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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…

Panelists talked about government waste and the need to eliminate it as much as possible to preserve the future of U.S. society. Each panelist made remarks and took questions from the audien…

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.

Dean Baker of the Economic Policy Institute called the line item veto a gimmick which redistributes too much power from the Congress to the President and fails to reduce the budget deficit. …

The House continued to work on The Crime 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…

US House met for one minute speeches during the morning hour.

The U.S. House of Representatives conducted its daily business including debate and votes on portions of the 1994 Crime Bill.

The U.S. House of Representatives considered waiving its July 31st adjournment. Members also debated the Small Business Administration Act, a measure that authorizes funds for the SBA for FY…

Witnesses discussed the increase of crime in small businesses and the ways to tackle the growing problem.

U.S. House of Representatives take up 14 Bills Under Suspension of the Rules, California Desert Protection Act and Special Orders.

Representatives Bill Zeliff R-NH and Robert Andrews D-NJ talked about the so-called “A to Z” spending cuts proposal, and their objective to have it debated on the U.S. House of Representati…

This was a capitol conference to discuss the so-called “A to Z” spending cuts proposal, which proposes to set aside up to 56 hours of debate for nothing but spending cut proposals. The parti…

The U.S. House of Representatives considered legislative branch appropriations for FY 1995. The debate included reducing staff at the General Accounting Office.

First lawmakers considered the Military Construction Appropriations Bill which provided 8.8 billion dollars for military construction in FY95. Next they continued debate on the Defense Depa…

The U.S. House of Representatives met and continued debate on H.R. 4301, Defense Authorization appropriations of fiscal year 1995. Prior to debate the House engaged in a period of One Minute…

On this day the House continued debate on the funding of two economic development agencies. The bill includes almost $925 million to fund the Economic Development Administration for the next…

The U.S. House of Representatives met and continued debate on an assault weapons ban. Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection bill passed by a yea-and-nay vote of 216 yeas to …

The U.S. House of Representatives met and continued debate on the National Science Foundation Authorization Bill appropriations. The House voted to approve the bill during this session. Foll…