Senate Session
The Senate continued debate on health care legislation.
View in Congressional Chronicle521 viewsThe Senate continued debate on health care legislation.
View in Congressional Chronicle521 viewsSenate Republicans spoke against the 2010 health care law.
92 viewsSenators debated and offered amendments to health care reform reconciliation legislation.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,737 viewsFollowing a day-long summit on health care hosted by President Obama, Republican leaders spoke to reporters and answered questions about the meeting.
353 viewsPresident Obama held a bipartisan meeting at Blair House on health reform legislation. Attendees included House and Senate leadership, chairs and ranking members of committees overseeing…
126,915 viewsSenate Republican leaders spoke about the election of Scott Brown in the Massachusetts special election to fill the seat of former Senator Ted Kennedy. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said…
14,802 viewsSenate Republicans talked about the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of the health care proposal currently under debate in the Senate.
3,312 viewsVote to waive Corker point of order on unfunded mandates passed by a vote of 55 - 44. The Senate is now holding a series of votes, including adoption of the Majority Leader’s substitute…
View in Congressional Chronicle4,629 viewsThe Senate approved Majority Leader Reid’s Managers Amendment with a vote of 60-39.
View in Congressional Chronicle535 viewsSenate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Jon Kyl, and Senator Tom Coburn held a news conference to talk about the health care debate.
139 viewsThe Senate health care bill faces its first challenge in a late-night procedural vote. Yesterday, Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) said he’s prepared to vote for the bill after reaching a compromise on…
View in Congressional Chronicle7,105 viewsThe Senate voted on fiscal year 2010 defense spending and thereafter resumed debate on health care legislation.
View in Congressional Chronicle670 viewsThe Senate debated the $636 billion Pentagon spending bill. The measure also carries short-term extensions of unemployment benefits, highway and transit funding, key pieces of the…
View in Congressional Chronicle725 viewsThe Senate held its 15th day of health care debate. Senator Bernie Sanders entered an amendment for a single-payer system by expanding Medicare to everyone. Senator Coburn requested that…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,000 viewsThe Senate resumed consideration of health care legislation. Several amendments were considered, including one to allow citizens to buy prescription drugs from other countries and bring…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,228 viewsIn a rare Sunday session the Senate took a final vote on the $447 billion FY 2010 omnibus spending bill. After the vote, members continued to debate health care legislation.
View in Congressional Chronicle179 viewsThe Senate convened, with an omnibus bill cloture vote and then continued with health care reform legislation.
View in Congressional Chronicle471 viewsSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Senate Republican leaders spoke to reporters about the cost of health care legislation.
127 viewsThe Senate temporarily set aside debate on health care to consider a bill setting federal spending for the remainder of the budget year.
View in Congressional Chronicle405 viewsSenators spoke to reporters and answered questions on Senate debate over various amendments to health care reform legislation.
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