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Judge Antonin Scalia responded to questions from committee members about his views regarding such topics as federal-state relationships, the Constitution, death penalty, abortion, national…

Female former members spoke about the role women play in Congress and how attitudes towards women have changed over the years. After their remarks they answered questions from the audience.

In the last of a series of joint hearings, two House subcommittees examined ways of improving rules and procedures for the 105th Congress, including topics such as using more technology,…

The Republican National Committee paid tribute to elected Republican women. This event was part of the festivities of the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego, California.

House Members debated H.R. 123, a bill which would make English the official language of the U.S. government, with some exceptions, which would mandate that citizens use English in all…

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…

Representative Bob Livingston (R-LA) and the chairs of several appropriations subcommittees briefed reporters on the status of the appropriations bills in the House. They emphasized that…

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…

The House of Representatives debated Fiscal Year 1997 Legislative Spending Bill and Fiscal Year 1997 Labor, Health and Education Spending Bill.

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

The chair and ranking member of the Military Construction subcommittee talked about the military construction legislation which was the first appropriations bill scheduled for debate in the…

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…

Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) talked about Republican party efforts to include women at all levels of government and as voters and supporters. He also asked the group of politicians and…

In this opening session, Representative Vucanovich, who chaired this event last year, and Rep. Dunn, this year’s chair, spoke about current issues before Congress, including and women’s…

The House is returning from recess to debate bills on the Environment, American Indian & Alaskan native issues and grants for historically black colleges. The bills will be debated under…

The US House of Representatives planned to debate a bill to temporally extend the Federal debt limit. The House passed a bill to exempt government borrowing from the Federal Debt limit…