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House Democratic Members briefed reporters on their efforts to bring an alternative balanced budget proposal to the House floor. They are calling on the leadership to allow twenty hours of d…

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

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 U.S. House of Representatives continued debate on the Budget Reconciliation Bill, which would cover seven years and change discretionary spending limits for FY'96-'98 and create new limi…

A group of Democratic representatives known as the Coalition briefed reporters about their compromise budget proposal. Several representatives talked about the details of the differences amo…

Representative members debate on legislative business on the U.S. House floor.

United States House of Representatives session on May 18, 1995, debated the FY '96 budget plans -- the plan reported by the House Budget Committee and several substitute budget plans. After …

The House Rules Committee worked on parameters for debate on the Budget Resolution for FY'96. They debated the ground rules before passing a measure. The budget debate began the next day on …

The U.S. House of Representatives debated a Republican tax cut plan. This bill would cut taxes for people and businesses by 189 billion over 5 years. To help pay for these proposed tax cuts,…

Committee members heard testimony on tax legislation. The $189 billion plan to cut family and business taxes was a central theme of the Republican "Contract With America".

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The House used wide shots of the Chamber for the first time. The House debated the Republican Welfare Reform Proposal. The House ended with Special Orders.

The House debated and approved a $156 million funding bill for House committees for the next two years. The amount is 30 percent that the prior Congress; there were three few House committee…

Twenty-three House Democrats announced a new group called "The Coalition", which consists of 23 members. They describe themselves as moderate to conservative, and are encouraging both Democr…

The U.S. House of Representatives debated the Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment.

The House debated the Clinton economic plan. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus presented their alternative budget to the Clinton plan, and Rep. Kasich and Rep. Armey presented the Re…

House debated the following bills - HR 5678: A bill to make appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, State, and the judiciary. HR 5192: A bill to amend title thirty-eight, Un…