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The House met for Special order speeches
View in Congressional Chronicle241 viewsThe House met for Special order speeches
View in Congressional Chronicle241 viewsThe U.S. House of Representatives considered bills on FDA policies, national monuments, foreign operations spending, and low-level radioactive waste disposal.
View in Congressional Chronicle897 viewsThe House planned to Debate on $95 billion in net tax reductions over five years.
View in Congressional Chronicle678 viewsThe House met to begin debate on the FY 1998 Budget Resolution.
View in Congressional Chronicle763 viewsThe United States House of Representatives voted to encourage adoptions of children in the foster care system.
View in Congressional Chronicle395 viewsThe U.S. House of Representatives convened with one-minute speeches before working on a NASA bill that would provide $13.9 billion each in FY'98 and FY'99 for NASA research and space flight …
View in Congressional Chronicle352 viewsThe Congressional Black Caucus held a forum in which they heard black farmers tell of Agriculture Department foreclosures, loan rejections and discrimination against Black employees of the d…
4,931 viewsThe U.S. House of Representatives considered H.R. 929, the “Partial-Birth” Abortion Ban Bill. The measure contains fine and imprisonment for anyone performing the procedure, as well as the r…
View in Congressional Chronicle219 viewsIn a portion of debate beginning at 2:00 p.m., members debated a bill which would ban a certain type of abortion procedure which the bill labels “partial birth abortion.” The bill passed by …
169 viewsMembers of the Congressional Black Caucus briefed reporters on the U.S. Army investigation into sexual misconduct between drill sergeants and enlisted women in Aberdeen, MD. They stated that…
121 viewsCurrent 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…
133 viewsCongressional colleagues remembered Representative Frank Tejeda, the Democratic Representative of the Texas 28th congressional district since 1993. He died of pneumonia brought on by treatme…
229 viewsAfter the president’s State of the Union Address, members of Congress reacted to the speech in Statuary Hall.
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