The most popular programs for the House Proceeding - Courts & Judicial Process type. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?browse=format&id=25 en-US Copyright 2013, National Cable Satellite Corporation info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 14:52:27 GMT House Proceeding - Courts & Judicial Process Members of the House read the Constitution aloud. This was the second time the document was read on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/310341-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/310341-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Members debated a resolution to cite Attorney General Eric Holder for contempt of Congress for not providing documents to the committee investigating the Department of Justice's "Fast and Furious" operation against Mexican drug cartels. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306730-6 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306730-6 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The House debated H.J.Res. 350, a resolution to amend the Constitution to give federal and state governments the right to prohibit desecration of the American flag. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/12804-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/12804-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Congressional Record, pp. H8851-H8917. The House passed H.R. 2939, renewing the special-prosecutor law. It would allow for special independent counsel to be appointed to investigate suspected wrongdoings by top officials in the executive branch. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/1331-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/1331-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/65904-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/65904-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT CR, pp. H9523-H9624. The House disagreed to the Senate amendments to H.R. 2906, which would make appropriations for military construction during the current fiscal year. The House also disagreed to the Senate amendments to H.R. 2890, which would make appropriations for the Department of Transportation. Conferences were agreed to for both bills. The House, after 11 hours of debate, passed the Employee Polygraph Protection Act, which prevents private employers from using lie detector tests on employees. The legislation allows for exceptions for security related jobs. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/678-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/678-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The House agreed to H.Res. 499 impeaching Alcee L. Hastings, Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, for high crimes and misdemeanors. The House disagreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 5051 to provide drought assistance to agricultural producers, and agreed to a conference. In addition the House passed H.R. 4352 Omnibus McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to amend the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to extend programs providing urgently needed assistance for the homeless. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/3776-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/3776-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT H.R. 2136 was passed which limited the length of time an individual could be held for contempt in child custody cases. The House agreed to the Senate amendments to S. 694 amending the Energy Policy and Conservation Act by a voice vote. The House passed H.R. 2696 by voice vote making appropriations for water development after considering amendments. The House continued consideration of H.R. 2655 to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, considered amendments and came to no resolution. During nine hours of Special Orders, congressmen spoke on the American flag and the recent Supreme Court decision protecting flag burning as free speech under the First Amendment. This program is missing a segment of audio and video from 20:00 to 22:00. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/8186-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/8186-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/63255-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/63255-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/70736-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/70736-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT HR 5678: A bill to make appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, State, and Justice. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/27494-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/27494-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/64366-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/64366-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The House voted and agreed to impeach Walter L. Nixon, Jr., U.S. District Court Judge. The House rejected S.J.Res. 100, disapproving the certification by the President under section 481(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to the Bahamas. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/7532-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/7532-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The House disagreed to the Senate amendments of H.R. 3072, the FY90 Department of Defense appropriations, and to H.R. 2991, FY90 departments of Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary appropriations, and agreed to a conference with the Senate. The House agreed to H. Res. 277 providing for the consideration of H.R. 1465, the Oil Pollution Prevention, Response, Liability, And Compensation Act, to establish limitations on liability and damage resulting from oil pollution, and to establish a fund for payment of compensation for such damages. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/9758-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/9758-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT A report was filed impeaching Judge Walter L. Nixon, Jr., for high crimes and misdemeanors. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/7423-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/7423-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The House filed a report to amend title 18, to require a waiting period before the purchase of a handgun. The House passed H.R. 1988, to authorize appropriations to NASA for research and operational purposes. The House agreed to the Torricelli amendment that deletes language in the bill that policies restricting U.S. foreign launch capabilities should apply only when adequate launch capabilities exist. The Zimmer amendment that instructs the National Academy of Sciences to report to Congress on whether space station research goals could be met through use of other existing or proposed space vehicles and platforms, was agreed upon, as were the Solomon amendments, requiring drug testing of random officers and employees of NASA. The House passed H.J. Res. 109, designating the week beginning May 12 as "Emergency Medical Services Week." Other commemorative periods approved by the House included Physical Fitness and Sports Month, Infant Mortality and Awareness Day, and Senior Nutrition Week. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/17791-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/17791-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The House failed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1594 which would grant nondiscriminatory treatment to Hungarian products for five years. The House suspended the rules and passed H.Res. 186 expressing the sense of the House regarding the United States flag. The House suspended the rules and passed H.R. 1048 to collect data about prejudice based criminal behavior. The House began debate on H.R. 2136 concerning length of time incarceration can occur in child custody cases. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/8174-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/8174-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The majority of the day was spent on H.R. 2788, FY90 Dept. of Interior appropriations. Of special note concerned debate over the funding of art which might be considered obscene or sacrilegious. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/8353-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/8353-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The House passed and cleared for the president H.R. 2978, the Flag Protection Act. H.R. 1495, the Arms Control Agency Authorization was passed. The House passed H.R. 2748 which authorizes appropriations for the Central Intelligence Agency and related activities. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/9480-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/9480-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The House continued consideration of H.R. 5269, to control crime, but came to no resolution. The House agreed to the Gekas, McCollum, Moorhead, Unsoeld, Hyde, and Frank amendments to H.R. 5269, and rejected two amendments offered by Hughes. The Gekas and McCollum amendments allow capital punishment for additional offenses, the McCollum amendment deals with drug offenses. The Moorhead amendment was a technical amendment related to forfeited assets. The Unsoeld amendment modifies provisions preventing semi-automatic weapons parts to be imported. The Hyde amendment eliminated language reforming the habeas corpus provisions. The Frank amendment requires a market study of certain products before the Federal Prison Industries can produce a new product. The Hughes amendments would have made the death penalty easier to impose and allowed less time for death row prisoners to file habeas corpus. The House adopted H.Res. 488, the rule to consider H.Con.Res. 310 and adopted the conference report for fiscal 1991 budget appropriations. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/14341-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/14341-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Speaker appointed the following members as conferees in the conference on S. 1096, to provide for the use and distribution of funds awarded to the Seminole Indians: Representatives Udall, Miller of California, Darden, Levine of California, Faleomavaega, Young of Alaska, Lagomarsino, and Rhodes. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/11322-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/11322-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The House continued consideration of H.R. 4300, the Family Unity and Employment Opportunity Immigration Act. After rejecting the Lewis and Bryant amendments, the House passed H.R. 4300. The Lewis amendment sought to provide reimbursement to states and localities for cash, educational and medical assistance to aliens. The Bryant amendment sought to delete all provisions except those relating to family unity. Finally, the language of H.R. 4300 was substituted for S. 358 and was passed in lieu. The House suspended the rules and passed S. 1511 to clarify the protections given to older individuals in regard to benefit plans. The House continued debate on H.R. 5269, the Crime Control bill. During debate, the House agreed to the Bustamante and Martin amendments and rejected the Staggers amendment. The Bustamante amendment made it impossible for local governments to get federal anti-drug enforcement block grants directly. The Martin amendment reduced the anti-drug and law enforcement block grants to states without statutes requiring convicted rapists to be tested for AIDS at the victims request. The Staggers amendment sought to change the sentence for certain crimes from the death penalty to mandatory life imprisonment without parole plus restitution. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/14320-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/14320-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The House passed H.R. 2273, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability. The House voted to suspend the rules and pass S. 286, to designate the site of prehistoric and historic petroglyphs on cliffs or rocks near Albuquerque, NM as the Petroglyph National Monument, a unit of the National Park System. The House rejected H.R. 4636, to make supplemental authorizations for foreign aid programs in fiscal 1990, including $470 million to Panama and $340 million to Nicaragua. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/12361-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/12361-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The House ordered the previous question on H. Res 473 and the Slaughter amendment after rejecting H. Res. 473, the rule for consideration of H.R. 5269 to control crime, and agreeing to the Slaughter amendment. The Slaughter amendment required the Unsoeld amendment to be considered in the resolution. The House agreed to the Gray motion to table the Walker motion, requiring a reconsideration of the amendment and the resolution. The House passed H.R. 4793 to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 after rejecting two Ireland amendments. The first Ireland amendment would have prevented language requiring natural resources development. The second Ireland amendment would have reduced penalties for prepayment on SBA loans to public rates. The House suspended the rules and passed H.R. 4559 to establish the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. The House suspended the rules and passed H.R. 4019 to designate some Michigan rivers as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/14161-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/14161-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The House voted to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 479, amended, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the California National Historic Trail and Pony Express National Historic Trail as components of the National Trails System. It was made in order to consider H.R. 2251, to make supplemental appropriations for humanitarian assistance and peace-keeping activities for fiscal year 1991. The House passed H.R. 7, amending title 18, to require a waiting period before the purchase of a handgun. It also rejected the McCollum notion to commit the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions not to report the same back until it had conducted a thorough and complete study, including hearings, of the provisions and merits of the bill. It also rejected the Staggers amendment that sought to require the Department of Justice to establish a toll free number for dealers of firearms to call for a background check on prospective buyers of handguns, provided that, if after 24 hours, that information cannot be obtained, then the sale may be completed. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/17874-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/17874-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The House made technical changes and corrected enrollment errors in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990, and made technical changes in the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, FY 1990 and 1991. The House agreed to H. Res. 362, directing the General Counsel to the Clerk of the House to withdraw the Brief for the Speaker and Leadership Group of the U.S. House of Representatives in Support of Jurisdictional Statements pending a full and proper review by the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group. The House passed H.R. 3581, the Rural Economic Development Act of 1989. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/11630-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/11630-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The House reconvened from its recess and passed H.R. 1662, the Torture Victim Protection Act, and H.R. 3275, which implements the Steel Trade Liberalization Program. The House passed two measures en bloc. H.Res. 251, which amends the articles of impeachment for Walter Nixon, Jr, judge of the U.S. District Court in Mississippi, and H.Res. 252, which informs the Senate to this effect. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/9339-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/9339-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Reports filed in the House included S. 248, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, and H. Res. 144, providing for the consideration of H.R. 7, to amend title 18, to require a waiting period before the purchase of a handgun. Several messages from the President were read, including the Agreement concerning fisheries off the coast of the United States, and the message for the National Endowment for the Arts. The House completed all debate on a motion to amend the National Trails System Act. The House voted to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1143, to authorize a study of nationally significant places in American history, and H.R. 904, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a national landmark theme study on African American history. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/17848-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/17848-1 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT