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The Senate voted on various spending measures. A cloture vote on Department of Defense appropriations, as well as a parliamentary challenges to various legislation, were considered the morni…

The Senate convened with a period of morning business prior to consideration of several appropriations and spending measures.

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito continued his Capitol Hill visits. Former Senator Dan Coats and presidential adviser Jamie Brown were with Judge Alito throughout the day. His f…

The Senate convened and proceeded to a vote on the conference report to H.R. 2744, the Agriculture Appropriations, FY2006 bill. The Senate agreed to H.R. 2744 Conference Report; Agriculture,…

The Senate convenes and resumes consideration of H.R. 2863, the Defense Appropriations Bill.

The Senate convenes and proceeds to Executive Session to resume consideration of the nomination of John G. Roberts, Jr. to be Chief Justice of the United States.

Louisiana Senators Landrieu and Vitter spoke to reporters about hurricane relief legislation. They introduced the Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief and Economic Recovery Act. Among the issue…

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention and Prediction held a hearing on the lifesaving role of accurate hurricane prediction. Chairman Senator De…

Senators spoke to reporters about their tour of hurricane damaged areas along the Gulf Coast and the status of relief efforts in the region. They also answered questions from the reporters.

Louisiana members of Congress spoke to reporters about Hurricane Katrina response efforts. They talked about their bipartisan legislative package, which they planned on introducing the follo…

Officials updated reporters on damage assessments from Hurricane Katrina and federal, state and local relief efforts in affected areas. They talked about the severity of devastation caused b…

Louisiana elected officials and Major General Bennett Landreneau spoke to reporters about search and rescue operations in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. They talked about the damage in Louis…

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

Secretary Chertoff testified about proposed reorganization of the Homeland Security Department, current and potential threats to national security by terrorists, intelligence gathering and s…

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a hearing on digital television. Witnesses testified about the future of broadcasting, dual must-carry and multicasting regulat…

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…

Witnesses testified about how effective the National Weather Service is at predicting the impact of severe storms, including hurricanes and tornados, and what can be done to increase their a…

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