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Federal, state, and local dignitaries gathered to pay tribute and celebrate the life of Coleman A. Young, the first African-American mayor of Detroit, who died Nov. 29 of respiratory failure…

Participants discussed discrimination against African-American federal employees. They examined how African-Americans can fight discrimination and how they can become more politically active…

The U.S. House of Representatives continued to work on Fiscal Year 1998 Appropriations Bill.

The House returned from recess to debate Fiscal Year 1998 spending and a bill to repeal a House rule allowing subpoenaed witnesses to choose not to testify in hearings in front of cameras.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives met to talk and vote on various bills.

The House of Representative meets for morning business. Members gave general speeches. Temporary funding the Federal Government and Amtrak Funding were also discussed.

Committee members heard continuing testimony from Attorney General Janet Reno concerning the Department of Justice review of evidence of campaign fund-raising abuses in order to call for an …

The U.S. House Session opened with prayers and one-minute speeches. The members debated Partial-Birth Abortion and the Conference Report on VA/HUD. They ended with Special Order Speeches.

The U.S. House discussed the Defense Appropriations Conference report

As part of the 27th annual Congressional Black Caucus convention a discussion about police brutality and its implications on the African American community. The panel was moderated by Repres…

Mr. Franklin, Mr. West and members of the Congressional Black Caucus participated in a forum to discuss the state of race relations in the United States. The forum was part of the 27th annua…

The US House dealt with Foreign operations Spending.

The House planned to Debate on $95 billion in net tax reductions over five years.

The House met on July 27, 1997 to debate and discuss legislative branch spending bill, which funded operations for the House and Senate as well as the Library of Congress and the Botanical G…

The House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on Management heard testimony about proposed changes to the way the federal government will classify individuals according to race on t…

Today’s lengthy House session began with One Minute Speeches by members on a variety of issues. Several House bills and resolutions were read into the record including several on wildfire ma…

American Speaker's Aram Bakshian and Representative John Conyers (D-MI) talked about current news stories of interest to them and took viewer calls.

The House of Representatives had one minute speeches. They also discussed the Flood Relief bill, and Estate Taxes. The main topic of conversation was the Anti-Flag Desecration Constitution…

The House met to vote to approve journal of yesterday’s session and debated Juvenile Violent Crime and Public Housing Programs.