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House and Senate Budget Committee conferees worked on a final version of the budget reconciliation bill, which attempts to balance the federal budget in seven years.

Senators commemorated the 200th Anniversary of the Constitution, and by extension the Senate. Members convened in the Old Senate Chamber before moving to the current Chamber. The…

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.

Throughout the day, Senators paid tribute to the late Senator Paul Coverdell (R-GA), who died last night from complications of a brain hemmorhage. Measures Introduced: Seven bills were introduced, as follows: S.…

Incumbent Republican Senator Roth debated his Democratic opponent Governor Carper on state and national issues.

President Clinton and others talked about U.S.-China relations and the benefits of more open markets. The president signed the legislation granting Permanent Normal Trade Relations to China…

Measures Introduced: Twelve bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3074-3085. Pages S8822-23 Measures Reported: H.R. 4986, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the provisions relating to…

The Senate continued to debate Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with China. Measures Introduced: Ten bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3064-3073, S.J. Res. 52, and S. Con. Res.…

Measures Introduced: Eleven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3045-3055. Page S8585 S. 1534, to reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-412) H.R. 701, to provide Outer…

Measures Introduced: Five bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3040-3044, S. Res. 356-357, and S. Con. Res. 135. Page S8501 S. 3041, making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities…

Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3026-3039, and S. Res. 353-355. Pages S8412-13 S. 1066, to amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to encourage…

The Senate is expected to take up H.R. 4444, the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000.

Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 3023-3025, and S. Res. 351-352. Page S8342 S. 2439, to authorize the appropriation of funds for the construction of the Southeastern Alaska Intertie system.…

Measures Introduced: One bill and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 3022 and S. Res. 350. Pages S8290-91 Report to accompany H.R. 4690, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and…

The Senate is expected to take up H.R. 4444, the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000, and H.R. 4733, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill. H.R. 4444 would confer Permanent Normal Trade Relations on China. Measures Introduced: Nine bills and…

The Senate is scheduled to take up H.R. 4444, the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 and H.R. 4733, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill. Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were…

Zell Miller, Democrat of Georgia, was sworn in to take the seat of the late Senator Paul Coverdell. Senator Miller paid tribute to Senator Coverdell in a speech. Measures Introduced: Fifty-nine bills and four…

Measures Introduced: Five bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2903-2907, and S. Res. 339-340. Page S7448 Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows: S. 1482, to amend the…

Measures Introduced: Eight bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2895-2902. Page S7393 Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows: Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget Totals…