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Committee members heard testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan regarding the vulnerability of Asian markets. Deputy Secretary Lawrence Summers and other economists also testi…

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.

U.S. House Banking Committee held a hearing the Year 2000 computer problem and Financial Institutions. Committee members heard testimony from regulatory agencies and bank officials about eff…

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

The House Banking Committee received the portrait of former chairman Rep. Gonzalez. Friends, family and colleagues of former Rep. Gonzalez were on hand to pay tribute to him. Rep. Gonzalez s…

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

The House met to debate Veteran’s Affairs, the re-authorization of the export-import bank, designation of national monuments, and various spending bills.

The House met for Morning Hour Speeches.

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…

This House Session debates the FY'98 Spending Bills, Labor , Health & Education Spending

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…

A Pro Forma session where Members may speak on a variety of topics. No legislative work or votes are scheduled. Members spoke on issues such as objection to the nomination of Bill Weld to b…

The House Banking and Financial Services Committee heard testimony from representatives of state financial services on the merging of banks, securities firms and insurance companies.

Committee members heard testimony from federal banking regulators on the merging of banks, securities firms and insurance companies. They testified about the risks, such as financial insecur…

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

Committee members heard from several economists representing various economic interests concerning future monetary policy. They stressed that the U.S. economy is peforming very well and that…

The Senate Banking Committee members heard from Federal Reserve representatives concerning future monetary policy. They stressed that the U.S. economy is performing very well and that moneta…

The House considered several Spending bills. Including Bills covering Legislative Spending, Energy and Water Spending, and Defense Spending.