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Senators Debated the US Intervention in Somalia. Senators took the floor and spoke on the Byrd and McCain amendments to the 1994 Fiscal Year Department of Defense Funding Authorization Legis…

In an excerpt from the session of the U.S. Senate, Senators debated amendments to the campaign finance reform bill. The legislation sought to reform the campaign process through greater publ…

The U.S. Senate considered two amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Bill. Both amendments concerned the ban on homosexuals in the military.

The committee emerged from closed session and heard testimony from members of special interest groups and legal scholars on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The…

United States Senate session for July 15, 1993 debate on the Hatch Act Reform Bill

President Bill Clinton’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her nomination hearing. Senators Patrick Moynihan (D-NY), Alpho…

The Joint Chiefs of Staff reported to Senate Armed Services Committee members on the situation in Iraq, Somalia and Yugoslavia. The report explained the current U.S. military position in eac…

Physicians and private citizens asked questions of healthcare reform advocates and politicians, including first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and Senators William Cohen (R-ME) & Ted Kennedy (D…

The U.S. Senate considered S. 171, the Department of the Environment Bill, a measure to elevate the EPA to cabinet level status. Members also debated S. 349, the Lobbying Disclosure Bill.

Four United Stated Senators spoke in a news conference to introduce their bipartisan Alternative Deficit Reduction Plan, which they said would eliminate many of the problems of the Clinton a…

Vice President Al Gore and members of Congress participated in a news conference in the U.S. Capitol following their meeting to announce progress made on legislation reforming congressional …

The United State Senate debate on the Ethics Committee’s Subpoena of Senator Robert Packwood’s(R-Oregon) Diaries.

The U.S. Senate considered S. 171, the Environmental Protection Agency Cabinet Status Bill, a measure to elevate the EPA to cabinet level status. The bill would also create a bureau of envi…

Members of Congress responded to questions from reporters during a news media stakeout in the Rose Garden following a ceremony marking the introduction of the Clinton administration’s anti-c…

The U.S. Senate reconvened and continued debate on a Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) funding bill. Lawmakers created the RTC to function as both oversight and provide bailout funding for …

The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing members questioned Supreme Court nominee, Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, during the third day of her confirmation hearings. The senators finished questioni…

United States Senate session on May 6, 1993 with debate on the Lobbying Disclosure Bill.

General George Joulwan, NATO Commander in Europe nominee, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Issues before the committee included the conflict in the former Yugoslavia an…

The United Senate met and debated the Ethics Committee Subpoena of Senator Packwood’s Diaries. Senator Packwood (R-OR), is being investigated on allegations that he made unwanted sexual adva…

The U.S. Senate continued debate on S. 1607, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1993, also known as the Crime Bill. Time was spent debating Senator Diane Feinstein’s (D-CA)…