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The United States Senate met for morning business where any Senator can speak on any topic they want. Later on in the day, senators would continue debate on the fast track trade authority an…

The U.S. Senate debated the nomination of Charles Siragusa to be a District Court Judge in New York. His nomination passed with a vote of 98-0. Later debate began on S.1292, a bill to overtu…

Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Mississippi, under agreement with Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-South Dakota, announced that the Senate would debate campaign finance reform no l…

Protestors gathered in Lafayette Park across from the White House to protest the visit of Chinese President Jiang. Representatives from labor, human rights groups and religious organizations…

After morning business, the Senate voted to end debate for the Highway Reauthorization Bill. Later in the day the senate voted $13.8 billion on Interior spending. It’s one of the 13 appropri…

The U.S. Senate met to discuss the Highway Reauthorization bill

The Senate approved an extension of temporary funding for approximately half of government programs. The money was needed because several of the 13 annual appropriations bills had still not …

After the Senate came in they voted to end a filibuster on the Campaign Finance reform bill. The also worked on the $145 billion Highway Authorization Act and the District of Columbia spendi…

This SENATE SESSION considered CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM & TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

The Senate met to debate campaign finance reform.

The U.S. Senate met and resumed consideration of S. 25, to reform the financing of Federal elections. Members debated a number of amendments and measures on the bill including an attempt to…

In an excerpt beginning at about 12:08 p.m., senators debated a modified version of the Campaign Finance Reform legislation offered by Republican Senator John McCain, R- Arizona and Senator …

The U.S. Senate discussed Campaign Finance Reform

House supporters of campaign finance reform, joined by Senators McCain and Feingold, talked about the need for campaign finance reform. They stressed that the House Republican leadership sho…

A portion of the United States Senate debate on S.25, the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill. They debated the need for campaign finance reform and whether this legislation would a…

The U.S. Senate reconvened and after a brief period of Morning Business speeches returned to debate on Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act. The Act under the title S.830 moved to …

Senator Trent Lott (R-Mississippi) and Senator Tom Daschle (D-South Dakota) commented on a unanimous consent agreement to debate the McCain-Feingold bill prior to the Senate’s adjournment.

Senators Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin) and John McCain (R-Arizona) briefed reporters on their proposed campaign finance reform bill. They outlined the need for campaign finance reform and spo…

At about 1 p.m., Senator Lott offered to bring up the McCain-Feingold bill with an amendment on union dues to be offered by Senator Lott before the end of the first session. Senator Daschle …

Senate Minority Leader Senator Tom Daschle (D-South Dakota) and Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin) briefed reporters on campaign finance reform. They stressed that the McCain-Feingold bill …