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Louisiana Senators Landrieu and Vitter spoke to reporters about hurricane relief legislation. They introduced the Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief and Economic Recovery Act. Among the issue…

Senators announced a resolution they are sponsoring apologizing for the U.S. Senate’s refusal to pass anti-lynching legislation for over a century. A photograph of a lynching victim was show…

The Senate voted on various spending measures. A cloture vote on Department of Defense appropriations, as well as a parliamentary challenges to various legislation, were considered the morni…

Clergy and civic leaders from New Orleans, Baton Rouge and other Louisiana parishes led a delegation of churches from the People Improving Communities through Organization (PICO) National Ne…

Oil company executives talked about fuel and gasoline pricing, the state of petroleum supplies and infrastructure in the U.S., and the recent impact of Gulf Coast hurricanes on the industry.…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate proceeded to consideration of H.J.Res. 72.

Democratic and Republican senators appeared in the Senate Television Gallery late in the day to announce that they had reached a compromise to avert the “nuclear option” on judicial nominati…

The Senate continued consideration of H.R. 6, the Energy bill.

The Senate continued consideration of H.R. 6, the Energy bill.

The Senate confirmed, 77-17, Lester M. Crawford, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs.

Louisiana elected officials and Major General Bennett Landreneau spoke to reporters about search and rescue operations in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. They talked about the damage in Louis…

The Senate convenes and begins a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate begins consideration of H.R. 2862, the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill. The Senate p…

Louisiana members of Congress spoke to reporters about Hurricane Katrina response efforts. They talked about their bipartisan legislative package, which they planned on introducing the follo…

The Senate convened and proceeded to a vote on the conference report to H.R. 2744, the Agriculture Appropriations, FY2006 bill. The Senate agreed to H.R. 2744 Conference Report; Agriculture,…

Senators Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana) and George Allen (R-Viginia) and others spoke to reporters about a proposed resolution apologizing for past Senate inaction on proposed anti-lynching law…