Senate Session
Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3272-3274. Page S11575 Continuing Resolution: By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 295), Senate passed H.J. Res. 126…
View in Congressional Chronicle423 viewsMeasures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3272-3274. Page S11575 Continuing Resolution: By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 295), Senate passed H.J. Res. 126…
View in Congressional Chronicle423 viewsThe House Republican Conference held an event to discuss defense spending and federal budget negotiations. They recently passed legislation which included military personnel pay raises. Many…
56 viewsWitnesses testified about sentencing guidelines across the U.S. Among the issues they addressed were how the guidelines were being applied, reviews of departures from the guidelines, and the…
301 viewsMeasures Introduced: Sixteen bills and seven resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3190-3205, S. Res. 371-376, and S. Con. Res. 150. Page S10411-12 Special Report entitled ``Further…
View in Congressional Chronicle407 viewsThe Senate will convene at 9:30 am to resume consideration of S. 2045, the American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act of 2000, re: H-1B Visas. The vote on final passage of S. 2045 will…
View in Congressional Chronicle187 viewsMeasures Introduced: Eleven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3045-3055. Page S8585 S. 1534, to reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act, with an amendment in the nature of a subst…
View in Congressional Chronicle223 viewsMeasures Introduced: Twenty bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2922-2941, and S. Res. 343-344. Pages S7655-56 Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows: S. …
View in Congressional Chronicle391 viewsMeasures Introduced: Eleven bills and one resolution, were introduced, as follows: S. 2911-2921, and S. Res. 342. Page S7542 Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows: S. 2107, to…
View in Congressional Chronicle100 viewsThroughout the day, Senators paid tribute to the late Senator Paul Coverdell (R-GA), who died last night from complications of a brain hemmorhage. Measures Introduced: Seven bills were in…
View in Congressional Chronicle499 viewsThe Senate is expected to take up H.R. 8, the Death Tax Elimination Act, H.R. 4578 the Interior Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2001, and S. 2549, the Department of Defense Authorization…
View in Congressional Chronicle135 viewsThe Judiciary Committee interrogated Attorney General Reno on her policies related to investigating Democratic campaign finances. Republicans have demanded that an independent counsel be ass…
154 viewsMeasures Introduced: Seven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2759-2765. Pages S5555-56 Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows: H.R. 642, to redesignate the Federal buildi…
View in Congressional Chronicle165 viewsCongressional leaders used shovels to symbolically begin work on a Capitol visitors' center. Each of them commented on the need for this project.
114 viewsMeasures Introduced: Seventeen bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 2693-2709, and S.J. Res. 48. Page S4820 Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows: S. 240…
View in Congressional Chronicle373 viewsMeasures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2516-2518. Page S3612 Death of Archbishop John Cardinal O’Connor: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 317, expressing the sen…
View in Congressional Chronicle128 viewsOn the 50th anniversary of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, court judges and others commemorated the anniversary. They talked about the history of the code and it’s purpose. The law wa…
255 viewsMr. LaBella testified about his Department of Justice investigations of alleged improprieties during the 1996 presidential campaign cycle. Among the topics addressed were the decision not to…
88 viewsSenator Byrd delivered a speech on “The Flag and the Constitution.” Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 2310-2327, and S. Con. Res. 100.…
View in Congressional Chronicle160 viewsMeasures Introduced: Ten bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2300-2309, S.J. Res. 43, S. Res. 278, and S. Con. Res. 99. Page S1815 Measures Reported: Reports we…
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