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The U.S. House of Representatives debated 85 billion dollars in spending for Veterans, Housing, and Urban Development for the next fiscal year. The VA Bill was one of the appropriation bills…

In the first national political convention for gay citizens, several administration officials, gay and lesbian activists, and others spoke about political issues of particular concerns to ga…

Representative Steve Gunderson, R-WI, and Rob Morris talked about their new book, House and Home: The Political and Personal Journey of a Gay Republican Congressman and the Man with whom He …

The House convened for debate on fishing legislation.

The U.S. House of Representatives considered a bill to define marriage and allow states not recognize same sex marriages. The House passed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on a vote of 342…

The U.S. House of Representatives met to commemorate Missouri Congressman Bill Emerson. Congress proposed a bill that has been named Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act.

On this day, the House, after a period of one-minute speeches, took up the Safe Drinking Water Act under suspension of the rules. The House then moved to consideration of spending bills for …

Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia) and Republican Wisconsin congressmen talked with reporters about one of that state’s welfare plans and President Clinton’s reaction to the program. They too…

The U.S. House of Representatives considered the FY '97 defense spending bill.

The House met to debate on the Ocean Shipping Reform Act and funding for the U.S. Marshalls Service. The session began with One-Minute speeches on a variety of issues, then debated the batte…

United States House of Representatives session met on March 28, 1996, and debated on the debt limit, line-item veto, health care, and the farm bill.

Participants briefed reporters on the 1996 candlelight AIDS march scheduled for October. They also talked about how businesses can and do assist people with AIDS and new drugs in dealing wit…

The U.S. House debated the Farm Bill and attached amendments.

Members of the House Agriculture Committee briefed reporters on the Agriculture Regulatory Relief and Trade Act of 1996, or the Farm Bill. The legislation proposed phasing out subsidies over…

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives met to debate and vote on various bills.

The U.S. House of Representatives resumed its session and debated various aspects of the federal government shutdown.