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Former Secretary Baker and Former Representative Hamilton testified about the report of the Iraq Study Group on its bipartisan effort to rethink military and political options in Iraq. Among…

Robert Gates testified about his nomination as Secretary of Defense. The hearing focused on the conduct of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the future U.S. military ro…

The Senate convened for business and then adjourned the 109th Congress sine die.

General Hayden and General Maples testified at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on operations in Iraq and future military commitment to the region. They spoke about the security sit…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of S.3930, the Military Commissions Act of 2006, and passed it as amended. The…

As part of a "Values Voters Summit", the afternoon plenary featured remarks by Senator Inhofe. Judge Pickering talked about his book, Supreme Chaos: The Politics of Judicial Confirmation and…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. At 5:20 p.m. the Senate proceeded to executive session and confirmed the nomination of Francisco A. Besosa to be U.S. District …

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate is expected to resume consideration of H.R. 5684, the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implem…

Senators debated an amendment to defense funding legislation expressing a sense of no confidence in the leadership of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and calling on President Bush to re…

Witnesses testified about the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in the joint cases of Rapanos v. United States and Carabell v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the scope of t…

The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and efforts to combat terrorism. Witnesses testified about new troop deployments in Iraq, the s…

Witnesses testified about Air Force procurement programs for the F-22 fighter program, a recent report by the Institute for Defense Analysis on expansion of the program, technical problems f…

The Senate convened and resumed consideration of the nomination of Jerome A. Holmes to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit.

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of S. 728, the Water Resources Development Act.

The Senate resumed consideration en bloc of the Stem Cell Bills. The Senate passed S.3504, Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006; S.2754, Alternative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enha…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 5441, the Homeland Security Appropriations bill. The Senate passed H.R…

The Senate considered the conference report to accompany H.R. 2361, the Department of the Interior Appropriations bill. Senator Frist made remarks on the floor about his reconsideration o…

The Senate continued consideration of the defense appropriations with debate on several amendments. In the morning debate focused on amendments to raise the minimum wage. In the afternoon an…

The Senate resumed consideration of S. 2766, the Defense Authorization bill and voted on two amendments calling for different plans to withdraw troops from Iraq. An amendment offered by Sena…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration and agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 4939,the Emergency Supplemen…