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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…

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…

House Democrats talked with reporters about the ethics investigation of House Speaker Gingrich and his activities with a Republican political action committee.

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…

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…

With Rep. Ackerman acting as master of ceremonies, many Democratic dignitaries humorously “roasted” Leon Panetta in the annual fundraising event.

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

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.

The House convened to debate H.R. 1868 and other legislative bills.

U.S. House begin the day’s legislative business.

U.S. House begins with Morning Hour Speeches. Morning Hour Speeches allows Representatives five minutes each to talk about any issues they want to make on the House floor.

The U.S. House of Representatives continued work on temporary bills that would fund most government programs and raise the U.S. debt limit. They considered whether to accept Senate changes t…

Representative David Bonior(D-Michigan) briefed reporters on a Wall Street Journal report that indicated that Speaker Gingrich allowed a member of the telecommunications industry to help Spe…