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The House met to debate on the Ocean Shipping Reform Act and funding for the U.S. Marshalls Service. The session began with One-Minute speeches on a variety of issues, then debated the batte…

The House approved an $82 billion spending bill for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development.

The U.S. House met to consider a number of measures including the fiscal year 1996 budget resolution.

The Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases involving alleged race-based congressional redistricting. The two cases concern Louisiana’s 4th district currently represented by Representativ…

America and the Courts looked at Supreme Court cases involving congressional redistricting in the South, including a historical view on challenges to redistricting.

The U.S. House of Representatives debated a Republican tax cut plan. This bill would cut taxes for people and businesses by 189 billion over 5 years. To help pay for these proposed tax cuts,…

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This House session continued debate on the Republican Welfare Reform proposal. This bill converts nearly 30 welfare programs in to block grants for the states. Federal spending would be li…

The House debated and approved a $156 million funding bill for House committees for the next two years. The amount is 30 percent that the prior Congress; there were three few House committee…

The House began debate on the Regulatory Transition Act, which would prevent most new federal regulations from being issued for the remainder of 1995. The bill would still allow certain heal…

The House approved two bills. One is a $3.2 billion measure to fund peacekeeping operations around the world. Defense and domestic spending cuts would be used to pay for the program. The oth…

The U.S. House of Representatives resumed debate on a series of bills designed to reshape the Crime Bill that passed last year. House members returned to the bill to expand the use of eviden…

In the opening day of the 104th Congress, members elected Representative Newt Gingrich (R-GA) to be speaker of the House, and new members and administrative officers were also sworn in. Seve…

The U.S. House of Representatives conducted its daily business including debate and votes on portions of the 1994 Crime Bill.

The U.S. House met and discussed the Federal Crop Insurance Reform legislation.

The U.S House of Representatives debated the Federal Workforce Restructuring Act and the Crime Control Act.