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Architect of the Capitol Alan Hantman served as the emcee for the annual Capitol Christmas tree lighting ceremony. The Capital City Children’s Chorus; the Capitol Four, a group of four Repub…

Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich R-Georgia, gave a speech at the University of London Institute of U.S. Studies. Speaker Gingrich talked about Republican Party accomplishments in the last…

House Republicans and their staffs gathered to celebrate the end of the first session of the 105th Congress. Leaders talked about the conference’s accomplishments, such as the balanced budge…

The House returned from recess to debate Fiscal Year 1998 spending and a bill to repeal a House rule allowing subpoenaed witnesses to choose not to testify in hearings in front of cameras.

House Speaker Newt Gingrich addressed the fall meeting of GOPAC, a Republican Party fund raising group. He talked about the recent work being done in the House of Representatives and the acc…

After a Republican House leadership meeting, Speaker Gingrich announced that he would postpone a vote on fast track legislation at the president’s request. The vote could still occur on Thur…

During the House session, Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-GA, talked briefly with reporters about the status of negotiations over fast-track trade authority legislation, and the Republican commitme…

The House met on November 7, 1997 to discuss and debate the Fast Track Trade Authority, intelligence funding, and charter schools. The day’s session concluded with a series of special order …

Republicans reviewed their victories in the 1997 elections on November 4. They stressed that Republicans won because they supported lower taxes and smaller government and argued that these s…

The House met for Special order speeches

Speaker Newt Gingrich addressed the Republican National Hispanic Assembly. He talked about Hispanic issues and the Republican Party. Speaker Gingrich praised the leadership of the Hispanic A…

The U.S. House of Representatives convened and worked on a variety of issues including federal grazing policy, nuclear waste storage and the Dornan-Sanchez contested House election.

After their meeting with Chinese President Jiang, congressional leaders talked briefly with reporters. They talked about what they asked Jiang and his responses to their questions in mostly …

Actor and comedian Bob Hope was honored by Congress by being recognized as an honorary member of the armed forces. Mr. Hope is famous for having entertained United States troops during wars …

The U.S. House met to discuss Education Savings Accounts

Members of Congress presented Patriarch Bartholomew I with a congressional gold medal. He is the head of the Orthodox Church with over 250 million members worldwide. Speaker Gingrich and oth…

Following a bipartisan meeting with President Clinton on the recent tobacco settlement, members of Congress talked to reporters. They said they had asked that the administration submit legis…

House Speaker, Representative Newt Gingrich, R-Georgia, addressed the National Press Club. His remarks focused on the Republican agenda and the reform of the Internal Revenue Service and edu…