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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…

The U.S. House of Representatives met for the last session of the 103rd Congress. Members debated the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) treaty. Representative Steve Largent (R-OK…

The U.S. House of Representatives conducted its daily business including debate and votes on portions of the 1994 Crime Bill.

Speaker Tom Foley, surrounded by House Democratic leaders, briefed reporters on meetings with the president concerning health care reform and the committee assignments for the House examinat…

On this first day of the second session of the 103rd Congress, Representative Vern Ehlers (R-MI) was sworn in by Speaker Tom Foley (D-WA) as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

The NAFTA agreement signing ceremony was held at the Commerce Department with President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore. They provided comments on the historic trade deal.

The House met to complete their legislative business before Thanksgiving. They debated legislation on campaign finance reform, which would set limits on campaign donations and on Congression…

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The vote was 231-190 in favor of passage.

The U.S. House of Representatives debated legislation concerning the extension of unemployment benefits, as well as a resolution to remove U.S. troops from Somalia.

President Clinton, surrounded by congressional leaders, signed the congressional versions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and took questions from reporters concerning the …

House Speaker Representative Tom Foley (D-Washington), House Majority Leader Representative Richard Gephardt D-Missouri), and other Democratic House members praised the President’s budget pr…

A vote on President Clinton’s Budget Reconciliation Plan and FY '94 Agriculture Appropriations Bill.

In an excerpt from the session of the House, members debated a Republican substitute to the Clinton administration’s deficit reduction bill that would reduce the budget deficit without raisi…

The House debated and voted on H.R. 2264. It passed 219-213. There were several motions passed on the Budget Bill rule. The Bill is aimed at reducing the deficit by $500 billion over 5 years…

The debate on the House Floor was the federal budget. REP. Joe Moakley D-Massachusetts proposed that the debt limit be raised to meet the already outstanding commitments facing the Federal G…

The U.S. House of Representatives debated and voted on H.J. Res.290 the Balanced Budget Amendment to U. S. Constitution.

President Bush and several members of Congress spoke in Statuary Hall beneath the statues of the founding fathers in a ceremony marking the unveiling of a portrait of the current House Minor…

The United States House of Representatives considered the following bills H.Res. 430, H.Res. 431, H.Res. 423, H.Res. 433, H.Res. 434. Members spoke their support for or against each of the b…

The House passed S. 2050, to ensure that the ceiling established with respect to health education assistance loans does not prohibit the provision of federal loan insurance to new and previo…