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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.

News events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes and elect…

The U.S. House of Representatives resumed its session and debated various aspects of the federal government shutdown.

Representative David Bonior, D-Michigan, Democratic Whip, criticized House Republicans for shutting down the government. He charged that it is their constitutional responsibility to fund fed…