Senate Session, Part 2
The Senate convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle766 viewsThe Senate convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle766 viewsThe Senate voted 52-48 in favor of eliminating the filibuster on federal judge nominees and most executive-office appointments. The Senate approved the nomination of Patricia Millett to …
View in Congressional Chronicle2,499 viewsThe Senate convened an resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R.3204, the Pharmaceutical Drug Compounding bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle283 viewsThe Senate convened for a period of morning business. At approximately 4:30 p.m. the Senate proceeded to executive session to consider the nomination of Cornelia T.L. Pillard to be a judge f…
View in Congressional Chronicle422 viewsSenate Democrats spoke to reporters before taking a final vote on ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Each urged House Speaker John Boehner to put the bill up for a House vote, afte…
751 viewsSenate will continue consideration of S. 815, Employment Non-Discrimination Act. At 11:45 a.m., Senate will vote on or in relation to Reid (for Toomey/Flake) Amendment No. 2013 to the bill, …
View in Congressional Chronicle757 viewsThe Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to S.815, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle435 viewsMarilyn Tavenner, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), testified at a hearing on the online health insurance marketplace. In her testimony she said that we…
5,803 viewsSenate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 815, Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,910 viewsCollege and university presidents and a vice president of a career advancement organization testified at a hearing on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. They focused on the rol…
1,472 viewsMembers of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees held their first public meeting to consider the 2013 farm bill.
4,603 viewsThe Senate rejected the motion to proceed to S. J. Res. 26. Thereafter, the senators proceeded to executive session to consider the nomination of Richard F. Griffin, Jr., of the District of …
View in Congressional Chronicle327 viewsThe Senate convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle416 viewsThe pending business was the motion to proceed to S 1569, the bill to raise the limit on the debt ceiling through December 2014. At 5:00pm, the Senate was to proceed to the following judi…
View in Congressional Chronicle315 viewsThe Senate convenes for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle480 viewsLawmakers, health officials and patients spoke to reporters and answered questions about ways in which the federal government shutdown had affected various Americans, the value of the Nation…
104 viewsThe Senate convened for a legislative session. Proceedings were interrupted due to a lockdown at the Capitol.
View in Congressional Chronicle249 viewsThe Senate convened for a period of morning business. At a time to be determined, members considered two judicial nominations: Colin Stirling Bruce, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central…
View in Congressional Chronicle315 viewsHealth care advocates and House Democratic leaders spoke to reporters about the shutdown of the federal government.
237 viewsDespite a shutdown of the federal government, the Senate convenes for a legislative session.
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