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The Senate agreed to S.Res. 217, deploring the escalating violence in El Salvador; condemning the killing of innocent civilians, including six Jesuit priests; and calling for an immediate ce…

The Senate passed H.R. 3614 to amend the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 and to revise certain requirements relating to drug abuse education and prevention programs. H.R. 3611 …

Senator Inouye talked about the history of governmental regulation of cable and the telecommunication industry. Senators Ford and Gore also offered opening remarks. The panel was composed of…

The Senate passed H.R. 3607 to repeal Medicare provisions in the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988. The Senate passed H.R.2710 to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to incre…

The senate considered amendments and voted on an amendment to strike the Department of State authorization waivers to H.R. 2991, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciar…

Congressional Leaders met with reporters to discus their proposal to remove the Social Security Trust Fund from calculations used to figure the deficit target under the Gramm Rudman, Holling…

The Senate passed S. 1726, to repeal Medicare catastrophic coverage provisions effective in years after 1989 and the supplemental Medicare premium.

The Senate agreed to S.Res. 122, expressing the sense of the Senate in support of actions to eliminate preventable deaths and disabling illness, especially among children, through intensifie…

The Senate passed S. 1364 to establish a Joint Federal-State Commission on Policies and Programs Affecting Alaska Natives. The Senate passed S. 1709 to provide interim extensions of Departme…

The Senate passed H.J.Res. 407, making continuing appropriations for FY90. The Senate passed H.R. 2916, making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban De…

The Senate passed S. 974, to designate certain lands in the State of Nevada as wilderness. The Senate passed H.R. 2987, to transfer a certain program with respect to child abuse from title I…

The Senate passed H.R. 1502, to authorize the appropriation of funds for additional officers and members of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and to provide for…

The Senate continued to consider H.R. 3015, making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for Fiscal Year 1990.

The Senate passed H.R. 3014, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for FY90. Wilson Amendment No. 698 was passed to prohibit the use of the franking privilege for unsolicited mass…

The Senate agreed to S.Res. 165, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding American hostages in Labanon. The Senate passed by voice S. 1153, to provide for the establishment of presumptio…

Senator Hollings discussed legislation he introduced to restrict the content of television advertisements.

Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense to discuss the upcoming fiscal year 1990 Department of Defense budget.

The United States Senate session continued with Senators speaking from the floor on a variety of topics.

The Senate began consideration of H.R. 2072, making dire emergency supplemental appropriations and transfers, urgent supplementals and correcting enrollment errors for fiscal year ending Sep…