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President Bill Clinton, joined by Jim and Sarah Brady and a number of congressional leaders, signed the long-debated Brady Bill. The Brady Bill created a five-day waiting period for a backgr…

Ray Smock, Former historian of the U.S. House of Representatives, led a discussion with former members of congress about making their personal congressional papers publicly available. Two ye…

The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony from Attorney General Janet Reno on the actions of the government concerning the siege of an armed religious cult near Waco, Texas last month. T…

Former U.S. Representative Romano Mazzoli (D-KY) talked about the book, Inside the House: Former Members Reveal How Congress Really Works, published by University Press of America. The compi…

Elections and swearing-in of the members for the 102nd Congress were shown. Rep. Foley (D-WA) was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. Rep. Gephardt (D-MO) and Rep. Mic…

Inside the House: Former Members Reveal How Congress Really Works, published jointly by the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress and University Press of America, consists of a seri…

Former members of the U.S. House of Representatives gathered for their annual meeting. They paid tribute to their colleague Bill Richardson, who serves as U.S. Ambassador to the United Natio…

The U.S. House of Representatives met for the last session of the 103rd Congress. Members debated the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) treaty. Representative Steve Largent (R-OK…

Three members of Congress spoke about their reasons for retiring, their congressional careers, and their plans for the future.

Members of the United States House of Representatives provided statements on the Minority Health Improvement Act of 1994 and voted on a conference report to the bill.

The U.S House of Representative discussed several bills in anticipation of adjourning today. Those bills address payment to local governments, presidio base management, and law application t…

Members of the United States House of Representatives gave floor speeches and voted on a bill that dealt with the Interior Departments ability to manage national heritage areas.

The US House began with 1-minute speeches. following that they took up Conference Reports on FY '95 spending bills for Health and Human Services, the Treasury, Postal service, and the Coast …

The US House of Representatives considered legislation that would reform the Federal Procurement System. Lawmakers took up the conference report to this measure which is a component of Presi…

The House continued to work on The Crime Bill.

The House met to work on the Crime Bill following an all-nighter of work from the conference committee on the details of the bill. After one minute speeches, the House recessed.

The House met to consider the Hydrogen & Fusion Research Bill.

The House met for morning speeches, to consider the conference report on commerce, justice, & state department appropriations for the FY 1995 budget, and to vote on amendments. They conclude…

The U.S. House of Representatives passed both a conference report to a $20.7 billion funding bill for Energy & Water Development projects and the Congressional Accountability Act.