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In an excerpt, members debated a constitutional amendment on congressional term limits.

Representative Nathan Deal (R-Georgia) announced he was switching to the Republican party. He will be the third Democrat to switch to the Republican party since last fall’s elections. That b…

The Coalition, a group of 23 House Democrats who describe themselves as moderate to conservative, talked about their role in the activities of the first 100 days of the 104th Congress.

This House session considers Labor, Natural Resources and Federal Land bills.

Current 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…

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 used wide shots of the Chamber for the first time. The House debated the Republican Welfare Reform Proposal. The House ended with Special Orders.

Several representatives announced the formation of a bipartisan coalition for congressional reform. The group sought to change campaign finance laws, lobbying disclosure, gift rules and memb…

The Coalition, a group of self described moderate to conservative House Democrats, talked with reporters about welfare reform.

Twenty-three House Democrats announced a new group called "The Coalition", which consists of 23 members. They describe themselves as moderate to conservative, and are encouraging both Democr…

The U.S. House of Representatives continued work on a line-item veto bill, the third bill to reach the floor as part of the Republicans' Contract with America. The measure would allow the Pr…

The House began debate on the line-item veto bill, which would allow the president to cut spending, reject certain portions of a bill without having to veto the entire package, and use any s…

House Majority Leader Richard Armey (R-Texas) took the floor to express outrage at the media’s portraying his reference to Representative Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) earlier in the day i…

The House debated several different versions of a balanced-budget constitutional amendment. The rules said that the version receiving the most votes would be the one presented for final pass…

January 23rd, 1995 House Legislative Session concerning Balanced Budget legislation.

The House debated a bill concerning unfunded mandate reform.

Members of Team 290, a group of term limit supporters, spoke to reporters about congressional term limit legislation. The group’s name refers to the number of votes needed to pass the legisl…

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…