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On March 19, 1979, C-SPAN transmitted live video of the U.S. House of Representatives in session. This was the first time the House permitted live television. The Senate followed seven years…

Elections for the 101st Congress was shown. Rep. Jim Wright (D-TX) was elected Speaker of the House. Party leaders were announced and an election of other House officers was held.

The House Republican Research Committee Project Freedom Task Force held a hearing on the current status of Russian/Lithuanian relations. The witnesses, including a member of Lithuania’s parl…

House considered multiple bills: S 3144: A bill to amend title ten, United States Code, to improve the health care system provided for members and former members of the armed forces and thei…

H.Res. 591: A resolution to waive the requirement of clause 4(b), rule eleven, against consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. S. 1696: A bill to designa…

SCR 112: A resolution to authorize printing of “Thomas Jefferson’s Manual of Parliamentary Practice.” HR 4096: A bill to amend title eleven, District of Columbia Code, to increase the max…

HR 5318: A bill regarding the extension of most-favored-nation status to the products of the People’s Republic of China. HR 5677: A bill to make appropriations for the Departments of Labor…

The committee heard testimony from the chiefs of each armed service on what their department was doing to eliminate sexual harassment and discrimination. The witnesses were also given the ch…

The Investigations subcommittee heard testimony on allegations of a cover-up in the 1988 interception and downing of an Iranian airbus by the USS Vincennes. Newsweek Magazine and ABC’s Night…

HR 5487: A bill to make appropriations for agriculture, rural development, and the Food and Drug Administration for the fiscal year ending Semptember 30, 1993. S 2905: A bill to provide a …

HR 5427: A bill to make appropriations for the legislaive branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993.

HR 5055: A bill to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1993. HR 1624: A bill to provide for the establishment of a memorial on federal land within the District o…

Members of the House of Representatives debated an amendment to H.J.Res. 290, known as the Stenholm amendment, which would force the president to submit a balanced federal budget to Congress…

The U.S. House of Representatives debated and voted on H.J. Res.290 the Balanced Budget Amendment to U. S. Constitution.

Members of the US House of Representatives were scheduled to complete work on H.R. 5006 - the Defense Department Authorization bill for the fiscal year of 1993.

The U.S. House of Representative debated HR 477: A resolution relating to noncurrent records of the former Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran, 100th Congress.…

HR 5132: A bill to make dire emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster assistance to meet urgent needs because of calamities such as those which occurred in Los Angeles and Chicago…

S. 2569: A bill to make the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; to provide joint duty credit for certain service; and to provide for the tempor…

HCR 287: A resolution to set forth the congressional budget for the fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997. HR 386: The rule providing for the consideration of HCR 287. Mr. Antonia …

The House Armed Services Committee heard testimony from CIA Director, Robert Gates, on U.S. Security and the Soviet Union. Cameras were only allowed to cover Opening Statements then the Comm…