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The committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Anthony M. Kennedy to be associate justice of the Supreme Court. Michael Martinez (President, National Hispanic Bar Association) and Ant…

The committee continued hearings on the nomination of Anthony M. Kennedy to be associate justice of the Supreme Court. Yard and Ross opposed the nomination fearing that women’s rights would …

The committee continued hearings on the nomination of Anthony M. Kennedy to be associate justice of the Supreme Court. Professor Tribe, a constitutional law expert, endorsed the nomination t…

The Senate Judiciary committee began the third day of hearings on the nomination of Anthony M. Kennedy to be associate justice to the Supreme Court of the United States. Members of the Ameri…

The Senate Judiciary committee held its second day of hearings on the nomination of Anthony M. Kennedy to be associate justice to the Supreme Court. Committee members continue questioning Ju…

The Senate Judiciary committee began its second day of hearings on the nomination of Judge Anthony M. Kennedy to be associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Committee members proceeded w…

The committee began hearings on the nomination of Anthony M. Kennedy of California to be associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Judge Kennedy is presented by Senato…

Prior to confirmation hearings for Judge John Roberts, a compilation of Senate Judiciary hearings on the nomination of Justice Anthony Kennedy was shown. Justice Kennedy’s three days of tes…

The Senate resumed debating amendments to H.J. Res 395, the Continuing Resolution for FY 88. This is an incomplete program.

The Senate continued consideration of the budget reconciliation bill.

Speaker of the House James Wright addressed a crowd at the U.S. Capitol gathered for the lighting of the Capitol Christmas Tree. After his brief speech Representative Wright lit the Christma…

The Senate debated and passed H.R. 3030, the Farm Credit Act, to give assistance to the ailing Farm Credit System. Also, the Omnibus Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1987 was passed, i…

CR, pp. S16773-S16905. The Senate passed H.R. 5, the Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary Education Improvement Act of 1987, clearing the way for a conference with the House. The Sena…

CR, pp. S16247-S16324. The Senate continued consideration of the Housing and Community Development Act, S. 825. Also, consideration continued of the energy and water appropriations bill, H.R…

The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee heard testimony on health concerns about Nutrasweet, an artificial sweetner, related to the adverse neurological and behavioral effects that ha…

CR, pp. S15515-S15609. The Senate passed the Air Passenger Protection Act of 1987, H.R. 3051, which would require airlines to publicly release information of flight service, including on-tim…

CR, pp. S15243-S15374. The Senate passed H.R. 2310, the Airport and Airway Capacity Expansion Act of 1987. The bill, sparked by concerns over excessive flight delays and air safety, would re…

Senators Biden, Cranston, Hatch, Heinz, Metzenbaum and Thurmond offered their thoughts on the Senate vote that defeated the nominee Judge Robert Bork to be an Associate Justice on the Suprem…

The Senate continued consideration of the nomination of Robert H. Bork to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. CR, pp. S14765-S14910.

Chairman Howard Metzenbaum and Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business Rights held a hearing on the competitive issues of the pharmaceutical industry and generic …