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The U.S. House of Representatives opened with prayer. The House approved the Journal. The House proceeded to one-minute speeches. Later the House debated a bill considering Book royalties fo…

Democrats react to a House measure to change its ethics rules. The new rule would allow members to receive unlimited amounts of money in book royalties, but no book advances. They argue that…

Members of the U.S. House of Representative met and focused on a conference report to a bill to terminate the Interstate Commerce Commission. Also, members debated appropriations for the Dis…

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

The U.S. House of Representatives met and opened the days session with a period of Morning Hour speeches. Members spoke on a variety of topics for a period of up to five minutes. These speec…

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…

The House met to debate the extension of the U.S. debt.

The House approved an $82 billion spending bill for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development.

House Democrats criticized the Republican budget proposal in several respects, including its funding for programs such as Medicare, welfare and taxes. They presented a parody of the Christma…

The U.S. House of Representative met and opened with one-minute speeches. Then the House proceeded to Legislative Business. The House voted on Investor Lawsuits - on agreeing to the conferen…

The U.S. House met to debate and vote on the privatization of Amtrak and the ethics investigation of Representative Newt Gingrich (R-GA).

The U.S. House opened with prayer by Reverend James Ford, House Chaplain and then members gave one-minute speeches on any subject. The U.S. House debated and voted on lobbyist disclosure H R…

The U.S. House met to vote on charitable gifts and debate and vote on amendments to lobbying reform.

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 …

Members of the US House of Representatives gathered for morning hour speeches on the federal budget.

The House reconvened from a recess to continue consideration of a House Joint Resolution for temporary spending for government agencies FY '96.

The U.S. House of Representative convened and debated Bills to change rules regarding gifts to House members and staff. Members also debated Lobby reform and defense spending.

House of Representatives met for session to discuss bills.