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Elections and swearing-in of the members for the 102nd Congress were shown. Rep. Foley (D-WA) was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. Rep. Gephardt (D-MO) and Rep. Mic…

The panelists talked about the decline of public trust in government and its impact on leaders' ability to govern.

The U.S. House of Representatives met for the last session of the 103rd Congress. Members debated the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) treaty. Representative Steve Largent (R-OK…

The House met to consider the American Heritage Areas Bill, the GATT International Trade Agreement, and U.S. Troops in Haiti.

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…

The House met to take up the 1995 Spending Bill for the Department of Transportation and several related agencies. They also considered a bill that would create a new super agency that would…

The House met for morning speeches, to consider the conference report on commerce, justice, & state department appropriations for the FY 1995 budget, and to vote on amendments. They conclude…

US House met for one minute speeches during the morning hour.

The U.S. House of Representatives met for morning hour debates. Various house members spoke for fives minutes on topics and legislation important to them.

The United States House of Representative session on July 14, 1994, opened with prayer. Members debated the California Desert Protection Act and they passed the Expedited Recession Act. Memb…

The US House of Representatives considered 12 Bills under suspension of the rules. they also debated the Fiscal year 1995, Commerce-Justice-State appropriations.

Members of the House of Representatives met to debate on the Transportation Appropriations bill.

The U.S. House of Representatives met to continue work on the Crime Bill. This legislation provides more than $15 billion to implement several anti-crime initiatives, including the “Three St…

In an excerpt from the House, members of the House debated a Balanced Budget Constitutional amendment. Various amendments were considered under a “king of the hill” procedure, meaning that t…

The House Session approved the Journal. Members debated the Balanced Budget Amendment. Three other bills were considered. The House received a message from the Senate - in the passage of S 1…

The U.S. House of Representatives debated the Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment.

The House convened on March 10, 1994, and debated and discussed the 1995 fiscal year federal budget resolution. The Education Funding Bill was also debated and examined.

The U.S. House of Representatives met and after a period of one minute speeches members began debate on Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to provide additional funds to Los Angeles earth…

The House met to complete their legislative business before Thanksgiving. They debated legislation on campaign finance reform, which would set limits on campaign donations and on Congression…

Representatives Penny and Kasich introduced a bipartisan package to make additional cuts in the federal budget and reduce the budget deficit. Ms. Rivlin outlined the president’s opposition o…