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In an excerpt, Members of the House of Representatives debated S-1508, returning furloughed federal employees to work. The government has been in a partial shutdown for more than two weeks.

The House Oversight Committee heard testimony about alleged abuse of travel practices by senior government officials. Energy Secretary Hazel O’Leary’s foreign trips of the last three years w…

The U.S. House of Representatives met and upon introduction the majority made an objection to a unanimous consent request to consider S. 1508, to assure that all Federal employees work and r…

The U.S. House of Representatives opened with prayer. The House approved the Journal. The House proceeded to one-minute speeches. Later the House debated a bill considering Book royalties fo…

The U.S. House of Representatives met and opened the days session with a period of Morning Hour speeches. Members spoke on a variety of topics for a period of up to five minutes. These speec…

News events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer’s telephone calls, faxes and ema…

The U.S. House is returning from a recess. The House opened up with prayer and then went to one-minute speeches. The House session included debates on the FY '96 spending bill, the spending …

The House met to continue working on the Federal Budget.

House of Representatives met for session to discuss bills.

U.S. House begins with Morning Hour Speeches. Morning Hour Speeches allows Representatives five minutes each to talk about any issues they want to make on the House floor.

The U.S. House of Representatives continued work on temporary bills that would fund most government programs and raise the U.S. debt limit. They considered whether to accept Senate changes t…

The U.S. House of Representatives continued its debate on appropriations for the District of Columbia and worked on a motion to instruct conferees on the FY '96 Housing and Veterans Spending…

After the prayer by the House Chaplain, the U.S. House opened with one-minute Speeches on a variety of issues then voted to adjourn. When they returned, a controversial debate ensued about m…

The House continued debate on Federal Intelligence Agency Funding as well as FY 1996 Spending Budget.

The U.S. House of Representative members debated a resolution approved last week by the Senate that directs the president to lift the arms embargo on Bosnia. The resolution passed by a 298 t…

The US House of Representatives met and opened with prayer. The House proceeded to debate on the Telecommunications Policy Bill H.R. 1555.

The House continued debate on appropriations bills and amendments.

U.S. House met to discuss Labor, Health, and Education spending. The House ended with a debate on considering a bill to revise the Telecommunications Law.