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The house returned from a recess to take up funding bills for Commerce, Justice and State Departments.

The U.S. House of Representatives continued to work on Fiscal Year 1998 Appropriations Bill.

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.

The U.S House debated a bill that would make changes to IRS management, operations, and audit procedures. It also debated a bill that would make changes to U.S.-China policy.

The House International Relations Committee members heard testimony from international crime experts including FBI Director Louis Freeh. Witnesses talked about the prevalence of internationa…

Mr. Franklin, Mr. West and members of the Congressional Black Caucus participated in a forum to discuss the state of race relations in the United States. The forum was part of the 27th annua…

Members of the House delivered one minute speeches on the topic of their choosing. They also debated $250 billion in defense spending for Fiscal Year 1998.

The House met on July 27, 1997 to debate and discuss legislative branch spending bill, which funded operations for the House and Senate as well as the Library of Congress and the Botanical G…

The House considered several Spending bills. Including Bills covering Legislative Spending, Energy and Water Spending, and Defense Spending.

The U.S. House of Representatives debated and voted on amendments to the agriculture spending bill.

The U.S. House of Representatives met and engaged in a period of One Minute Speeches, during which time members could speak on any subject. Following these speeches members continued to H.R.…

After opening the House session with One Minute Speeches, the House took up debate on two Foreign Policy Bills. One is for allocating money for State Department programs and the other is for…

The House passed a bill to ban federal funding of assisted suicide.

During a special order beginning at 1:40 pm, members reviewed their recent bi-partisan trip to several parts of the Pacific Rim from March 23 to April 2. They also expressed their views on U…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

The House met to debate on a Constitutional amendment to limit terms of House and Senate members.

House members debated H.J. Resolution 2, a constitutional amendment sponsored by Representative Bill McCollum (R-FL) that would limit representatives to six two-year terms and senators to tw…

Members gave speeches in tribute to the late Representative Frank Tejeda (D-TX), who died on January 30 of pneumonia brought on by two years of cancer treatments, and passed a suspension bil…