House Session
The House began debate on four articles of impeachment against President Clinton for perjury, obstruction of justice and abuse of power.
View in Congressional Chronicle51,776 viewsThe House began debate on four articles of impeachment against President Clinton for perjury, obstruction of justice and abuse of power.
View in Congressional Chronicle51,776 viewsDemocratic members of the House Judiciary Committee held a meeting to discuss the impeachment process and the Democratic legislative agenda. They were specifically interested in defining sta…
279 viewsThe House had legislative business to work on several bills including Y2K Computer Problems, Home Ownership Programs and a Chemical Weapons Treaty.
View in Congressional Chronicle856 viewsThe U.S. House of Representatives voted 258 to 176 to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Bill Clinton.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,788 viewsRepresentative Henry Hyde, R-Illinois, Judiciary Committee Chairman, and Committee members discussed how they would proceed with presidential impeachment hearings. Representative Hyde said …
67 viewsMembers of the House Judiciary Committee addressed the media about the decision to proceed with the formal inquiry of impeachment against President Clinton. After their prepared remarks ques…
124 viewsRep. Conyers, ranking member, and other Democratic Judiciary Committee members talked with reporters about the impeachment inquiry process and an alternate resolution. They took questions fr…
203 viewsMembers of the House Judiciary Committee talked with reporters about the impeachment process. They discussed their positions on the process and the partisan issues involved in the committee’…
154 viewsU.S. House session for September 29th, 1998. The principle subjects were FY 1999 Legislative Branch spending and a Defense Spending Authorization.
View in Congressional Chronicle255 viewsThe House met to debate a series of land and natural resource bills along with welfare benefits and events in Kosovo.
View in Congressional Chronicle234 viewsDemocratic Judiciary Committee members spoke with reporters about their proposed resolution on fairness in the impeachment process. They talked about the releasing of the Starr report. The r…
101 viewsThe Democratic members of the Judiciary Committee attacked the Republican majority for voting to release the Grand Jury testimony of President Clinton. They stated that this decision was sim…
135 viewsOn this day, the House received the Independent Counsel, Judge Kenneth Starr’s, report on the President’s alleged transgressions of perjury and obstruction of justice. The House resolution b…
View in Congressional Chronicle321 viewsThe House Rules Committee discussed a resolution to refer the Independent Counsel’s report on possible impeachable offenses committed by President Clinton. The key point of contention was wh…
97 viewsThe House continued debate on veterans issues, policy towards Iran and Iraq , and a bill to name Central Intelligence Agency headquarters for former President George H.W. Bush.
View in Congressional Chronicle269 viewsThe U.S. House of Representatives convened to work on several issues, including the investigation into the 1996 teamsters election, trade with Vietnam, campaign finance, and funding for the …
View in Congressional Chronicle580 viewsThe U.S. House met, debated, and voted on a series of appropriations bills, including the Transportation Spending Bill. Before debate, the members participated in one minute speeches where m…
View in Congressional Chronicle623 viewsHouse Judiciary committee members heard testimony from law enforcement officials and representatives of telecommunication corporations on the recent mergers taking place in the industry. Pan…
142 viewsAfter a recess, the House reconvened to take up legislation on grants to promote drug-free workplaces and also a bill for $56 billion for agriculture and food stamp programs.
View in Congressional Chronicle297 viewsMembers of the United States of Representatives would debate several issues dealing with campaign finance reform.
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