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A HOUSE press conference was held in reaction to news stories that Republican Majority Leader Armey wants to replace some of the members of the House Ethics Committee before they render thei…

House Democratic Whip David Bonior and others talked with reporters about ethics complaints filed against House Speaker Newt Gingrich. The Ethics Committee issued a report today on seven com…

The U.S. House of Representatives gave floor speeches. A Point of Order was made during the floor proceedings to assert that the rules of procedure are being violated. the chair’s ruling may…

Democratic House members reacted to the House Ethics Committee’s announcement that it was expanding its investigation into Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich’s (R-Georgia) possible violation…

The U.S. House of Representatives debated 85 billion dollars in spending for Veterans, Housing, and Urban Development for the next fiscal year. The VA Bill was one of the appropriation bills…

United States House of Representatives session on September 17, 1996, included taking up more than twenty bills under suspension of the rules procedures.

House Minority Whip Representative David Bonior (D-Michigan) called for the release of an outside counsel report on an ethics probe of House Speaker Newt Gingrich, saying that the Ethics Com…

Speakers at the afternoon session of the Democratic National Convention included Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY); Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND); Rep. Charles Schumer (D-NY)…

Following a meeting with President Bill Clinton, Democratic members of Congress talked about the accomplishments of the 104th Congress.

Members debated H.R. 3820 and a substitute sponsored by Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) which would reform the federal campaign law passed in 1971. The debate focused on issues such as the role of poli…

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on approving the Journal. Then the members gave one-minute speeches. Later the House considered a bill letting workers take compensatory time off inst…

On this day, the House took up the Most Favored Nation (MFN) status with China, debating whether to grant MFN status to China for another year. They also then considered the Fiscal Year 1997…

On this day, the House, after a period of one-minute speeches, took up the Safe Drinking Water Act under suspension of the rules. The House then moved to consideration of spending bills for …