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A rally was held on the National Mall before the U.S. Capitol to raise public awareness of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and to put public pressure on the administration to take…

Coverage of the Million Man March included open phones segments, live crowd shots, interviews with rally participants on the Mall, and speeches by African-American men from all walks of…

Rep. Payne, CBC officer and member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, opened the meeting. Mr. Benitez moderated the panel of witnesses who talked about both employment in the…

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives met to debate and vote on various bills.

Representative Donald Payne,, Republican from New Jersey, and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, moderated a panel discussion on campaign strategies for 1996. The focus was on the…

After a brief recess, the House reconvened. The session started with a series of one minute speeches, when a member can speak on any subject for one minute. The House then took up…

Representatives Kweisi Mfume, D-MD; Maxine Waters, D-CA; Donald Payne, D-NJ; Melvin Watt, D-NC, and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton of Washington, DC briefed reporters and answered questions on…

Representative Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus and Hispanic Caucus talked to reporters about today’s Supreme Court ruling that made her Georgia…

United States House of Representatives session on May 18, 1995, debated the FY '96 budget plans -- the plan reported by the House Budget Committee and several substitute budget plans. After…

This House session debated health care tax deductions. Special Order speeches were given the last two hours of the session.

U.S. House will begin a debate on National Security.

A 1994 press conference by the CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS addressed accomplishments of the Caucus during the 103rd Congress and the Elections and Agenda for the 104th congress in 1995.…

President Bill Clinton addressed the annual legislative conference of the Congressional Black Caucus concerning issues affecting the African-American community and the situation in Haiti.

Rep. Kweisi Mfume, chair of the CBC, discussed the state of black America at the opening session of the annual legislative conference. The annual legislative conference is entitled, “Embracing…

The U.S. House met and discussed the Federal Crop Insurance Reform legislation.

The US House of Representatives considered 12 Bills under suspension of the rules. they also debated the Fiscal year 1995, Commerce-Justice-State appropriations.

Several members of Congress spoke to reporters about the first ever multiracial South African election and the impact it will have on democracy in South Africa. Representative John Lewis (D-Georgia)…

The U.S House of Representatives considered a Lobbying Reform Bill and continued the discussion on an Education Funding Bill.

The House met and resumed the work on the FY' 1995 Federal Budget Resolution.

This session of the US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES began with one-minute speeches by members of both parties. They then considered two resolutions concerning: The HOUSE POST OFFICE…