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This House session considered a bill concerning Commerce, Justice, and State Department appropriations.

The U.S. House of Representatives met and opened with prayer. The House members just returned from recess. The Journal was approved. House members proceeded to morning speeches. Then the Hou…

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 opened with prayer. The Journal was approved. Then the Representative moved on to one-minute speeches. The House worked on the Agriculture Spending Bill. Th…

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 U.S. House of Representative convened and debated Bills to change rules regarding gifts to House members and staff. Members also debated Lobby reform and defense spending.

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 passed the National Security Revitalization Act. The measure promotes missile defense programs and prohibits the transfer of defense money to social programs. The bill also restric…

Members of Congress spoke about the Congressional Accountability Act, legislation that would hold members of Congress accountable under the same laws as the rest of the American public. Foll…

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…

The House began debate on a series of bills designed to reform the federal civil justice system. The Attorney Accountability Act would would require losers in certain court cases to pay the …

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 House Judiciary subcommittee heard testimony from the bipartisan team which has proposed legislation to reform lobbying regulations. In the next panel, representatives of trade associati…

The U.S. House of Representatives convened to work on a Military Construction Bill which included money for base realignment, NATO infrastructure & military family housing. It passed with a …