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Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North was questioned further by committee members, including Representative Boland on the Boland amendment. The committee chairs then directed summary statements to…

Questioning of Oliver North continued, with many members of the committee making statements concerning patriotism, democracy, and the lessons of the Iran-Contra affair.

The Senate passed H.R. 5114, making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 1991. The Senate passed H.R. 5769, making appropriations…

The Senate session continued.

The Senate passed H.R. 5835, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 4 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year 1991. The Senate passed H.R. 1602, to amend th…

The Senate passed S. 2863, the McKinney Homeless Assistance Reauthorization. The Senate passed S. 3117, for the Interstate Commission Child Support Enforcement. The Senate passed S. 2545, th…

The Senate continued consideration of S. 2884, for appropriations for the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy for 1991.

The Senate passed H.R. 5149, to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. The Senate passed H.R. 4525, to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. The Senate passed S. 2461, the Drug Treatme…

The Senate passed H.R. 3045, the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act. The Senate rejected S.J. Res. 332, proposing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution authorizing the Congress and the state…

The Senate passed S. 2075 to authorize grants for the regulation of environmental quality by Indian tribal governments. The Senate continued consideration of S. 1970 to establish constitutio…

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forest was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 4099, to suspend section 332 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 for the 1991 crop of…

The Senate passed S. 561 to provide for testing for the use without lawful authorization of alcohol or controlled substances by the operators of aircraft, railroads, and commercial motor veh…

The Senate passed H.J.Res. 407, making continuing appropriations for FY90. The Senate passed H.R. 2916, making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban De…

By voice vote the Senate passed H.R. 2883, making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture. The bill would continue loan programs for rural development and increase funding for a num…

The Senate considered several pieces of legislation to deal with bill S.1160 which deals with the State Department Authorization.

The Senate agreed to S. Res. 151, to express the sense of the Senate on the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court declaring unconstitutional the Texas statute prohibiting the desecration of the…

Senators Orrin Hatch and James McClure talked to reporters about the Oliver North verdict.

The Senate passed H.R.2 to amend the Fair Labor Standards Acts of 1938 to restore the minimum wage to a fair and equitable rate.

The Senate consented to the nomination of William Bennett, of North Carolina, as Director of National Drug Control Policy. The Senate refused to consent to the nomination of John G. Tower, o…

The Senate consented to the nomination of Louis W. Sullivan, of Georgia, as Secretary of Health and Human Services. The Senate consented to the nomination of Admiral James D. Watkins, U.S. N…