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The U.S. House of Representatives debated nuclear waste storage and forestry issues among others.

During a motion to adjourn, Rep John Ensign, R-Nevada, spoke about a Nuclear Waste Bill that is of importance to him and his constituents. The bill was supposed to be part of the legislative…

The House of Representative meets for morning business. Members gave general speeches. Temporary funding the Federal Government and Amtrak Funding were also discussed.

The House met for Morning Hour speeches.

The House considered several Spending bills. Including Bills covering Legislative Spending, Energy and Water Spending, and Defense Spending.

The U.S. House of Representatives debated and voted on amendments to the agriculture spending bill.

The House took up debate on the Budget Enforcement Act and the appropriations bill for Agricultural spending.

The House took up debate on a new postage stamp. Some of the money of the new stamp would be allocated to the fight on breast cancer. They also debated vocational training and agriculture sp…

During this portion of the Eagle Forum Conference, members heard from Representative Joe Scarborough R-Florida, Representative Jim Ryun R-Kansas and Representative Helen Chenoweth R-Idaho. R…

The U.S. House met to debate and vote on amendments to the Defense Spending Bill.

United States House of Representatives session from May 13, 1997 with one minute speeches and debate on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), public housing programs, and s…

The U.S. House of Representatives considered H.R. 929, the “Partial-Birth” Abortion Ban Bill. The measure contains fine and imprisonment for anyone performing the procedure, as well as the r…

In a portion of debate beginning at 2:00 p.m., members debated a bill which would ban a certain type of abortion procedure which the bill labels “partial birth abortion.” The bill passed by …

The House opened with Morning Speeches. Any Member may speak for up to five minutes on any subject. The House then moved onto Compensatory Time Off and Overtime Pay. The Fair Labor Standards…

United States House of Representatives session on March 6, 1997 with One-Minute Speeches, passing a bill concerning review of District of Columbia city contracts, and Special Orders.

Republican members of Congress talked with reporters about the conservative agenda for the 105th Congress. They said they intended to further conservative ideas such as reducing the size of …

Several members of Congress, representatives of anti-abortion rights groups, clergy, and others spoke to abortion opponents on the 24th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, which legaliz…