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The House began debate on four articles of impeachment against President Clinton for perjury, obstruction of justice and abuse of power.

National Missile Defense Program Manager Gen. Willie Nance, Representative John Spratt, Senator Jon Kyl, Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and others spoke about the importance of…

This Session of the U.S. House of Representatives began with One Minute Speeches. The House moved on to consider new standards on the type of bankruptcy a person can file. Most debtors who…

On this day, after a period of morning business, the House took up bills dealing with “Fast Track” Tarde Negotiating Authority, the Budget Surplus, Social Security and Tax Cuts. Following…

U.S. House of Representatives on 7/22/98 debated trade with China among other topics.

The House met to debate campaign finance.

The House met to conclude business on the budget resolution for $1.7 trillion dollars in the fiscal year 1999. It passed 216-204. Representative Bob Stump (D-Arizona) mistakenly announced…

The House convened to debate and discuss a constitutional amendment on school prayer, which would have allowed public prayer in school and other religious observances. The amendment needed…

House Minority Leader, Richard Gephardt D-Missouri, and other democrats held a briefing and outlined their federal budget proposal and criticized the Republican budget.

Rep. Kasich presided over the budget resolution markup for the fiscal year 1999. Members of the committee reviewed the bill line by line before putting it into final form for floor action.

In the daybook interview, David Wessel talked about current news stories of interest to him and also took audience calls, faxes and electronic mail. Rep. John Spratt and Rep. Bob Ehrlich…

Director Franklin Raines talked about the Republican budget resolution offered by Representative John Kasich, R-OH. Representative John Spratt and other members of Congress gave their…

This House session considered three bills after One Minute Speeches on various topics including scholarships for D.C. students, childcare programs in California, the White House hiring…

The U.S. House of Representatives was in Session and handled legislation business. The House clerk, Meg Goetz, read the Bill. After the reading of the Bill, the House Members debated the…

The House passed two bills making changes to campaign finance laws. They prohibited non-citizens from making campaign contributions and required more disclosure of all contributions to the…

The United States House of Representatives voted on bills concerning the Northern Ireland peace talks, the situation in Kosovo and U.S. troops in Bosnia.

Beginning at about 1:05 p.m., members completed the final hour of debate on a resolution that called on the president to withdraw U.S. troops from Bosnia under the terms of the War Powers…

The House met for morning business and then debated U.S. trade with Sub-Saharan Africa along with property rights court cases.

Committee members heard testimony from Chairman Greenspan on the state of the U.S. economy. Greenspan testified about economic performance over the past year and budgetary challenges facing…

The House debated President Bill Clinton’s budget and passed a FAA Authorization bill and Patriotic Observations bill.