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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…

Representatives Duncan Hunter, Democrat from California, and Sherrod Brown,Democrat from Ohio, oppose the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), while Representative Robert Matsui,…

Following prepared remarks on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the participants answered questions from the audience. Congress returned to session that week to debate and v…

Representative Robert Matsui, D-California, is pro-GATT He discussed why he has taken this position and what he expects from the House vote on GATT GATT is the General Agreement on Tariffs …

The House met to consider the American Heritage Areas Bill, the GATT International Trade Agreement, and U.S. Troops in Haiti.

Committee members particpated in a markup session of the GATT fast-track legislation. They heard testimony from trade experts and proceded through the bill line by line to agree on final lan…

The House met and debated the future of China’s “most favored nation” trade status.

U.S. House of Representatives begin the day with voting on a motion to approve the previous day’s journal.

The members of the House Ways and Means Committee continued to go through health care legislation markup. Members questioned committee staff on a variety of subjects while they debated the l…

The House Ways and Means Committee continued its markup of healthcare reform legislation. Members asked staff director David Abernathy questions concerning the Gibbons health care reform pl…

Members of the House Ways and Means Committee voted on several sections of legislation proposed by Acting-Committee Chairman Sam Gibbons (D-Florida).

The House passed the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Bill. This bill provides $24 billion in the fiscal year 1995 for the Treasury Department, Postal Service,…

Representatives examined the language of the proposed health care reform bill in detail in one of the several markup sessions conducted by the House Ways and Means Committee.

Day one of a mark-up session in the House Ways and Means Committee for the Health Security Act of 1994. House Ways and Means was one of three House committees handling health care legislati…

The Senate Commerce Committee, chaired by Senator Inouye, met to consider two nominations to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The Federal Communications Commission is a five-memb…

A news conference was held by several members of congress concerning US-JAPAN trade relations. Representatives Richard Gephardt(D-MS) and Senator Jay Rockefeller(D-WV) introduced legislat…

Robert Reischauer, the Congressional Budget Office Director, testified concerning the president’s health care reform plan and the budgetary constraints the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) …