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Former Representatives Lee Hamilton (D-Indiana) and William Clinger (D-Pennsylvania) talked about the importance of congressional oversight of federal agencies. They focused on the role of …

Former Representative Lee Hamilton (D-Indiana, 1965-99) spoke about American cynicism about government and about what government leaders could do to gain more trust and respect. He said that…

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…

U.S. House begins the day with debating the Medicaid Beneficiaries in California.

The House met for One Minute Speeches and Special Order Speeches.

The House began today’s session with Morning Speeches. Member may speak for up to one minute on any topic. The House went on to consider a bill to pay all legal expenses of seven former empl…

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

On this day, the House considered a bill to authorize defense spending for FY '96. They also needed to consider a temporary spending bill to keep the government funded or else face a governm…

In this session, the U.S. House of Representatives began with one minutes speeches and then moved on to debate the Defense Authorization bill for FY '96.

The House debated a bill to create a financial review board for the District of Columbia.

Committee members heard testimony from chairmen of several House committees on their requests for funds to run their panels. Committees included Judiciary, Budget, Intelligence, Ethics, Scie…

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

This House session considered bills under suspension of the rules. Bills included NASA re-authorization and the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. Members also took up the Conference Report…

The United States House of Representative session on July 14, 1994, opened with prayer. Members debated the California Desert Protection Act and they passed the Expedited Recession Act. Memb…

The US House of Representatives considered 12 Bills under suspension of the rules. they also debated the Fiscal year 1995, Commerce-Justice-State appropriations.

The House discussed an Amendment to urge the President to get a U.N. Security Council agreement to lift the arms embargo against Bosnia.

The House considered two bills under suspension of the rules. The bills included the transfer 3200 acres of federal land to the government of Guam and another regarding holocaust reparations…