This House session began with Morning business and continued with debate on $270 billion in spending for the Labor, Health & Education Departments. This bill is one of 13 annual Appropriations bills which fund the federal government. The deadline for those bills is October 1, the start of the new fiscal year. Up to this time, the House had approved nine of the FY 98' bills, the Senate had passed ten. Several motions to adjourn were made before the debate began. The session ended with Special Order speeches.
9:00AM - 3:30PM ETHouse Session
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Briefings for September 5, 1997
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Hearings for September 5, 1997
Today
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Statistics
2020 Year End Statistics118th Congress - House
Total Hours: 891 (After 478 days)
Debate311 Hours
Special Orders144 Hours
Votes181 Hours
One Minute Speeches68 Hours
Morning Hour75 Hours
Opening Procedures6 Hours
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Source: Resume of Congressional Activity (senate.gov)