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George White, the Architect of the Capitol, and members of Congress speak at the Capitol Christmas tree lighting ceremony.

The House passed numerous bills, including S. 974, the Nevada Wilderness Protection Act; H.R. 3402, the Support For East European Democracy (Seed) Act; S. 737, the Rocky Mountain Land Acquis…

The House passed H.R. 3607, the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act to repeal Medicare provisions in the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988.

The House disagreed to the Senate amendments of H.R. 3072, the FY90 Department of Defense appropriations, and to H.R. 2991, FY90 departments of Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary appropr…

The news conference is sponsored by Democratic governors and congressional Democrats to discuss what the educational goals are for the nation.

Rep. Pat Williams(D-MT) did a live viewer call-in show to discuss the topic of increasing the minimum wage.

While under the suspension of the rules the House passed several measures. Of special note was H.R. 2987, the Flag Protection Act. This bill amends the United States Code to protect the phys…

The House concluded debate and passed H.R. 2461, the national defense bill, to authorize Dept. of Defense appropriations for fiscal years 1990 and 1991.

The majority of the day was spent on H.R. 2788, FY90 Dept. of Interior appropriations. Of special note concerned debate over the funding of art which might be considered obscene or sacrilegi…

While under suspension of the rules the House dealt with numerous measures. The Domestic Volunteer Service Act, H.R. 1312, was amended to extend through fiscal year 1992 certain authorities …

Republican members of the US House announced the proposal of a new bill to increase the minimum wage. The new bill came after the President’s veto of the most recent minimum wage increase bi…

The House disagreed to the Senate amendments to H.R. 2072 Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and agreed to the Conte motion to instruct the House managers to wait until the Veterans …

Rep. Pat Williams talks about congressional partisanship.

The House passed H.R. 2402, making supplemental appropriations for the Department of Veterans' Affairs for FY89. Note: There is a short video problem during the program.

The House agreed to the conference report on H.Con.Res. 106, which set forth the congressional budget for FY90, FY91, and FY92.

The House of Representative reconvened and took up the minimum wage legislation.

The House voted and agreed to impeach Walter L. Nixon, Jr., U.S. District Court Judge. The House rejected S.J.Res. 100, disapproving the certification by the President under section 481(h) o…

The House debated H.R. 7, Vocational Training Funding.

The House voted to pass H.R. 972 to increase the authority of the Attorney General to settle claims for damages resulting from law enforcement activities of the Department of Justice. The Ho…

The House agreed to H.R. 678 to make a correction in the Education and Training for a Competitive America Act of 1988. The House debated H.R. 2072, making dire emergency supplemental appropr…