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The House met to complete their legislative business before Thanksgiving. They debated legislation on campaign finance reform, which would set limits on campaign donations and on Congression…

The United States House of Representatives convened for a rare Sunday session to finalize business before adjourning for the holidays. They worked on 13 bills under suspension of the rules, …

The House Foreign Affairs subcommittee heard testimony on the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation conference to be held later this week in Seattle. Witnesses Joan Spero, Under Secretary of Sta…

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

U.S. House of Representative met and debated the FY '94 appropriations bills for the military and for the District of Columbia.

Witnesses testified concerning the the problems of reliability in recent General Accounting Office (GAO) reports. They provided short statements and took questions from the representatives c…

Representative Jim Leach (R-Iowa) and Representative Max Baucus (D-Montana) talked about U.S.-Japan relations, citing Japan as a geo-political ally and an economic competitor. Sen. Baucus sa…

The guests discussed United States foreign policy issues, such as the United Nations intervention in Somalia and the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. Rep. McCloskey, a member of the House …

The House Banking Committee heard testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on the committee’s recommendation to allow further regulation of the Federal Reserve by Governmental …

The House of Representatives met for legislative business.

The U.S. House considered two bills under suspension of the rules. One would permanently extend the authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Treasury Department to monitor and…

After leaving the Joint Session of Congress, Congressmen responded to questions from the media in Statuary Hall regarding the president’s health care proposal. The proposal had been the subj…

U.S. House of Representative was in session to debate H.R.1340, the Resolution Trust Corporation Funding bill.

The House Banking committee heard testimony from banking officials and foreign trade analysts on the effect of the North American Free Trade Agreement on the U.S. financial services industry…

The U.S. Commission on Improving the United Nations held a news conference and outlined the opinion of the commission on improving the effectiveness of the United Nations.

Members of Congress, Mississippi River levee district officials, and members of the Army Corps of Engineers met in the U.S. Capitol to discuss the state of levees along the Mississippi River…

A vote on President Clinton’s Budget Reconciliation Plan and FY '94 Agriculture Appropriations Bill.

The House of Representatives took up the Fiscal Year 1994 Authorization Bill for Intelligence Activities.

House members gave one minute speeches on the topics of their choosing. In addition, they debated bills providing hospital and nursing care to Persian Gulf War veterans exposed to toxic subs…

The U.S House of Representatives met to set out the general spending parameters for the Coast Guard’s 1994 fiscal year Spending bill.