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During a motion to adjourn, Rep John Ensign, R-Nevada, spoke about a Nuclear Waste Bill that is of importance to him and his constituents. The bill was supposed to be part of the legislative…

Beginning at about 4 p.m., members debated a privileged resolution on the House Oversight Committee investigation into the California 46th district contested election, which was sponsored by…

The U.S. House met to discuss Education Savings Accounts

Continuing U.S. House of Representatives legislative session on September 29th, 1997. The main subject of debate was a temporary FY 1998 Spending Extension Bill so as to keep Government serv…

The House of Representatives gaveled in for morning business. Members gave one-minute speeches and discussed upcoming legislation.

The House continued debate of the thirteen appropriations bills that fund the government and must become law by the new fiscal year, including the $50 billion Agriculture Bill. Other bills d…

The U.S. House met to discuss and vote on a package of ethics reforms and a resolution concerning floor privileges.

This session began with One Minute Speeches on issues such as the bill on Nuclear Waste, a naming of a border station, personal responsibility and failing schools, the IRS auditing of former…

Lawmakers and administration officials talked at this seminar on business and commerce. The office of Rep. McIntyre organized the event and panelists gave their impressions of business and c…

United States House of Representatives session on June 20, 1997 with one minute speeches and debate on a resolution concerning Government Reform and Oversight Committee procedures.

The U.S. House met to debate and vote on amendments to the Defense Spending Bill.

After opening the House session with One Minute Speeches, the House took up debate on two Foreign Policy Bills. One is for allocating money for State Department programs and the other is for…

United States House of Representatives session from May 14, 1997 and considering a bill on federal education aid to children with disabilities, disaster relief and Bosnia / Iraq Operations f…

U.S. House of Representatives works on Housing De-Regulation and debate a Juvenile Justice bill.

The group known as the “Blue Dog” Democrats voiced their support of the apparent budget agreement between President Bill Clinton and congressional Republicans. They stressed that they and ot…

The House met to consider multiple bills. They started by setting the rules of debate for the day’s bills. After voting, they moved on to Special Order speeches.

The U.S. House of Representatives considered H.R. 929, the “Partial-Birth” Abortion Ban Bill. The measure contains fine and imprisonment for anyone performing the procedure, as well as the r…

Current 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…

The Coalition, or “Blue Dog” Democrats, released their budget proposal. Among its most important provisions are no tax cuts and a 0.8 percent decrease in the Consumer Price Index, which cont…

The House Transportation Subcommittee heard testimony about reauthorizing the Interstate Surface Transportation Act (ISTEA), which covered federal funding for roads, bridges and transportati…