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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…

Senator Corzine, the governor-elect of New Jersey, announced the appointment of Representative Bob Menendez to fill the seat he will vacate in the U.S. Senate. Senator Corzine will be sworn …

Victory speeches from gubernatorial races of Lieutenant Governor Kaine in Virginia and Senator Corzine in New Jersey were shown. Additionally video stills depicting results from the state gu…

Gubernatorial candidates held their fifth and final debate in the New Jersey governor’s race. Senator Corzine and Mr. Forrester discussed the negative tone surrounding the last few weeks of …

Four candidates for governor debated one another at the College of New Jersey. The candidates discussed numerous topics, but primarily focused on political corruption. Doug Forrester questio…

Gubernatorial candidates debated one another in a television studio in Trenton, New Jersey. Local journalists posed questions to the candidates on a number of issues including the economy, s…

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing chaired by Senator Domenici about global oil demand and gasoline prices. The purpose of the hearing was to learn more about H…

The Senate resumes consideration of the motion to proceed to S. 397, the Gun Liability bill, and votes at 2:00 p.m.

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 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission held a regional hearing on the list of possible closures and realignments of defense bases. Elected officials and community represent…

The Senate resumes consideration of S. 1307, the CAFTA trade agreement bill. The Senate passed S. 1307; Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementatio…

The Senate passed H.R. 2361 As Amended: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006. The Senate moved to proceed to consideration of S. 1307; D…

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 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 returned after an emergency evacuation because a small airplane violated restricted airspace over Washington, D.C.