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Current Speaker of the House of Representatives Thomas Foley and former Speaker Tip O’Neill commented briefly during a short historical overview of the office of Speaker of the House of Repr…

Several members of Congress held a news conference to announce the beginning of a new initiative to reform the nation’s health care system.

Speaker of the House Thomas Foley and Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell held a news conference in the U.S. Capitol to discuss the accomplishments of the first session of the 102nd Congr…

Speaker of the House Thomas Foley and Rep. Richard Gephardt responded to questions from reporters on the recently completed session of Congress and legislation considered by Congress, includ…

The House agreed to the conference report on S. 543, to reform federal deposit insurance, to protect the deposit insurance funds, recapitalize the Bank Insurance Fund, and improve supervisio…

The House passed S. 2050, to ensure that the ceiling established with respect to health education assistance loans does not prohibit the provision of federal loan insurance to new and previo…

The U.S. House Of Representatives passed H.R. 3750, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for a voluntary system of spending limits and benefits for House of Represen…

The House passed H.R. 3595, to delay until September 30, 1992, the issuance of any regulations by the Secretary of Health and Human Services changing the treatment of voluntary contributions…

Carlos Menem, President of Argentina, addressed a joint meeting of Congress on the current issues of his country. He stated that the politically and economically stable Argentina was now rea…

House Democratic leaders held a news conference to discuss campaign finance reform legislation recently drafted by the House Campaign Reform Task Force, chaired by Rep. Gejdenson. Rep. Foley…

The House passed S. 1745, to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to strengthen and improve federal civil rights laws and to provide for damages in cases of intentional employment discriminati…

Speaker of the House Thomas Foley (D-Washington) responded to reporters' questions outside the U.S. Capitol on congressional term limitations. The previous day, voters in his home state of W…

Speaker of the House Thomas Foley and House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt responded to reporters' questions outside the U.S. Capitol on the president’s speech on reforms of the confirmati…

In an award ceremony honoring Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, he received the third annual Claude Pepper Distinguished Service Award. The Pepper Distinguished Service Awa…

Democratic members from both houses of Congress participated in a news conference in support of the unemployment compensation act, which was passed by both houses and is awaiting the preside…

The Ways and Means committee heard testimony from several members of Congress on health care reform proposals designed to provide basic health care to all Americans and stabilize the costs o…

Members of the House of Representatives discussed the confirmation of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court during the period of one minute speeches on the House f…

Speaker of the House of Representatives Thomas Foley held a news conference to announce the creation of a resolution by the House leadership to shut down the bank of the House of Representat…

The House passed H.R. 2900, to improve supervision and regulation with respect to the financial safety and soundness of the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortg…

Members of the House of Representatives debated the rule on S. 1722, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991. S. 1722 had been passed by the Senate the previous day, and the Hous…