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Republican incumbent Representative Andrea Seastrand and Democratic challenger Walter Capps debated local and national issues in California’s 22nd congressional district race. Issues include…

House Republicans celebrated the second anniversary of the “Contract with America” with a salute to their accomplishments. The members made many references to the changes desired by the elec…

Members of Congress and others talked with reporters about a new report on a 106 percent increase in drug use among teenagers. They blamed the Clinton administration for decreased interest i…

United States House of Representatives debated whether to override President Bill Clinton’s veto of H.R. 1833, a bill which would ban a certain type of abortion procedure, which is usually p…

The US Senate met to talk about the Fiscal Year 1997 funding for Veterans and Housing programs.

On a campaign tour of California, 1996 Republican presidential candidate Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) talked with supporters about his tax cut proposal and other issues.

The first-morning session of the 1996 Republican National Convention included arrangements and rules, as well as, speeches by Republican congressional and gubernatorial candidates.

Members debated H.R. 3820 and a substitute sponsored by Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) which would reform the federal campaign law passed in 1971. The debate focused on issues such as the role of poli…

On this day, the House Savings and Construction Act of 1996. They also took up H.R. 3564, The NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act, which would allow membership in NATO of some eastern European…

United States House of Representatives session on July 17, 1996, debated the Treasury and Postal Spending, Safe Drinking Water Act Reauthorization, and Welfare Reform.

The U.S. House of Representatives considered a bill to define marriage and allow states not recognize same sex marriages. The House passed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on a vote of 342…

The House of Representatives debated Fiscal Year 1997 Legislative Spending Bill and Fiscal Year 1997 Labor, Health and Education Spending Bill.

The House convened to debate health care and other legislation.