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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…

The Senate passed H.R. 3807, to amend the Arms Export Control Act, to authorize the President to transfer battle tanks, artillery pieces, and armored combat vehicles to member countries of…

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,…

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.”…

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…

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

The Senate passed S. 1745, to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to strengthen and improve federal civil rights laws. The Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2686, to make…

The Senate resumed consideration of the Dole Amendment to the Danforth/Kennedy Substitute to S. 1745, which amended the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to “strengthen and improve federal civil rights…

By 52 yeas to 48 nays, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Clarence Thomas of Georgia as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Sen. Leahy, member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, responded to questions from reporters shortly after the end of the second round of confirmation hearings for Judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme…

The committee heard testimony from John Doggett in support of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas in Judge Clarence Thomas' reopened Supreme Court confirmation hearings. The…

The committee continued to hear testimony from a panel of supporters of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas in his reopened Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Witnesses in the…

The Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony in support of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas from the second panel of witnesses on the third day of his reopened Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Witnesses on…

The committee continued to hear testimony from four supporters of University of Oklahoma Law Professor Anita Hill in the reopened Supreme Court confirmation hearings for U.S. Court of Appeals…

The committee heard testimony from a panel of supporters of University of Oklahoma Law Professor Anita Hill to begin the third day of the reopened Supreme Court confirmation hearings for U.S.…

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, commented on the reopened Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Judge Clarence Thomas during a recess in the hearings.…

The Senate Judiciary Committee continued to hear testimony from U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas in his reopened Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Judge Thomas continued to…

The committee continued questioning of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas in his reopened Supreme Court confirmation hearings. He responded to charges from University of Oklahoma Law…

The committee heard testimony from Supreme Court nominee and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas on the second day of his reopened confirmation hearings. Committee members…

Following the close of hearings for the day, viewers offer their reactions and comments on the testimony of Professor Hill and Judge Thomas.