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The Senate approved the fiscal year 1997 budget resolution conference report. Members also began consideration of several Federal Reserve nominations.

Following a period of morning business, the Senate resumed debate on a balanced budget constitutional amendment. In 1995, the Senate defeated this bill 65-35, as constitutional amendments re…

Friends and colleagues paid tribute to retiring Rep. Sonny Montgomery.

Hawaii Senator Daniel Akaka read President George Washington’s farewell address in this annual Senate event. This reading has taken place on the senate floor each year since the 1890s. Each …

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls. Da…

The Senate considered a substitute version to the farm bill that would pay crop subsidies to farmers through a new seven-year program. Forty percent of the annual subsidy payments would come…

The Senate met for Morning Business and to debate farm policy; including crop and commodity subsidies, conservation and agricultural export programs.

The Senate met for morning business.