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On this day, the House considered a bill to authorize defense spending for FY '96. They also needed to consider a temporary spending bill to keep the government funded or else face a governm…

After a brief recess, the House reconvened. The session started with a series of one minute speeches, when a member can speak on any subject for one minute. The House then took up considerat…

Participants and guests gathered to honor Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved an estimated 100,000 Hungarian Jews by threatening the Germans with postwar retribution. He disappear…

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 U.S. House of Representatives met and opened with prayer. The House members just returned from recess. The Journal was approved. House members proceeded to morning speeches. Then the Hou…

The House continued debate on appropriations bills and amendments.

U.S. House met to discuss Labor, Health, and Education spending. The House ended with a debate on considering a bill to revise the Telecommunications Law.

Republican appropriations committee chairmen talked to reporters about the status of appropriations bills in the House.

The U.S. House dealt with Flag Desecration, Abortion Funding, Foreign Operations, and Aid to Haiti.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives met to consider a bill that would extend healthcare for veterans exposed to chemicals during the Vietnam War. Members would also make amendments …

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

The U.S. House of Representatives considered State Department funding and foreign aid. Members also debated the Medicare Select Project. The balance of the session was devoted to special ord…

The House took up legislative business and debated the Overseas Interest Act and also HR-1561.

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 …

The House began work on a bill promoting research into the use of hydrogen as an alternative fuel source. The House also discussed resolutions condemning the Oklahoma City Bombing and a reso…

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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…

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…