Senate Hearing on Alaskan Oil Spill
The Senate Commerce Committee heard testimony from Exxon chair L.G. Rawl and others two weeks after the March 24, 1989, Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska’s Prince William Sound.
753 viewsThe Senate Commerce Committee heard testimony from Exxon chair L.G. Rawl and others two weeks after the March 24, 1989, Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska’s Prince William Sound.
753 viewsThe Republican National Committee Platform Committee met to discuss issues to be part of the party’s national platform. Amendment numbers were read aloud, and delegates responded and voted. …
465 viewsThe Republican National Committee Platform Committee met to discuss issues to be part of the party’s national platform. Amendment numbers were read aloud, and delegates responded and voted. …
279 viewsThe Republican National Committee Platform Committee met to discuss issues to be part of the party’s national platform. Amendment numbers were read aloud, and delegates responded and voted. …
647 viewsA hearing was held on the report of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission which was created by Congress in 2005 to examine the condition and future needs of…
946 viewsThe U.S. Senate continued consideration of the Family and Medical Leave Bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle360 viewsThe Senate began debate on the so-called Iraq resolution, legislation authorizing President George W. Bush to use force against Iraq. Members also approved the Department of Justice authoriz…
View in Congressional Chronicle554 viewsThe Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate proceeded to executive session to consider the nomination of Robert M. Gates as secretary of the De…
View in Congressional Chronicle262 viewsSenator Conrad Burns (R-Montana) and his Democratic challenger, Jon Tester, met for their last debate. The telecast included campaign commercials. The debate, sponsored by the Great Fall…
316 viewsSenator Conrad Burns and his Democratic challenger, Jon Tester, met for a debate sponsored by the Helena Independent Record and Hometown Helena. The debate was held in a meeting room at the …
352 viewsCandidates participated in a televised debate moderated by state journalists. Among the topics they addressed were law enforcement provisions of the Patriot Act, policy in Iraq, ethics in po…
1,032 viewsMike Mansfield, former congressman and senator from Montana, was honored. Author Donald Oberdorfer spoke about his biography, Senator Mansfield: The Extraordinary Life of a Great American St…
155 viewsSen. Conrad Burns and his Democratic challenger, Jon Tester, met for a debate sponsored by The Montana Standard held in the Mother Lode Theater in uptown Butte, Montana.
318 viewsThe Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 5631, the Department of Defense Approp…
View in Congressional Chronicle676 viewsSen. Conrad Burns and his Democratic challenger, Jon Tester, met for a debate at the Hamilton High School’s Performing Arts Center. It was a raucous event punctuated by heckling from a livel…
287 viewsThe Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee holds a hearing to consider the nomination of Mary Peters to be secretary of transportation. Ms. Peters served as administrator of t…
110 viewsWitnesses testified about programs to provide essential air services to small communities and efforts by the airline industry to cut costs by eliminating routes to areas that did not generat…
209 viewsThe Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on the re-nomination of Kevin Martin as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and of John Kneuer to be assistant secretary of commerc…
107 viewsThe Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R.4954, the Port Security bill.
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