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Reports on the passage of a bill in United States Senate that authorized the creation of a state-by-state system for suicide prevention in young people. Budget authorized for the prevention program; Speech on the Senate floor by Senator Garrett Lee Smith, whose son died of suicide in 2003.

Reports that a bill called Class Action Fairness Act of 2004 which would limit class action lawsuits failed on a procedural vote in the United States Senate. Negotiations between Democrats and Republicans on a compromise for the past several months; Accusation made by party representatives against each other on the issue of using the bill for political purposes; Inclusion of tort law in President George W. Bush's agenda in Congress.

The article reports that the U.S. Senate has struck down three proposals to fix the nation's immigration system. Topics discussed include a bill supported by President Donald Trump that would have committed 25 billion U.S. dollars for a wall along the border with Mexico, Trump's decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and the effect of the lawmakers' lack of consensus on the so-called Dreamers.

The article reports the move by a broad bipartisan group of U.S. senators in February 2018 to agree on a revision of the country's immigration laws to boost national security and to legalize the citizenship of young immigrants who were brought illegally to the U.S as children or the Dreamers. Also cited are the claim by President Donald Trump that he will veto any bill against his position, and the comment by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on the issue.

The article reports that the U.S. Senate will take up issues which is held by an emergency spending bill which holds provisions far afield from the legislation's purpose of paying for the war in Iraq and hurricane recovery.

Reports that a White House-backed legislative bill that would settle hundreds of thousands of asbestos exposure lawsuits by creating a trust fund to compensate victims appears headed for a procedural defeat in the United States Senate. Bill would require defendant companies and insurers to contribute up to $124 billion to the fund; Bill as part of a broad and unsuccessful White House effort at tort law reform; Compromise on the bill could prove difficult as the November 2004 elections draw closer.

Reports on the approval by the U.S. Senate of bill supported by U.S. President George W. Bush that would provide federal government financing to religious groups.