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Questioning of Oliver North continued, with many members of the committee making statements concerning patriotism, democracy, and the lessons of the Iran-Contra affair.

The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony from Attorney General Janet Reno on the actions of the government concerning the siege of an armed religious cult near Waco, Texas last month. T…

Elections for the 101st Congress was shown. Rep. Jim Wright (D-TX) was elected Speaker of the House. Party leaders were announced and an election of other House officers was held.

After meeting with President Bill Clinton, Representative Jack Brooks (D-TX) and Representative William Ford (D-MI), both outgoing committee chairmen, discussed the record of the 103rd Congr…

Members of the United States House of Representatives provided statements on the Minority Health Improvement Act of 1994 and voted on a conference report to the bill.

The U.S House of Representative discussed several bills in anticipation of adjourning today. Those bills address payment to local governments, presidio base management, and law application t…

The House Session opened with prayer and then one-minute speeches were heard. The House voted to Suspend the Rules and Pass as Amended H.R. 967. The House also voted to Suspend the Rules and…

The house was in session today and prayer was offered by the House Chaplain. Sympathy was given to Representative Claude Harris’s family in his passing. The House voted on bills under “Suspe…

The US House of Representatives considered legislation that would reform the Federal Procurement System. Lawmakers took up the conference report to this measure which is a component of Presi…

Members of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES met to debate 12 Bills under suspension of the rules. The Bills are generally not controversial

The U.S. House of Representatives conducted its daily business including debate and votes on portions of the 1994 Crime Bill.

Members of the House/Senate Conference Committee on the crime legislation testified to the House Rules Committee concerning the details of the measure. Late last week, House and Senate confe…

President Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno spoke at the Justice Department about the passage of the Crime Bill. The President talked about increasing police forces, tougher punishment…

The House of Representatives continued work on FY '95 Appropriations for the Department of Labor, Health & Human services as well as the Department of Education.

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…

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

The US House of Representatives debated Fiscal Year 1995, Commerce, Justice, State appropriations.

The U.S. House of Representatives met and continued debate on the Independent Counsel Reauthorization, which allowed the appointment and funding for investigations into high ranking official…

On this day the U.S House took up amendments to H.R 4426, Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act. The bill would appropriate $13.6 billion for foreign …