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The U.S. House of Representatives met and upon introduction the majority made an objection to a unanimous consent request to consider S. 1508, to assure that all Federal employees work and r…

In an excerpt, Members of the House of Representatives debated S-1508, returning furloughed federal employees to work. The government has been in a partial shutdown for more than two weeks.

Meg Goetz, House Reading Clerk, read several messages to members of the House of Representatives. Representative Steny Hoya, D-Maryland asked the House Speaker if it would be appropriate to …

The U.S. House of Representatives opened with prayer. The House approved the Journal. The House proceeded to one-minute speeches. Later the House debated a bill considering Book royalties fo…

Members of the U.S. House of Representative met and focused on a conference report to a bill to terminate the Interstate Commerce Commission. Also, members debated appropriations for the Dis…

U.S. House members debate a budget plan proposed by President Clinton.

The U.S. House of Representatives met and opened the days session with a period of Morning Hour speeches. Members spoke on a variety of topics for a period of up to five minutes. These speec…

The U.S. House met to discuss H.R. 33 bill among other legislative business

Representative Jim Moran, D-Virginia, talks with reporters about federal budget negotiations.

On this day, the House considered a bill to authorize defense spending for FY '96. They also needed to consider a temporary spending bill to keep the government funded or else face a governm…

The House met to debate the extension of the U.S. debt.

Committee members heard testimony from officials from several administration agencies concerning the recent government shutdown. They testified about how their agencies prepared for the shut…

The U.S. House is returning from a recess. The House opened up with prayer and then went to one-minute speeches. The House session included debates on the FY '96 spending bill, the spending …

The House reconvened from a recess to continue consideration of a House Joint Resolution for temporary spending for government agencies FY '96.

First, Representative John Boehner R-OH followed by the House Democratic leader and other members talked with reporters about the lack of a continuing resolution to reopen the federal govern…

House of Representatives met for session to discuss bills.

The House convened to debate H.R. 1868 and other legislative bills.