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Democratic congressional leaders talked about the accomplishments of the 1994 congressional session and the 103rd Congress in general. After their remarks, they took questions from the press…

The members of the House leadership briefed reporters on the details of the weekend meetings in which House Democrats discussed party issues and the upcoming House agenda. Questions focused …

In an end-of-session news conference, Democratic congressional leaders from both the House and the Senate briefed reporters on the accomplishments of the first year of the 103rd Congress. Se…

Senate Majority Leader Senator George Mitchell and House Speaker Rep. Tom Foley spoke to reporters shortly after a bipartisan meeting between congressional leaders and President Clinton. The…

In a series of separate news conferences, members of the House Democratic Caucus responded to questions from reporters following their meeting on President Bill Clinton’s economic program. D…

House Speaker Tom Foley (D-WA), Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D-ME), and House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-MO) responded to questions from reporters in the White House driv…

At the 70th annual convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, a panel of Congressman discussed their expectations for the 103rd Congress in creating policy, and the balance bet…

Vice President Al Gore spoke at a Democratic issues conference in Baltimore on the relationship between Congress and the executive branch, emphasizing the need for members of Congress to wor…

Representative Tom Foley (D-WA) represented the Democratic Party in his response to the president’s State of the Union address. he spoke about the coming recession ,US strength at home and a…

Speaker of the House of Representatives Foley and several Democratic members of Congress held a news conference in the U.S. Capitol to announce the names of three new Democratic congressiona…

A group of House Democrats held a news conference to announce the election of Rep. David Bonior of Michigan to the position of House Majority Whip. Rep. Bonior was chief deputy whip for four…

President George H.W. Bush challenged Congress to pass legislation on domestic issues within 100 days during his March 6 address to Congress following the end of the Persian Gulf war. With t…

Democratic legislators and supporters gathered at a luncheon sponsored by the Women’s National Democratic Club to honor the speaker of the House of Representatives, Thomas Foley. Sen. Hoyer …

House Democratic representatives held a press conference in the U.S. Capitol following the House vote on H.R. 1, the Civil Rights and Women’s Equity in Employment Act of 1991. The bill was p…

During the Democratic National Committee spring meeting, committee members spoke on issues and events facing the Democratic Party in 1991 and as the elections of 1992 approach. Gov. Romer, c…

Speaker Foley welcomed the representatives to the conference and charged them with the duty to discuss the issues that face the Democratic Party and the people of the United States. He said …

House Democrats announced that they had returned all of their leaders to office by acclamation. Rep. Foley will return as speaker of the House as will Rep. Gephardt as majority leader and Re…

House Democratic Congressional leaders hosted a news conference where they spoke on the budget reconciliation package which the House passed.

House Democratic leaders spoke briefly following a meeting of the Democratic caucus. The caucus met to discuss the deficit reduction plan.

House and Senate majority leaders reported on the progress of budget negotiations underway between the Bush administration and congressional leaders. They discussed some goals of the Democra…