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U.S. House members work on appropriation bills, such as the Legislative Branch Operations bill and the Foreign Aid bill.

The U.S. House is returning from a recess. The House opened up with prayer and then went to one-minute speeches. The House session included debates on the FY '96 spending bill, the spending …

The House Budget Committee heard from the public in Montana on how to cut the federal budget. This was the last in a series of field hearings around the U.S. looking for ways to balance the …

House Members debated the Republican conference report on the 1996 budget resolution. The House passed the resolution by a 239 to 194 vote.

The U.S. House met to discuss the Balanced Budget Bill

Democratic leaders talked to reporters about their party’s alternative to Republican welfare reform proposals and pointed out what they viewed as problems in the Republican plan.

U.S. House members debate a budget plan proposed by President Clinton.

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

The House debated H.R. 925, the Private Property Protection Act. The measure requires government compensation when environmental actions reduce a property owner’s land values. Compensation w…

United States House of Representatives session on May 18, 1995, debated the FY '96 budget plans -- the plan reported by the House Budget Committee and several substitute budget plans. After …

Twenty-three House Democrats announced a new group called "The Coalition", which consists of 23 members. They describe themselves as moderate to conservative, and are encouraging both Democr…

After meeting with President Clinton, Coalition leaders talked to reporters about their reactions to his latest budget proposal. They emphasized that they have differences with his plan and …

The House resumes work on the Line Item Veto bill which would allow the President to cut individual items from a bill rather than veto an entire bill. Members debated amendments for several…

The House used wide shots of the Chamber for the first time. The House debated the Republican Welfare Reform Proposal. The House ended with Special Orders.

The House debated and approved a $156 million funding bill for House committees for the next two years. The amount is 30 percent that the prior Congress; there were three few House committee…

House Budget Committee members held a markup session to finalize about $200 billion in federal spending cuts. Spread out over five years, the reductions are designed to pay for the tax cuts …