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Witnesses testified on efforts to establish minimum standards for state-issued drivers' licenses and identification cards in compliance with the REAL ID Act of 2005.

The Senate convened and begin a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 2638, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008. The…

Police administrators from across the U.S. testified about anti-terrorism efforts in their local law-enforcement agencies. Topics included Islamic extremism bred in the U.S., prevention of t…

Witnesses testified about plans to stop the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. Witness made several recommendations including a comprehensive agreement resulting from one negotiation pr…

Assistant Secretary Myers testified about her nomination by President Bush to continue as assistant secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs in the Department of Homeland Security. She sta…

Witnesses testified about employee rights and the personnel management system at the Transportation Security Administration. Among the topics they addressed were employment agreements of tra…

Officials testified about confronting the terrorist threat to the U.S. six years after the September 11, 2001 attacks. They examined the efforts of key intelligence agencies to prevent anoth…

Committee members marked up S.2191, the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007. The bill contains provisions aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions and allows swapping of pollutio…

The Senate resumed consideration of the Leslie Southwick U.S. Circuit Judge nomination. The Senate confirmed the nomination of Leslie Southwick, of Mississippi, to be U.S. Circuit Judge. …

Ambassador Crocker testifies by video conference from Baghdad about political stability, progress toward U.S. benchmarks for reconstruction, the security situation, as well as military and p…

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing on the nomination of John Negroponte to be deputy secretary of State. He testified on a number of issues including regional stability i…

The Senate convened and began a period of morning business. Thereafter, the Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 3043, the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations b…

Witnesses testified in continuing oversight hearings on Department of Homeland Security programs created since the September 11 attacks, in this case the Federal Terrorist Watch List. Topics…

The Senate convened with a period of morning business. No votes were taken. Members met the next day, a rare Saturday session, to consider S. 574, a bill to express the sense of Congress on …

Committee members marked up S.2191, the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007. The bill contains provisions aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions and allows swapping of pollutio…

The Senate Budget Committee heard opening remarks on its markup of the proposed fiscal year 2008 budget.

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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on strategy and operations in Iraq. Chairmen of the Iraq Study Group testified about their report and recommendations for future policy …

The Senate convened and resumed consideration of S.Con.Res. 21, the Congressional Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2008.