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President Bill Clinton joined others in a roundtable discussion on health care reform and the direction it should take. Health care reform was one of the entitlement programs discussed durin…

The United States Senate met for morning business and later debated the 1994 Crime Bill and Brady Handgun Bill.

Following introductions by first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senators Arlen Specter and Harris Wofford, Representative Ron Klink, and President Bill Clinton spoke about his health care refo…

The U.S Senate returned to debate the Fiscal Year 1994 Interior Appropriations Conference Report.

Senator Harris Wofford (D-PA) briefed reporters following President Clinton’s speech to members of Congress concerning his health care reform plan.

The Senate continued debate on The Defense Department Appropriations Bill for FY '94

The Senate continues to consider the FY '94 Labor/Health and Human Services appropriations bill.

The U.S. Senate continued work on legislation to fund the Departments of Labor, Health & Human Services, and Education. This $256.7 billion bill included funding for Medicaid, student loans…

Senator Wofford, author of Of Kennedys and Kings: Making Sense of the Sixties, reflected on his work for the presidential campaign of Robert Kennedy during a retrospective on the year 1968. …

In this segment of the 103rd Congress, the US Senate addresses the FY '94 $262 Billion Defense Dept. Authorization Bill & the National and Community Service Act

In an excerpt from the Senate session, senators debated the community service bill, which would compensate young volunteers in community service projects with financial aid for college or jo…

U.S. Senate held a session that discussed the President’s Budget Plan.

In an excerpt, senators debated the Budget Reconciliation Bill, which passed the previous evening by a narrow margin in the House of Representatives. Supporters of the bill emphasized its fa…

The U.S. Senate met to discuss and vote on the Federal Flood Aid bill for people affected by midwestern flooding.

The Senate met to vote on a number of Executive branch nominations and the National Service Bill. After the bill, they held a vote for the nomination of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be an associat…

Senators James Jeffords (R-VT), Harris Wofford (D-PA), and David Durenberger (R-MN) discussed aspects of the National Community Service Bill, including funding for the bill and the differenc…

In an excerpt from the Senate, senators made closing statements concerning the National Community Service Bill. The bill was passed by the Senate.

The senators read prepared statements on the passage of the National Community Service Bill and took questions from correspondents.

The Senate debated the nominations of Thomas Payzant for assistant secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, Sheldon Hackney for chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a…

In an excerpt from the session of the U.S. Senate, senators debated the nomination of former University of Pennsylvania President Sheldon Hackney to head the National Endowment for the Human…