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This was the last hearing of the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement. The goal of the commission was to recommend ways to help control entitlement spending. Some approaches include cutting …

Three members of Congress spoke about their reasons for retiring, their congressional careers, and their plans for the future.

Several members of the House and Senate attended a retirement party for the six-term Representative Tim Penny (D-MN) who was first elected to the United States Congress in 1982 and retired a…

Members began the day with the Fiscal Year 1995 Defense Department Spending Bill H R 4650. This Bill provides $243.6 Billion dollars for the Defense Department, an increase of $3.5 billion o…

Bi-Partisan Commission on Entitlement & Tax Reform members heard testimony from representatvies of several groups concerning procedures for reforming entitlement programs and the tax structu…

This was a hearing of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee looking into wiretapping access. The hearing focused on proposals that require telecommunications providers to include wiretapp…

Representatives debated amendments to the Budget Control Act.

The US House of Representatives met to debate HR 3626 (Antitrust and Communications Reform Act). Members discussed allowing regional Bell phone companies the ability to sell long distance te…

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan testified before the House Budget Committee.

During a congressional hearing looking at the health effects of smoking, the House Health & the Environment Subcommittee continued its series of hearings on the impact of smoking and efforts…

During a mark-up session, the House subcommittee discussed the line-by-line language of H.R. 3434, a bill which would restrict smoking in public.

The House debated the State Department Authorization act and the Iraqi Claims Act.

Representative Alex McMillan (R-NC) spoke about the president’s health care reform plan and the need for bipartisan support in its ratification in the weekly Republican radio address.

Telecommunications executives testified in front of the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on the deregulation of cable television, especially the impact of the Cable Television Act of 199…