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On this day, the House Savings and Construction Act of 1996. They also took up H.R. 3564, The NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act, which would allow membership in NATO of some eastern European…

United States House of Representatives session on July 17, 1996, debated the Treasury and Postal Spending, Safe Drinking Water Act Reauthorization, and Welfare Reform.

Committee members heard testimony from several members of Congress and banking industry representatives on the decision by some U.S. banks to charge their own customers for using another ban…

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 …

On this day, after a period of one-minute speeches, the House took up consideration of a $12.1 billion Interior Dept Spending Bill.

U.S. House begins the day with debating an appropriations bill for spending for the Interior department.

Members of the US House of Representatives debated an amendment sponsored by Representative Republican Frank Riggs of California to H.R. 1227 which would increase the minimum wage to $4.75 p…

The House began with one-minute speeches from members before moving on to work on the Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Resolution. After their legislative business was concluded, they ended with Spec…

The House of Representatives continued discussion on the Fiscal Year 1997 Federal Budget.

United States House of Representatives, Session for May 15th, 1996. The House Debated Federal Land in Utah, Defense Spending, FY 1997 Budget Resolution, and Special Order Speeches.

The U.S. House opened with prayer by the House Chaplain. The members voted on approving the Journal. Then Representative Elijah Cummings, who won on April 16th in a Special Election to fill …

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

United States House of Representatives session met on March 28, 1996, and debated on the debt limit, line-item veto, health care, and the farm bill.

The U.S. House of Representatives considered a bill to make illegal a “partial-birth” abortion, and voted to agree on Senate amendments. They then worked on a bill to mark a 1988 chemical we…