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The U.S. House of Representatives debated 85 billion dollars in spending for Veterans, Housing, and Urban Development for the next fiscal year. The VA Bill was one of the appropriation bills…
View in Congressional Chronicle675 viewsThe U.S. House of Representatives debated 85 billion dollars in spending for Veterans, Housing, and Urban Development for the next fiscal year. The VA Bill was one of the appropriation bills…
View in Congressional Chronicle675 viewsUnited States House of Representatives session on September 17, 1996, included taking up more than twenty bills under suspension of the rules procedures.
View in Congressional Chronicle528 viewsMembers of the House of Representatives met to debate on about 30 suspension bills.
View in Congressional Chronicle386 viewsHouse Members debated H.R. 123, a bill which would make English the official language of the U.S. government, with some exceptions, which would mandate that citizens use English in all their…
692 viewsOn this day, the House Savings and Construction Act of 1996. They also took up H.R. 3564, The NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act, which would allow membership in NATO of some eastern European…
View in Congressional Chronicle667 viewsThe House of Representatives debated Fiscal Year 1997 Legislative Spending Bill and Fiscal Year 1997 Labor, Health and Education Spending Bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle586 viewsOn this day, the House took up the Most Favored Nation (MFN) status with China, debating whether to grant MFN status to China for another year. They also then considered the Fiscal Year 1997…
View in Congressional Chronicle985 viewsCurrent news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…
136 viewsU.S. House begins the day with debating an appropriations bill for spending for the Interior department.
View in Congressional Chronicle701 viewsRepresentative Earl Blumenauer, Democrat from Oregon, was sworn in as the newest member of the House of Representatives today. He won a special election to replace Ron Wyden who was elected …
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