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The United States House of Representatives convened for a rare Sunday session to finalize business before adjourning for the holidays. They worked on 13 bills under suspension of the rules, …

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The vote was 231-190 in favor of passage.

The House of Representatives met for legislative business. Senators gave one-minute-speeches and debated on the floor. They voted on H. R. 2739, Aviation Infrastructure Investment Act.

After morning business and one-minute speeches, the House took up debate on a bill to end Most Favored Trade Status for China, which was up for review each year since it had been enacted in …

The House membership continued work on spending bills for Justice, Commerce, and State Departments, and a supplemental spending Bill

The U.S. House of Representative met and took up the FY '94 Spending Bills for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and the District of Columbia. DC Home Rule Act requires Congress t…

Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, responded to reporters' questions in a forum during the annual convention of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Issues raised in …

U.S. House of Representatives resumed debate on the apparitions bill for Treasury, and Postal Service, and Independent Agencies.

Lawmakers finished a bill to authorize the U.S. State Department for another two years. The bill would provide about 15 billion dollars to the state department. They then took up the fiscal …

United States House of Representatives session on June 16, 1993 with debate on Foreign Aid/State Department funding.

The U.S. House convened to debate and vote on the Passenger Vessel Safety Act among other business. Following their legislative business, members were allowed to give speeches during special…

The U.S. House met to talk about U.S.Troops in Somalia.

The committee continued to hear testimony from members of Congress and political analysts on initiatives to reform Congress to make it more efficient in dealing with legislation. In this hea…

U.S. House of Representatives debated the National Competitiveness Act, Supplemental Appropriations, and U.S. Troops in Somalia.

The House Foreign affairs committee heard testimony from Secretary of State Warren Christopher on the U.S. foreign assistance budget for the fiscal year 1994. He discussed the modifications…

House Minority Leader Representative Robert Michel (R-IL) and other Republican members of the House spoke in a news conference to announce the creation of a task force to investigate reforms…

This House session debated a resolution funding Congressional Committees including several committees were about to run out of funding. After a series of one minute speeches and a vote for t…

House Members began their day with individual one minute talks on any topic of their choice. Following these talks, they took up debate on seven different bills under suspension of the rules…

After one minute speeches, the House took up work on a bill that was under suspension. The bill was H.R. 490. It allowed for the transfer of federal land in Washington, DC to the Columbia Ho…

The U.S. House met to debate and vote on the Federal Employees' Political Activities Act.