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Rep. Henry Hyde released the final report of a Judiciary select subcommittee concerning U.S. payments to Iran for arms shipments to Bosnian Muslims. He and other subcommittee members answere…

House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) and others addressed the conference on conservative and religious issues, including family values and education.

The first-morning session of the 1996 Republican National Convention included arrangements and rules, as well as, speeches by Republican congressional and gubernatorial candidates.

As a continuation of the last session on August 6, The Republican Policy Platform Committee to portions of the platform which deal with individual rights, including illegal immigration, ethn…

Speaker Gingrich spoke about the unity and diversity within the Republican party, Bob Dole’s economic plan, education and the size of government. He cited a Washington Post article by David …

During this portion, platform committee members debated amendments to portions of the platform which deal with individual rights, including abortion and discrimination, as these portions wer…

Committee members heard reports from the chair and vice chair of the subcommittee on economic growth. Then they debated and voted on various amendments to this portion of the platform.

Representative Henry Hyde(R-Illinois), the chair of the Republican platform committee, talked briefly about the contents of the platform.

After being introduced by Speaker Newt Gingrich, Bob Dole spoke to delegates by satellite. He spoke about his economic agenda, which he released in “The Chicago” on August 5. He also critici…

To open the 1996 Republican Party platform meetings, Representative Billy Tauzin (R-LA) spoke about why he changed parties after the 1994 elections. He emphasized that the Democratic party w…

After a news briefing on the Republican platform by Governor Mike Leavitt (R-UT), and open phones for view comments, Representative Henry Hyde (R-IL), Bay Buchanan, Buchanan Presidential Cam…

Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL) briefed reporters on the various GOP platform subcommittees and their chairs as well as the schedule for the platform hearings which begin on August 5.

The U.S. House of Representatives considered a bill to define marriage and allow states not recognize same sex marriages. The House passed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on a vote of 342…

On this day, the House took up the Most Favored Nation (MFN) status with China, debating whether to grant MFN status to China for another year. They also then considered the Fiscal Year 1997…