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U.S. House members debate a budget plan proposed by President Clinton.

On this day, the House considered a bill to authorize defense spending for FY '96. They also needed to consider a temporary spending bill to keep the government funded or else face a…

The U.S. House of Representative met and opened with one-minute speeches. Then the House proceeded to Legislative Business. The House voted on Investor Lawsuits - on agreeing to the…

The US House of Representatives plan to debate a Bill on a proposed embargo with Cuba.

The House continued debate on Federal Intelligence Agency Funding as well as FY 1996 Spending Budget.

The House debated the closure of 79 and the scale back of 26 U.S. Military Bases. An independent commission, created by Congress, produced the list of bases to close or realign. Up front costs…

House National Security Committee members heard testimony concerning the Defense Department’s investigation into the downing of a U.S. F-16 over Bosnia. The remainder of the hearing was…

The U.S. House dealt with Flag Desecration, Abortion Funding, Foreign Operations, and Aid to Haiti.

In this session, the U.S. House of Representatives began with one minutes speeches and then moved on to debate the Defense Authorization bill for FY '96.

The House of Representatives met to consider the Defense Authorization Bill for FY 1996. They planned to spend time on some general debate, and the amendments to the bill that had yet to be…

Rep. Spence talked about the Defense Department spending bill.

Committee members heard testimony from chairmen of several House committees on their requests for funds to run their panels. Committees included Judiciary, Budget, Intelligence, Ethics,…

The House took up the final day of debate of the National Security Reconstruction Act. Included in the Act is expediated development of missile defense systems, restricts the president from…

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

In an excerpt, members debated a bill named the National Security Revitalization Act. The bill promotes missle defense systems and forbids the transfer of defense money over to social programs.…

House National Security Committee Chairman, Representative Floyd Spence(R-SC) talked about the National Security Act. This bill prevents the president from placing American troops temporarily under…

The witnesses outlined the administration’s defense budget request for fiscal year 1996 and testified on readiness and weapons systems. Defense Secretary William Perry described how the…