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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…

Committee members heard testimony from government officials concerning the impact of a proposed CSX buyout of Conrail, which would create the third largest freight rail line in the U.S. They…

Federal Express workers and lawmakers briefed reporters on their opposition to the FAA reauthorization bill currently being debated in the Senate. They focused on the provision which would p…

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…

U.S. House begins the day with debating the Medicaid Beneficiaries in California.

The House convened for debate on fishing legislation.

On this day, the House Savings and Construction Act of 1996. They also took up H.R. 3564, The NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act, which would allow membership in NATO of some eastern European…

On this day, the House took up the Most Favored Nation (MFN) status with China, debating whether to grant MFN status to China for another year. They also then considered the Fiscal Year 1997…

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 …

On this day, after a period of one-minute speeches, the House took up consideration of a $12.1 billion Interior Dept Spending Bill.

The House met for Legislative business.

On this day, the U.S. House considered a number of Crime Bills, dealing with sentences for jury tampering, stalking of persons across state lines, and crime against children and the elderly

The House met to debate on the Ocean Shipping Reform Act and funding for the U.S. Marshalls Service. The session began with One-Minute speeches on a variety of issues, then debated the batte…

The subcommittee studied legislation which would impose an age limit on people trying to set a record with an aircraft. Senator James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), Representative Jim Lightfoot (R-Iow…