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The Senate Commerce Committee heard testimony from Exxon chair L.G. Rawl and others two weeks after the March 24, 1989, Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska’s Prince William Sound.

House and Senate Budget Committee conferees worked on a final version of the budget reconciliation bill, which attempts to balance the federal budget in seven years.

The House & Senate Budget Committees held a hearing on the effects of a possible government shutdown if federal budget legislation was not passed by October 1. They heard testimony from Whit…

The committee heard testimony from Department of Defense officials on the administration’s new policy concerning homosexuals in the U.S. military. The previous day, President Clinton announc…

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

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.

Congressional Budget Office Director June O’Neill moderated this panel of federal budget correspondents on how the press covers the federal budget process. They discussed issues such as how …

Budget experts from Congress and the White House discussed the political and fiscal prospects of balancing the budget by 2002. They discussed issues such as the need for a constitutional ame…

Senators debated a merchant marine fisheries bill, before recessing subject to the call of the chair.

The Senate debated Fiscal Year 1997 Interior Spending Bill

In the fourth of a series of forums on the Democratic “Families First” agenda, House and Senate Democrats heard testimony Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala concerning proposa…

Senators debated the conference report on welfare reform legislation that would allow states more control over the program and limit able-bodied persons to a lifetime limit of five years on …

The Senate completed the Legislative Appropriations Act and the Department of Transportation Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1997.

The senate meet to debate water and energy bills.

House and Senate Conference Committee members met to work out differences in welfare reform legislation.

The U.S. Senate debated welfare reform. Issues under consideration included the family cap, church involvement in welfare distribution, and abstinence education in schools. The Senate passed…