Profiles in Courage Awards
Annual John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage Awards were presented to President Ford for his pardon of President Nixon and Representative Lewis (D-GA) for his participation in the civil rights…
1,341 viewsAnnual John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage Awards were presented to President Ford for his pardon of President Nixon and Representative Lewis (D-GA) for his participation in the civil rights…
1,341 viewsOfficials and Kennedy family members spoke at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate on the campus of the University of Massachusetts.
1,019 viewsMarch 16, 2008 marked the 40th anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy’s announcement of his candidacy for president of the United States. Historical film footage from the 1968 campaign was shown. …
1,205 viewsSenator Kirk invoked the memory of the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy as he implored his colleagues to adopt Kennedy’s bipartisan spirit and get to work on fixing the nation’s problems.
288 viewsFormer heads of the 9-11 Commission testified about the attempted bombing of Northwest Flight 253 on Christmas day, intelligence gathering, and interagency communications. They said that the…
294 viewsSenator Paul Kirk talked about the Massachusetts special election to fill the late Senator Edward Kennedy’s seat. He also talked about health care, changing politics in Washington, and other…
82 viewsWitnesses testified about steps taken to ensure adequate management and oversight of contracts in Afghanistan, and whether lessons learned from contracting oversight in Iraq were being appli…
167 viewsThe Senate health care bill faces its first challenge in a late-night procedural vote. Yesterday, Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) said he’s prepared to vote for the bill after reaching a compromis…
View in Congressional Chronicle7,142 viewsThe Senate held its 15th day of health care debate. Senator Bernie Sanders entered an amendment for a single-payer system by expanding Medicare to everyone. Senator Coburn requested that the…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,064 viewsGeneral Stanley McChrystal and Ambassador Karl Eikenberry testified about plans to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan and subsequent goals to begin reducing troop levels be…
301 viewsDay 9 of the Senate health care reform debate. Senators discuss an amendment, submitted by Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE), restricting the use of federal funds for abortions and Senator John McCa…
View in Congressional Chronicle192 viewsObama administration officials testified about the president’s plan to raise troop levels in Afghanistan as part of a revised strategy to disengage forces beginning in July 2011. Among the i…
231 viewsThe Senate proceeded with debate on amendments to H.R. 3590, the health care bill. The previous day, the Senate passed an amendment providing preventive health services for women and another…
View in Congressional Chronicle584 viewsThe Senate continued a second day of debate on health care reform legislation. They voted 60-39 to move forward with further debate on the bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,109 viewsThe Senate convened for a period of morning business with two hours of tributes to Senator Robert Byrd. Thereafter the Senate resumed consideration of David Hamilton to the U.S. Circuit Cour…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,367 viewsWitnesses testified about production and distribution of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine to high-priority populations. They defended the distribution of swine flu vaccines against criticism that …
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