Us Senate
Events (21)
- May 1, 1995: Senate Majority Leader Calls for Senate Hearings on Branch Davidian Raid 1995-05-01
- June 18-24, 1997: Congress Bans Military Burial for Convicted Oklahoma City Bomber 1997-06-18
- June 30, 2000: New Campaign Finance Law Requires ‘527’ Organizations to Disclose Donors, Expenditures, Funding 2000-06-30
- February 14, 2002: US Senate Blocks Amendment to VRA Reinstating Right to Vote to Convicted Felons 2002-02-14
- September 5, 2003: Justice Department Delineates Method to Appoint US Attorney for up to 330 Days without Undergoing Senate Confirmation 2003-09-05
- July 20, 2006: Senate Votes 98-0 to Reauthorize Voting Rights Act 2006-07-20
- July 27, 2006: President Bush Signs Voting Rights Act Reauthorization; Law Overturns Supreme Court Decisions Protecting Discriminatory Practices 2006-07-27
- August 6, 2009: Sotomayor Confirmed as Supreme Court Justice; Will Be Sworn In 2009-08-06
- July 26-27, 2010: Republican Filibuster Blocks Campaign Finance Act Intended to Override ‘Citizens United’ Decision 2010-07-26
- January 26, 2011 and After: House Republicans Push Bill to Eliminate Public Funding of Presidential Elections 2011-01-26
- May 26, 2011: Congressional Republicans Move to Thwart Executive Order on Campaign Finance under Consideration by White House 2011-05-26
- July 13, 2011: Senate Republican’s ‘Alternative’ to Debt Ceiling Increase Has Political Cost for Obama, Democrats 2011-07-13
- August 1, 2011: Republican House Speaker: ‘I Got 98 Percent of What I Wanted’ in Economic Debt Legislation Deal 2011-08-01
- August 25, 2011: Analysis Suggests Tea Party Influence May Be Fading 2011-08-25
- January 28, 2012: Conservative Anti-Tax Activist: If Obama Wins Re-Election, Congressional Republicans Will Impeach Him 2012-01-28
- March 1, 2012: Senate Rejects Controversial Amendment Allowing Health Care Providers and Employers to Deny Services on Religious, Moral Grounds 2012-03-01
- July 14-17, 2012: Senate Republicans Successfully Block DISCLOSE Act Again 2012-07-14
- 1913: Seventeenth Amendment Requires US Senators to Be Elected, Not Appointed
- 1986: Senate Leaders Prevent Campaign Fundraising Reform Legislation from Coming Up for Votes
- 1988: Senate Republicans Filibuster Campaign Spending Restrictions
- 1996: Congressional Republicans Again Block Campaign Finance Reform Bills