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Witnesses testified on the federal government bailout of General Motors. During the hearing Republican members accused Ron Bloom of getting too involved in General Motors' structured bankrup…

The Senate Special Aging Committee held a hearing on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), the government agency that provides retirement benefits when employers' default on those…

Vincent Snowbarger talked about the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the government agency that provides protection of pension plans in the United States. The agency is $33.5 billion in…

This House Session schedule began with members general statements then moved to business including spending for Veterans.Housing,EPA and NASA,Commerce,Justice and State.

After one minute speeches the House discussed Rules of Debate on various FY99 Spending Bills.

This session began with One Minute Speeches by members on a variety of subjects including reducing the size of government, job losses, the Kyoto climate treaty, campaign finance reform, and …

The House debated Treasury and Postal Service Operations appropriations

The House met to discuss bills on a congressional gold medal for Nelson Mandela, increasing penalties for telemarketing, National Drought Policy, and teaching disabled students.

The U.S. House of Representatives opened with prayer and then onto one-minute speeches. They later debated Campaign Finance for over an hour. Then moved to H.R. 2183. H.R. 2400 Conference Re…

The House met for Morning Hour Speeches. This allows members to speak for 5 minutes on any topic. They then recessed until later in the day.

Several Republican freshmen released their proposal for tax cuts for the second session of the 105th Congress. The proposal includes eliminating the marriage penalty, investment tax cuts, in…

The U.S House debated a bill that would make changes to IRS management, operations, and audit procedures. It also debated a bill that would make changes to U.S.-China policy.

Members of the Human Resources subcommittee of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee released a report on Gulf War illness. The report makes several recommendations, including …

The House continued debate of the thirteen appropriations bills that fund the government and must become law by the new fiscal year, including the $50 billion Agriculture Bill. Other bills d…

The US House dealt with Foreign operations Spending.

After opening the House session with One Minute Speeches, the House took up debate on two Foreign Policy Bills. One is for allocating money for State Department programs and the other is for…

The House of Representatives voted on an amendment by Representative Major Owens, D-NY regarding job training and adult education. The Owens amendment would keep separate funding and adminis…

U.S. House is looking at Housing De-Regulation.

The United States House of Representatives voted to encourage adoptions of children in the foster care system.

After One Minute Speeches, the House debated and then voted on a bill to make changes to the US Patent system. The change would restructure the US Patent and trademark office and laws on pat…