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Elections and swearing-in of the members for the 102nd Congress were shown. Rep. Foley (D-WA) was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. Rep. Gephardt (D-MO) and Rep. Mic…

Elections for the 101st Congress was shown. Rep. Jim Wright (D-TX) was elected Speaker of the House. Party leaders were announced and an election of other House officers was held.

Congressional Distinguished Service Awards were presented to four former members of Congress for their distinguished and dedicated service to the nation. Recipients were former representativ…

Members began the day with the Fiscal Year 1995 Defense Department Spending Bill H R 4650. This Bill provides $243.6 Billion dollars for the Defense Department, an increase of $3.5 billion o…

The United States House of Representative session on July 14, 1994, opened with prayer. Members debated the California Desert Protection Act and they passed the Expedited Recession Act. Memb…

The House of Representatives continued work on FY '95 Appropriations for the Department of Labor, Health & Human services as well as the Department of Education.

First lawmakers considered the Military Construction Appropriations Bill which provided 8.8 billion dollars for military construction in FY95. Next they continued debate on the Defense Depa…

The U.S. House of Representatives reconvened and continued their legislative business. They took up debate on the Tax Simplification and Technical Corrections: H.R. 3419. This bill would sim…

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

The House Session approved the Journal. Members debated the Balanced Budget Amendment. Three other bills were considered. The House received a message from the Senate - in the passage of S 1…

Several elected officials made comments before the lighting of the Capitol Christmas Tree.

The U.S. House of Representatives met and following a delaying action during morning business members took up debate of a Midwest Disaster Relief to provide funding to victims of the floodin…

U.S. House of Representatives resumed debate on Clinton Administration National Service Trust Act. This program helped people repay their education cost in exchange for community service wor…

United States House of Representatives session on June 24, 1993 with debate on Energy and Water Development Appropriations

Lawmakers finished a bill to authorize the U.S. State Department for another two years. The bill would provide about 15 billion dollars to the state department. They then took up the fiscal …

The House’s first act was to vote on a motion to approve the previous day’s journal, which passed. They then moved on to one minute speeches, and then continued work on the Legislative Branc…

Cameras recorded the scenes and snippets of conversations aboard a train from Washington, DC to Syracuse, New Jersey. Republican members of Congress were on the train travelling to Syracuse …