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Republican women candidates for House and Senate seats were introduced by women members of Congress at a fundraising reception.

The U.S. House of Representatives gave floor speeches. A Point of Order was made during the floor proceedings to assert that the rules of procedure are being violated. the chair’s ruling may…

United States House of Representatives session on September 17, 1996, included taking up more than twenty bills under suspension of the rules procedures.

House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) and other Republican House members talked with reporters about an agreement reached Wednesday on health care reform legislation. They took questions from t…

Congressional Republicans talked with reporters about today’s House-Senate conference agreement on welfare reform.

House and Senate Conference Committee members met to work out differences in welfare reform legislation.

House of Representatives met in a General session to discuss various bills and special orders.

On this day, the House Savings and Construction Act of 1996. They also took up H.R. 3564, The NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act, which would allow membership in NATO of some eastern European…

In an excerpt, members debated changes to food stamp, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, child care and other federal welfare programs. Many of these programs come under the jurisdicti…

United States House of Representatives session on July 17, 1996, debated the Treasury and Postal Spending, Safe Drinking Water Act Reauthorization, and Welfare Reform.

The U.S. House of Representatives considered a bill to define marriage and allow states not recognize same sex marriages. The House passed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on a vote of 342…

On this day, the House took up the Most Favored Nation (MFN) status with China, debating whether to grant MFN status to China for another year. They also then considered the Fiscal Year 1997…

U.S. House begins the day with debating an appropriations bill for spending for the Interior department.