Senate Session
The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, it is expected the Senate will begin consideration of the House message to accompany H.R. 2764, the Omnibus Appropri…
View in Congressional Chronicle318 viewsThe Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, it is expected the Senate will begin consideration of the House message to accompany H.R. 2764, the Omnibus Appropri…
View in Congressional Chronicle318 viewsThe Senate convened and resumed consideration of H.R. 2419, the Farm Bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle158 viewsThe Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 2419, the farm bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle375 viewsThe Senate continued work on the farm bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle101 viewsSenators Durbin and Schumer gave a press conference to reporters in response to President Bush’s proposal for alleviating the economic pressures caused by the sub-prime mortgage crisis. Pres…
54 viewsSenate Republican Leader Senator Mitch McConnell announced that Senator Lamar Alexander won the chairmanship of the Senate Republican Conference in a secret ballot election.
1,577 viewsCommittee members marked up S.2191, the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007. The bill contains provisions aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions and allows swapping of pollutio…
351 viewsThe Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 2419, the Farm bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle194 viewsThe Senate agreed to the H.R.1429 Conference Report; Head Start for School Readiness Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle156 viewsThe Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R.3963, the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization bill. Members also passed H.R.3963, the Support for Injured Ser…
View in Congressional Chronicle150 viewsThe Senate passed S.294 as amended; Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007.
View in Congressional Chronicle133 viewsThe Senate resumed consideration of the Leslie Southwick U.S. Circuit Judge nomination. The Senate confirmed the nomination of Leslie Southwick, of Mississippi, to be U.S. Circuit Judge. …
View in Congressional Chronicle390 viewsThe Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 3043, the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations b…
View in Congressional Chronicle283 viewsThe Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety held a hearing titled, “The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Reactor Oversight Process.” Witnesses testified about nuclear power plant safety…
221 viewsThe Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R.3222, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2008.
View in Congressional Chronicle218 viewsThe Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate began consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 1495, the Water Resources Development Act…
View in Congressional Chronicle191 viewsWitnesses testified about presidential campaign primaries and caucuses, rules for establishing the primary election schedule, recent moves by several states to schedule earlier primary elect…
208 viewsSenator Lamar Alexander talked about his trip to Iraq the previous month, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report on Iraq released the previous day, and the reports expected the ne…
39 viewsThe Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate began consideration of H.R. 2642, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill, Fi…
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