50 p.m., senators debated an amendment to the Veterans Department appropriations bill sponsored by Senator Bumpers which would eliminate U.S. funding for the internation…

Continuing Senate Session of July 22nd, 1997. Debate focused on Military Construction, Veterans, Housing and Urban Development, and Superfund spending among other budget considerations were…

After Morning Business, the Senate took up debate on several bills for Fiscal Year 98. The bills would help fund NASA, Veterans & Housing programs and Treasury & Postal Service and help elim…

The Senate debated and confirmed the nominations of Joel Klein for assistant attorney general and Eric Holder Jr. for deputy attorney general.

The Senate debated and voted on amendments to the Foreign Operations Appropriations bill. Note: This is an incomplete program

Coverage of the US Senate. The Senate was in a period of Morning Business until 11 am .Then the Senate resumed consideration of The Department of Defense Appropriations Bill.