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This session of the US Senate addressed Treasury & Postal Service Spending & Campaign Finance Reform

The Senate continued their work on the fiscal year 98 budget. The president has requested 13.8 billion dollar budget for the Interior. The Senate continued debate of Interior spending with t…

Senate Session of September 17, 1997. Debate continues with regard to Interior and Military Construction spending, Arts Endowment spending,

This segment of the 1997 SENATE SESSION debate FDA Reform in approving new drugs and medical devices and the budget for the National Endowment for the Arts.

The July 22nd 1997 Senate Session. Among other issues the Senate considered Treasury Department, Postal Service, Veterans, Housing and Urban Development spending.

After Morning Business, the Senate took up debate on several bills for Fiscal Year 98. The bills would help fund NASA, Veterans & Housing programs and Treasury & Postal Service and help elim…

The Senate debated and confirmed the nominations of Joel Klein for assistant attorney general and Eric Holder Jr. for deputy attorney general.

In this session, debate continued on $17 billion in foreign operations spending for the fiscal year. A final vote was scheduled later. After some debate on Congressional on pay raise. A bill…

Senate session on spending bills.

Members of the U.S. Senate met with morning business where Senators spoke on a variety of topics and then debated on the Disaster Relief Bill.

United States Senate session from May 14, 1997 with debate on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), “Partial-Birth” abortion, and change to the 1990 Conventional Forces in …

The United States Senate considered campaign finance reform, disaster relief, and military funding for Bosnia/Iraq operations. They voted on an amendment to the disaster relief bill offered …

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

The U.S. Senate convened and talked about a variety of issues during morning business before turning to H.R. 1003, the Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Bill. This bill would prohibit the…

After Morning Hours the Senate continued closing arguments on a Constitutional Amendment to limit Campaign Contributions and Spending.

The U.S. Senate convened with morning business, and then voted on the nomination of Federico Pena for Energy Secretary with a result of 99-1. They then continued the session debating campaig…

The U.S. Senate reconvened and continued debate on the Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment. The Senate rejected the measure by 66 yeas to 34 nays, two-thirds of those Senators duly chos…

On this day, during this early session of the Senate, the entire time was spent in morning business, meaning no legislative action took place. Most of this session was taken up by quorum cal…