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Senators considered a resolution condemning the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. They reconvened at 1:45 PM to unanimously vote in favor of the resolution, 100-0.

The Senate convenes and begins a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of the conference report to H.R. 3199, the Patriot Act Reauthorization bill, and fai…

Senate Democratic leaders welcomed Representative Menendez to their caucus following his appointment to the Senate to replace outgoing Senator Corzine who had been elected governor of New Je…

The Senate resumes consideration of H.R. 3057, the Foreign Operations Appropriations bill.

The Senate resumes consideration of H.R. 2360, the Homeland Security Appropriations bill, which was passes as amended.

The Senate continued consideration of H.R. 6, the Energy bill.

The Senate continued consideration of H.R. 6, the Energy bill.

The Senate continued consideration of the nomination of Priscilla Owen as a judge for the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. She was the first of seven nominations which had been filib…

The Center for American Progress sponsored a student protest against the so-called “nuclear option” for judicial nominations. Members of Congress also spoke to protesters against the "nuclea…

The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on Fannie Mae and Fannie Mac. Witnesses talked about improving the government regulation of government-sponsored housi…

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on regulatory reform of government sponsored enterprises and specifically federal housing programs like Freddie Mac and…

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee heard testimony on identity theft, the security of sensitive consumer information, and maintaining personal information on large compu…

Lawmakers testified before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States about the commission’s mandates and objectives, as well as intelligence oversight investigations …

Witnesses testified about the stability and efficiency of securities trading, recent corporate scandals and investigations into trading practices, the state of competition, regulation and en…

Alan Greenspan testified about his nomination to a fifth term as Federal Reserve Chairman. Among the issues he addressed were the state of the economy, the potential for raising interest rat…