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The House began debate on four articles of impeachment against President Clinton for perjury, obstruction of justice and abuse of power.

The House of Representatives reprimanded and fined House Speaker Congressman Newt Gingrich $300,000 in accordance with the Ethics Committee recommendation by a 395 to 28 vote, with five pers…

Immediately following the House of Representatives vote to reprimand of Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) for ethics violations, members of the Ethics Committee discussed the case. Democratic and…

The House took up a penalty recommendation from the House Ethics Committee for Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA), the first time members had ever considered punishment for the speaker. A simple m…

The committee continued questioning committee counsel James Cole and Randy Evans, counsel for Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Democratic members of the House Ethics Committee stressed their opposition to the Republican leadership’s decision not to postpone the vote on Speaker Newt Gingrich’s punishment on January 2…

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…

The House debated several different versions of a balanced-budget constitutional amendment. The rules said that the version receiving the most votes would be the one presented for final pass…

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The vote was 231-190 in favor of passage.

The House passed H.R. 1, to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to restore and strengthen civil rights laws that ban discrimination in employment, considering the Brooks amendment. The House …

The House filed three reports, including one from the Committee on Education and Labor, one from the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, and one calling for an amendment to the Recla…

The House completed all general debate on the situation in the Middle East. The House agreed to three extensions of the time for general debate by two hours, four hours, and four hours, resp…

The House agreed to Senate amendments and passed H.R. 2916 which made appropriations for the Departments of Veterans' Affairs, and Housing and Urban Development. The House also approved H.R.…