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This series of NBC News special reports covers the breaking story of the Fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. On that day a spokesman for East Berlin’s Communist Party announced that…

Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke at a Bipartisan Policy Center ceremony to award him with the 2017 Congressional Patriot Award. The former vice president talked about the current politi…

This was a clip from the Senate floor as the majority and minority leaders react to news of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989.

The House and Senate met jointly to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of the U.S. Congress. Remarks by leaders are followed by the unveiling of commemorative stamps.

Former Soviet President Gorbachev addressed both houses of Congress in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol to discuss the new global political scene following the Cold War. He called for new t…

The U.S. Senate continued consideration of the Family and Medical Leave Bill.

The committee heard testimony in the first day of confirmation hearings for Deputy National Security Adviser Robert Gates, nominated to become Director of Central Intelligence. Mr. Gates had…

A ceremony was held in the Old Senate Chamber to unveil the official portrait of former Republican Kansas Senator and Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole.

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 Congression…

S.J.Res. 2, S.Res. 11, and S.Res. 12 were introduced. S.Res. 11, to commend the Secretary General of the United Nations was passed, as well as S.Res. 12, calling upon President Gorbachev to …

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid unveiled a portrait of former Senator George Mitchell. Former Senator Dole and Senators Stevens and Dodd also spoke at…

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.

Several senators paid tribute to outgoing Democratic Majority Leader Senator George Mitchell (D-ME). Senator Mitchell served twelve years in the U.S. Senate.

President Clinton, Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole (R-KS), Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D-ME), and House Speaker Tom Foley (D-WA) spoke with reporters about the passage of the Gen…

The United States Senate met for Morning Business. They also discussed the Gatt Trade Agreement.

The guests, Karen Tumulty of Time Magazine and Cragg Hines of the Houston Chronicle, discussed the results of yesterday’s midterm elections and took questions from viewers. Topics included t…

At the close of election day, pairs of guests discussed voting results as they became available, and took questions from viewers. Live shots were shown occasionally of crowds in the Republic…

A rare Saturday Senate Session was held with the Conference Report on S. 21 The California Desert Protection Bill. This Bill would create over 7.5 million acres of desert wilderness areas in…

The Senate opened with prayer and then morning business. After the Quorum Call, they debated the Lobbying Reform. The Senate tried again to invoke cloture on the conference report S. 349, th…

The U.S Senate debated on a resolution authorizing troops in Haiti.