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Members of Congress and the administration and state and local officials celebrated the fifth anniversary of signing of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act. The bill shifte…

The U.S. House of Representatives debated 85 billion dollars in spending for Veterans, Housing, and Urban Development for the next fiscal year. The VA Bill was one of the appropriation bills…

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

The Economic Development and Commerce Committee discussed transportation, privatization, telecommunications and the world economy and heard testimony from members of Congress and Chairman Hu…

On this day, the House, after a period of one-minute speeches, took up the Safe Drinking Water Act under suspension of the rules. The House then moved to consideration of spending bills for …

The U.S. House of Representatives was opened with prayer by the House Chaplain. The Chair examined and approved the Journal. The House then moved to one-minute speeches. Later the House vote…

Members of the US House of Representatives debated an amendment sponsored by Representative Republican Frank Riggs of California to H.R. 1227 which would increase the minimum wage to $4.75 p…

Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia) and Republican Wisconsin congressmen talked with reporters about one of that state’s welfare plans and President Clinton’s reaction to the program. They too…

On this day, the House took up H.R. 1561, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, which had previously been vetoed by President Clinton. The bill was drafted to consolidate the different fo…

The house was in session to cover their daily duties.

The U.S. House met and continued debate on d H.R. 842, to provide off-budget treatment for the Highway Trust Fund, the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, and the…

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…

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 U.S. House debated the Farm Bill and attached amendments.