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President Clinton delivered his sixth State of the Union address to members of the House and Senate, the executive branch, the diplomatic corps, and guests in the gallery. He outlined initiatives…

President Bill Clinton delivered his first State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress. He highlighted his administration’s accomplishments during 1993 including passage of…

President Clinton delivered his seventh and final State of the Union address to members of the House and Senate, the executive branch, the diplomatic corps and guests in the gallery. He said that…

On June 2, 1986, the U.S. Senate broadcasted its legislative sessions for the first time. Senators spoke on the benefits of television coverage of the U.S. Senate. This was part of a 5th…

In the annual State of the Union address, President Clinton outlined in greater detail many of the proposals upon which he campaigned. He called for action on a variety of fronts by Congress, the states and the…

Meeting in joint session, representatives and senators certified Electoral College ballots submitted by the states. Following the reading of the Florida vote, objections from several…

By 52 yeas to 48 nays, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Clarence Thomas of Georgia as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Members of the House and Senate had their photographs taken while re-enacting their swearing in ceremonies.

President Bill Clinton delivered his fifth State of the Union address to members of the House and Senate, the executive branch, the diplomatic corps and guests in the gallery. He outlined…

After their meeting with President Bill Clinton and Republican congressional leaders, Vice President Al Gore, Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD), and Representative Dick Gephardt (D-MO) talked with…

Ballot tellers checked and tallied the electoral votes from all fifty states as witnessed by the President of the Senate under the obligations of the U.S. Constitution as laid out in…

Sheila Frahm, the lieutenant governor of Kansas, swore her oath to replace Robert Dole as a senator from Kansas. She would serve until Kansas’s next election for the seat.

In an excerpt from a session of the Senate, members debated the Clinton administration’s economic program legislation, the budget reconciliation act. The $500 billion plan intended to…

The Senate worked on HR 5925: A bill to amend title seven of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish a revolving fund for use by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to provide…

In an excerpt from the Senate session, Senator Al Gore (D-TN), Democratic vice presidential nominee, spoke on the presidential veto of the Family and Medical Leave Act.

S 316: A bill to authorize the garnishment of federal employees' pay. HR 2263: A bill to authorize awards for cost savings disclosures. S 2484: A bill to establish research, development,…

HCR 343: A resolution to provide for an adjournments and recesses of the House and Senate. SR 324: A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the president of the United States expeditiously…

HR 5132: A bill to make dire emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster assistance to meet urgent needs because of calamities such as those which occurred in Los Angeles and…

Senate debate on S. 1985 Bankruptcy Reform Bill

SJR 310: A resolution to designate August 1, 1992, as “Helsinki Human Rights Day.” SR 315: A resolution to congratulate the Chicago Bulls on winning the 1992 National Basketball Association…