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Senate Democrats challenged President Bush’s Persian Gulf policy and questioned the need for immediate offensive military action to drive Iraqi forces from Kuwait. Senators demanded a greater role in…

The Senate passed H.R. 5399 making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991. The Senate passed S. 2946, to amend the Public Health Service…

The Senate passed S. 2857, to amend the Public Health Services Act to reauthorize certain Institutes of the National Institutes of Health. The Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 5114,…

The Senate passed H.R. 5835, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 4 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year 1991. The Senate passed H.R. 1602, to amend…

By 90 yeas to 9 nays, the Senate confirmed the nomination of David H. Souter of New Hampshire as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

The Senate passed H.R. 5558, to provide for the temporary extension of certain programs relating to housing and community development. The Senate concurred in the amendments of the House to…

The Senate passed S. 2863, the McKinney Homeless Assistance Reauthorization. The Senate passed S. 3117, for the Interstate Commission Child Support Enforcement. The Senate passed S. 2545,…

The Joint Economic Subcommittee on Technology and National Security conducted a hearing entitled, "Technology and Weapons Sales to Developing Nations.

The Senate considered H.R. 5268, making appropriations for Rural Development, Agriculture, and related agencies. A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further…

The Senate passed S. 2884, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for FY91 after adopting the Bingaman and Warner amendments and rejecting the Bumpers and Kerry amendments. The…

The Senate debated and passed H.R. 5019, Energy and Water Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1991 and S. 2952, the Defense Authorization Bill for Fiscal Year 1991.

The Senate continued consideration of S. 137, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. A unanimous-consent time-agreement was reached providing for the consideration of H.R.…

Mr. Bingaman discussed defense spending and defense strategies.

The Senate resumed consideration of S. 566, the National Affordable Housing Act. The Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2104, to amend the Civil…

The Senate convened and spoke about several issues, such as bank fraud, white collar crime, the Savings & Loan crisis, the budget resolution, assault weapons, crime legislation, education,…

The Senate passed S. 396 to amend the bankruptcy code regarding SWAP agreements. The Senate began consideration of S. 341 to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, to prohibit…

The Senate Armed Services Comittee received testimony from the General Accounting Office and the Sandia Laboratory on the Navy investigation into the explosion aboard the USS Iowa.

The hearing focuses on the problems associated with waste storage. Under discussion is the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Plant which is designed to store nuclear waste.

The Senate agreed to S.Con.Res. 108, concerning the right of self- determination of the Lithuanian people. The Senate passed S. 2306, to provide relief for natural forests damaged by…

The Senate opened with a prayer signed by Reverend Croft and spoken by Reverend Trancone. Both men are ministers at Gallaudet University, a liberal arts school for the deaf. They were…