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Subcommittee members heard testimony from state attorneys general, governors and administration officials on the use of tobacco settlement funds to pay for Medicaid programs for illnesses ca…

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

Members of Congress presented Patriarch Bartholomew I with a congressional gold medal. He is the head of the Orthodox Church with over 250 million members worldwide. Speaker Gingrich and oth…

The U.S. House of Representatives considered bills on FDA policies, national monuments, foreign operations spending, and low-level radioactive waste disposal.

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…

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

The House debates and votes on amendments to H.R. 229, an Entitlement Spending Bill.

The House took up debate on a new postage stamp. Some of the money of the new stamp would be allocated to the fight on breast cancer. They also debated vocational training and agriculture sp…

The U.S. House discussed a bill to improve vocational education programs

The House of Representatives debated entitlement reductions of $138 billion over a five year period. Members started the day by completing work on the Defense Spending Bill that called for $…

The U.S. House of Representatives reconvened and, after a period One Minute Speeches, during which time members could speak on any topic, they took up a number of legislative measures. They …

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…

United States House of Representatives session from May 13, 1997 with one minute speeches and debate on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), public housing programs, and s…

Various members of the House of Representatives gave five minute speeches on a number of topics during the morning hour.

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 House passed a bill to ban federal funding of assisted suicide.

The House passed a bill which gave veterans benefits in getting federal jobs and keeping the jobs if the agency should downsize.

The U.S. House of Representatives considered H.R. 412, a measure which requires the Irrigation District in Washington state to pay fair market value in order to obtain title to the system.

The US House of Representatives, 03-13-1997 session. Among other items US Aid as related to Mexico’s Anti- Drug Efforts and Federal Paperwork requirements are addressed.