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Witnesses testified about the final report from the Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. Among the topics they addressed were proposals to create a new head of intelligenc…

The House met to consider a proposal to let tax-free savings accounts pay for expenses at K-12 schools and education savings accounts.

This House session began with One Minute Speeches on a variety of Issues including shipping nuclear waste, honoring South Vietnamese army commandos, Japan’s possible recession, debate on t…

The U.S. House of Representatives was in Session and handled legislation business. The House clerk, Meg Goetz, read the Bill. After the reading of the Bill, the House Members debated the Tra…

The House met for morning business and then debated U.S. trade with Sub-Saharan Africa along with property rights court cases.

The House met on November 7, 1997 to discuss and debate the Fast Track Trade Authority, intelligence funding, and charter schools. The day’s session concluded with a series of special order …

The U.S. House of Representatives convened and worked on a variety of issues including federal grazing policy, nuclear waste storage and the Dornan-Sanchez contested House election.

The House session debates Interior Spending.

The House met to begin debate on the FY 1998 Budget Resolution.

On Roosevelt island, Speaker Newt Gingrich and other members of an environmental task force briefed reporters on Republican environmental principles which were adopted by the House Republica…

The U. S. House Met to discuss Agriculture Spending Issues.

House Republicans briefed reporters on a bill which they were filing to acquire the Sterling Forest wetland area in New Jersey as public. The U.S. will sell public lands in Oklahoma, a battl…

The U.S. House of Representatives continued its debate on appropriations for the District of Columbia and worked on a motion to instruct conferees on the FY '96 Housing and Veterans Spending…

The House debated several versions of the Balanced Budget Amendment. One of the key issues was the "super majority", or 3/5 vote needed to pass future tax increases. This was originally pass…

The House met to consider the American Heritage Areas Bill, the GATT International Trade Agreement, and U.S. Troops in Haiti.

Members began the day with the Fiscal Year 1995 Defense Department Spending Bill H R 4650. This Bill provides $243.6 Billion dollars for the Defense Department, an increase of $3.5 billion o…

The House met to consider the Hydrogen & Fusion Research Bill.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed both a conference report to a $20.7 billion funding bill for Energy & Water Development projects and the Congressional Accountability Act.

C-SPAN joined this House session in progress.