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The Senate debated appropriation bills, a judicial nomination, and other topics.

In an excerpt, Senators Levin and Sessions spoke about the Starr Independent Counsel report. They felt that Starr violated the laws established for Independent Counsel by including suggestio…

The U.S. Senate met and took up a number of pieces of legislation. Senators voted on the Department of Defense Authorization Conference Report, which authorized appropriations for the depart…

The Senate spend much of this session in Morning Business. Morning Business is when lawmakers introduce bills or speak on any topic. Senator Jon Kyl R-Arizona, and Senator Dianne Feinstein d…

The Senate Armed Services Committee conducted a Confirmation Hearing for several military nominations. The nominees included Richard Danzig for Navy Secretary, Bernard Rostker for Army Under…

The Senate debated the Campaign Finance Reform and Bankruptcy bills. This is an incomplete program

In this excerpt from a previous Senate session, senators debated the campaign finance legislation that came to be known familiarly as the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Bill. The i…

The U.S. Senate convened to debate H.R. 629, the Texas-Maine-Vermont Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Act, passing with a vote of 78-15. They then moved on to work on a foreign operatio…

On this day, this session of the Senate began with morning business, when Senators may speak on any topic and introduce bills. They then took up a defense spending bill, the cost of which is…

The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee questioned the panelists on issues of satellite technology exportation to countries such as China.

This session began with a series of votes on Veterans and Housing spending amendments for the HUD/VA spending bill. Senate leaders wanted to complete work on the $93 billion spending this m…

The Senate met for morning business.

The Senate war in session today.

Democratic Senators reacted to the Supreme Court decision that struck down the Line-Item Veto as unconstitutional. The Senators answered media questions about the action.

The Senate met to debate defense programs funding.