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2013 Event - In the U.S., a centerpiece proposal on background checks aimed at tightening gun control, fails in a Senate vote 2013 Event - By a margin of 50-49, the U.S. Senate passes its first budget in four years 2013 Event - U.S. Senate Republicans filibuster the nomination of Chuck Hagel as U.S. Secretary of Defense, demanding answers to questions about President Obama and Benghazi 2013 Event - U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee, Jack Lew, begins his confirmation hearing by testifying before the U.S. Senate's financial committee 2013 Event - U.S. Senator John Kerry is confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become the next U.S. Secretary of State 2012 Event - California's Senate holds a vote to approve the funding for a bullet train between Los Angeles and San Francisco 2012 Event - The Wisconsin Senate recall election is held, and Wisconsin voters re-elect incumbent governor Scott Walker 2012 Event - Argentina's Senate passes President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's bill to nationalize 51% of oil company YPF with overwhelming majority 2012 Event - Despite being under house arrest in the United Kingdom, Julian Assange announces his plan to run for the Senate of Australia 2012 Event - The State Senate of Maryland approves a bill allowing same-sex marriage in the state 2012 Event - In the state of Washington, the State Senate passes legislation allowing same sex marriage 2011 Event - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti's proposed austerity measures are debated by the Italian senate 2011 Event - A budget agreement is reached by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives 2011 Event - President Barack Obama's Jobs Act fails to receive the sixty votes required to advance from the U.S. Senate 2011 Event - The U.S. Senate fails to pass legislation lifting the debt ceiling; compromise talks continue 2011 Event - The U.S. House of Representatives votes to increase the debt ceiling; the Senate rejects the measure 2011 Event - The Nigerian senate reschedules elections by changing the country's constitution 2011 Event - The U.S. Texas Senate approves amended legislation allowing students in Texas to carry handguns on campus 2011 Event - Former U.S. Olympic champion Carl Lewis is granted a place on the ballot for the Democratic primary election for a New Jersey Senate seat 2010 Death - Robert Byrd, born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Senator 1959 - 2010, longest serving member of the U.S. Senate, dies at age 92 2010 Event - The trial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich begins today; Blagovich faces corruption charges regarding his alleged attempt to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat 2010 Event - The U.S. Senate investigates Goldman Sachs, finding that they made billions of dollars at the expense of clients during the housing market collapse 2009 Event - U.S. Senate Committee passes healthcare reform bill, hailed as a 'critical milestone' by President Obama 2004 Death - Sam Dash, lawyer, Senate counsel during Watergate, dies at 79 2000 Event - Hilary Clinton is the first former First Lady elected to the Senate 1999 Event - Senate acquits President Clinton of lying under oath and obstruction of justice in the Lewinski case 1999 Event - Senate begins to try President Clinton on lying under oath and obstruction of justice in the Lewisnky case 1998 Event - Bill Gates testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee 1997 Event - Brazil Senate allows women to wear slacks 1996 Event - U.S. Senate approves 90 cents raise to $4.25 minimum wage 1996 Event - Bob Dole, Senator-R-Kansas, resigns from U.S. senate to run for president 1995 Event - Amendment to make it illegal to physically desecrate the flag turned down by senate 63-36 (need 2/3 vote) 1995 Event - Senate Ethics committee votes 6-0 to ask for expulsion of Bob Packwood 1994 Event - Senate rejectes a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution 1992 Event - Carol Moseley Brown elected 1st black female in U.S. Senate 1992 Event - New Jersey senate overrides Governor Florio's veto and lowers sales tax to 6% 1991 Event - Senate Committee begins hearings on Clarence Thomas' nomination 1991 Event - Senate votes to allow women to fly combat aircraft 1990 Event - U.S. Senate votes 90-9 to confirm David Souter to Supreme Court 1990 Event - Senate Judiciary committee approves Souter's Supreme Court 1990 Event - Senate Judiciary Com opens hearing on confirmation of David Souter 1989 Event - U.S. Senate impeaches U.S. District Judge Alcee L Hastings 1989 Event - Senate rejects George H. W. Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary 1988 Event - Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US 1988 Event - Robert Bork's supreme court nomination rejected by U.S. Senate 1988 Event - Senate passes bill curbing ads during children's TV shows 1988 Event - Senate votes for major federal tax code changes 1988 Event - Senate ratified a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles 1988 Event - Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony M Kennedy to U.S. Supreme Court 1987 Event - Senate debate begins rejecting Robert Bork's Supreme Court nomination 1987 Event - Bork nominated to Supreme Court, rejected in October by senate 1986 Event - U.S. Senate approved immigration bill prohibiting hiring of illegal aliens and offered amnesty to illegals who entered prior to 1982 1986 Event - Senate convicted U.S. District Judge Harry E Claiborne making him 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment 1986 Event - Senate joins House of Representatives voting for sweeping tax reforms 1986 Event - U.S. Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice 1986 Event - U.S. Senate votes for SDI-project, Star Wars 1986 Event - U.S. Senate approves tax reform 1986 Event - Regular TV coverage of U.S. Senate sessions begins 1986 Event - U.S. Senate ratifies UN's anti-genocide convention 37 years later 1985 Event - Senate judiciary committee begins Robert Bork confirmation hearings 1985 Event - Senate votes 55-45, to authorize production of the MX missile 1985 Event - U.S. Senate confirms Edwin Meese III as attorney general 1984 Event - U.S. Senate condemns CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors 1984 Event - Senate rejects amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools 1983 Event - Senate establishes Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday 1983 Event - Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program 1982 Event - Senate confirms George Shultz as 60th sec of state by vote of 97-0 1982 Event - Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended by Senate by 85-8 vote 1982 Event - Senate begins debate on expulsion of Senator Harrison Williams D-New Jersey 1981 Event - U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor 1981 Event - Belgian Senate accept laws against racism 1981 Event - Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court (99-0) 1978 Event - Senate votes to turn Panama Canal over to Panama on Dec 31, 1999 1978 Event - U.S. Senate accepts Panama Canal treaty 1978 Event - Muriel Humphrey (D-Mn) appointed to fill late husband's Senate seat 1976 Event - Senate establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 1975 Event - Senate revises filibuster rule, allows 60 senators to limit debate 1973 Event - Senate votes 92-3 to confirm Gerald R Ford as Vice President 1973 Event - John Dean begins testimony before Senate Watergate Committee 1973 Event - Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings 1973 Event - Senate names 7 members to investigate Watergate scandal 1973 Event - Senate createse Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities 1971 Event - Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18 1971 Event - Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate 1970 Event - Senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 1970 Event - Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court 1967 Event - Edward Brooke, born in Washington, D.C, Senator-R-Massachusetts 1967 - 1979, first African American to be elected to the Senate 1967 Event - U.S. Senate confirm Thurgood Marshall as 1st black justice 1967 Event - U.S. Senate censures Thomas J Dodd (D-Ct) for misusing campaign funds 1966 Event - Edward Brooke, Representative-R-Massachusetts 1967 - 1979, becomes 1st African American elected to Senate 1965 Event - House of Representatives joins Senate establish Department of Housing and Urban Develop 1965 Event - 1st U.S. Senate black page, Lawrence W. Bradford, Jr., 16, appointed by New York Senator Jacob Javits 1964 Event - Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in Senate 1964 Event - Astronaut John Glenn withdraws from Ohio senate race 1963 Event - Bobby Baker resigns as Senate Democratic secretary 1963 Event - Senate ratifies treaty with Britain and U.S.S.R. limit nuclear testing 1963 Event - Belgian Senate accept Law on language regulations 1962 Event - Senate rejects medicare for aged 1961 Event - New York Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows 1960 Event - French Senate condemns building own nuclear weapons 1960 Event - Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill 1960 Event - Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill 1959 Event - U.S. House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood 1958 Birthday - John Ensign, born in Roseville, California, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Nevada, former chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee 1957 Event - Georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites 1955 Birthday - Mary Landrieu, born in Arlington, Virginia, politician, Democrat, U.S. Senator from the State of Louisiana, considered among most conservative Democrats in the Senate 1954 Event - U.S. Senate censures Joe McCarthy, Senator-R-Wisconsin, for "conduct that tends to bring Senate into dishonor and disrepute" 1954 Event - U.S. Senate admonishes Joseph Mccarthy because of slander campaign 1954 Birthday - Mike Rounds, born in Huron, South Dakota, politician, Republican, 31st Governor of South Dakota, Member of the South Dakota Senate from the 24th district 1954 Event - Televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends 1954 Event - Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings began 1953 Event - U.S. Senate rejects China membership to U.N. 1952 Birthday - Gordon Smith, born in Pendleton, Oregon, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Oregon 1997 - 2009, President of the Oregon State Senate 1995 - 1997 1952 Event - U.S. senate ratifies peace treaty with Japan 1952 Birthday - Bill Frist, born in Nashville, Tennessee, physician, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Tennessee, U.S. Senate Majority Leader 2003 - 2007 1951 Event - Senate committee reports of at least 2 major U.S. crime syndicates 1949 Event - Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO) 1947 Event - Senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions 1946 Event - Filibuster in U.S. Senate kills FEPC bill 1945 Event - Senate approves U.S. participation in UN 1945 Event - U.S. Senate ratifies United Nations charter 89-2 1941 Event - U.S. Senate accepts Omar Bradley's demotion to Brigadier-General 1940 Event - Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before U.S. Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable 1937 Event - Senate rejects Franklin D.. Roosevelt proposal to enlarge Supreme Court 1935 Event - Senator Huey Long of Louisiana spoke continually for 15 hours in Senate's longest speech on record (150,000 words) 1933 Birthday - George J. Mitchell, born in Waterville, Maine, Senator-D-Maine 1980 - 1995 and Senate Whip 1989 - 1995 1933 Event - 1st voice amplification system to be used in U.S. Senate 1933 Event - U.S. Senate accept Blaine Act: ending prohibition 1932 Event - Senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes president of France 1926 Event - U.S. Senate agrees to join World Court 1923 Event - Senate committee publishes 1st report on Teapot Dome scandal 1923 Event - Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent 1923 Event - U.S. Senate rejects membership in International Court of Justice, The Hague 1922 Event - Rebecca Felton of Georgia becomes 1st woman in Senate 1920 Event - U.S. Senate votes against membership in League of Nations 1920 Event - U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy) 1919 Event - U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations 1919 Event - Senate 1st invokes cloture to end a filibuster (Versailles Treaty) 1919 Event - President Wilson personally delivers Treaty of Versailles to Senate 1919 Event - Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill 1916 Event - U.S. Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WW I 1906 Event - NY American reports Belgian King Leopold II bribed U.S. Senate commission on the Congo 1906 Event - Finnish Senate accepts universal suffrage, except for poor 1903 Event - Carrie Nation attempts to address Senate 1903 Event - Senate begins investigating Teapot Dome scandals of Harding admin 1899 Event - Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate 1898 Event - U.S. Senate agrees to annex Hawaii 1893 Event - Senate approves repealing Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 1887 Event - U.S. Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor 1884 Event - U.S. Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo 1882 Event - U.S. Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross 1878 Birthday - Hattie Wyatt Caraway, politician/teacher/1st woman elected to senate 1878 Event - U.S. Senate proposes female suffrage 1873 Event - P B S Pinchback elected to Senate 1869 Event - Hiram R. Revels makes 1st official speech by a black in the Senate 1868 Event - By one vote, Senate fails to impeach President Andrew Johnson 1868 Event - Senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial 1868 Event - U.S. Senate organizes to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson 1856 Event - Violence in Senate, South Carolina Representative Brooks used a cane on Massachusetts Senator Sumner 1850 Event - Henry Clay introduces a comprise bill on slavery to U.S. Senate 1845 Event - 1st time, U.S. Senate overrides presidential (Tyler) veto 1841 Event - 1st continuous filibuster in U.S. Senate began, lasting until March 11 1839 Event - Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president" 1837 Event - 1st Vice President chosen by Senate, Richard Johnson (Van Buren admin) 1834 Event - Senate censure President Jackson for taking federal deposits from Bank of U.S. 1826 Death - Thomas Wilson, born in Staunton, Virginia, politician, lawyer, U.S. Representative from Virginia, served as member of Virginia Senate and Virginia House of Delegates, elected to the Twelfth Congress, as a Federalist, dies 1818 Event - Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot amendment (unarmed US-Canada border) 1809 Event - Napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate 1808 Event - Napoleon annexes Tuscany and gave it seats in French Senate 1804 Event - Senate and Tribune declare Napolean leader of France 1803 Event - U.S. Senate ratifies Louisiana Purchase 1794 Event - U.S. Senate voids Pennsylvania's election of Abraham Gallatin 1794 Event - 1st session of U.S. Senate open to the public 1791 Event - President Washington calls the U.S. Senate into its 1st special session 1765 Birthday - Thomas Wilson, born in Staunton, Virginia, politician, lawyer, U.S. Representative from Virginia, served as member of Virginia Senate and Virginia House of Delegates, elected to the Twelfth Congress, as a Federalist 1609 Event - Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope 68 Event - Rome Senate accepts emperor Galba |
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