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This was the last hearing of the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement. The goal of the commission was to recommend ways to help control entitlement spending. Some approaches include cutting …

Historians, participants, and spectators talked about the significance of the debates, especially the sixth debate in Quincy, Illinois. Telephone lines were also opened for viewer commen…

The U.S Senate debated on a resolution authorizing troops in Haiti.

For the One Hundred Twenty-Seventh Anniversary of Howard University in Washington, DC Senator Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL) addressed students and faculty at the university’s opening convocatio…

The Senate Moved into Executive Session to Discuss a Presidential Nomination. Then it moved into Morning Business. No Votes were Scheduled.

This was the first day that the Senate debated on the conference report for Crime Legislation that the House of Representatives passed the night prior.

The Senate debated Healthcare Reform, a proposal introduced by Senator George Mitchell, D-Maine and Senate Majority Leader. This proposal aims to cover 95% of all Americans by the year 2000.…

Members of the Senate considered the Conference report to the Commerce, State and Justice Bill then Senators continued the debate on Health Care Legislation.

The Senate debated Health Care Reform during this session.

Health care reform and defense appropriations are the main debate topics in this session of the U.S. Senate.

The U.S. Senate met and resumed consideration of H.R. 4624, making appropriations for the ·Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agenc…

The two-week long schedule of House and Senate hearings includes several White House officials and Department of Treasury personnel. The administration’s witnesses voluntarily gave up their …

Day 3 of the Senate Banking Committee Whitewater Investigation.The two-week long schedule of House and Senate hearings includes several White House officials and Deputy Department of Treasur…

The U.S Senate discussed the Improving America’s Schools Act.

The US Senate debated various Amendments to S.1513, improving America’sSchools Bill.

United States Senate session on July 28, 1994 that included consideration of the Improving America’s Schools Act. There was a Noon recess for the funeral of former Minority Leader Represent…

Lawmakers were scheduled to debate the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This bill authorized more than 12 billion dollars for education programs. Later senators began work on bills t…

The committee heard testimony from Judge Breyer during the third day of his Supreme Court confirmation hearings. He responded to questions on his legal writings and views from committee memb…

The Senate Judiciary Committee Chaired by Senator Joe Biden Jr. D-Delaware, heard testimony from Judge Stephen G. Breyer, Supreme Court Nominee, during the second day of his Supreme Court co…