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

Senator John Breaux, the newly elected chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council, discussed politics in Louisiana, Democratic politics nationwide, and the Democratic agenda in Congress.…

The Senate agreed to close debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1745, to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to strengthen and improve federal civil rights laws. The Senate…

The Senate received the nomination of Alan Greenspan, of New York, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board for a term of four years. The Senate began…

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.

The Senate continued consideration of the nomination of Clarence Thomas of Georgia to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The Senate passed by voice vote S. 1583, to amend…

Members of the Senate debated the nomination of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas to become a justice on the Supreme Court. Sen. Danforth, chief sponsor of Judge Thomas in the…

The Senate completed consideration of S. 533, to establish the Department of the Environment, and to provide for a Bureau of Environmental Statistics and a Presidential Commission on…

A forum on the news media and the private lives of public figures sponsored by the Progressive Policy Institute & DePauw University entitled “Private Lives of Public Figures: Are the Media Out of…

The Senate passed H.R. 2521, to make appropriations for the Department of Defense.

The Senate passed H.R. 2942, to make appropriations for the Department of Transportation. The Senate continued consideration of H.R. 2686, to make appropriations for the Department of the…

The Senate passed S. 1507, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1992 and 1993 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense…

The Senate passed S. 1554, to provide emergency unemployment compensation. The Senate continued consideration of S. 1507, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1992 and 1993 for…

The Senate began consideration of S. 1435, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and the Arms Export Control Act.

The Senate passed S. 1241, the Violent Crime Control Act of 1991. The Senate began consideration of H.R. 2622, the Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations Act, making appropriations for the…

The Senate agreed to H.Con.Res. 175, providing for an adjournment of the House from June 27, 1991 to July 9, 1991 and an adjournment of the Senate at an undetermined time until July 8, 1991. The…

The Senate continued debate on S. 1204, the Surface Transportation Efficiency Act/Federal-Aid Highway Act.

The U.S. Senate met and continued legislative business focused primarily on S. 1204 the Surface Transportation Act and Federal Aid Highway Act, an infrastructure appropriations bill. The…

Members of the Senate debated S. 1204, the Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, otherwise known as the highway bill. The bill would appropriate $105 billion over five years for…