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The House continued debate on and then approved the Regulatory Transition Act, which would prevent most new federal regulations from being issued for the remainder of 1995. The bill would st…

The U.S. House of Representatives began debate on the Balanced Budget Amendment. Members considered the measure’s impact on Social Security.

The House used wide shots of the Chamber for the first time. The House debated the Republican Welfare Reform Proposal. The House ended with Special Orders.

The House reconvened after a 45 minute recess with One Minute speeches before debating how much notice a committee should give prior to scheduling hearings.

Speaker of the House Representative Newt Gingrich, R-Georgia, gaveled in this session of the U.S. House of Representatives. This was a Pro Forma Session which means there is no major legisla…

The House debated several different versions of a balanced-budget constitutional amendment. The rules said that the version receiving the most votes would be the one presented for final pass…

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The U.S. House of Representatives continued debate and voted on a Republican Welfare Reform Proposal, which passed with a 234-199 vote.

The U.S. House of Representatives resumed debate on crime legislation. The bill dealt with violent criminals and prisons. It would increase grants to states for prison construction and expan…

The House approved two bills. One is a $3.2 billion measure to fund peacekeeping operations around the world. Defense and domestic spending cuts would be used to pay for the program. The oth…

The U.S. House dealt with Flag Desecration, Abortion Funding, Foreign Operations, and Aid to Haiti.

The House of Representatives began this session with One Minute Speeches. Any Member may be recognized for one minute to speak on any subject of their choosing. The House then moved on to th…

House Agriculture Committee members heard testimony from Department of Agriculture officials concerning administration guidelines for the 1995 Farm Bill.

The U.S. House of Representatives continued work on a line-item veto bill, the third bill to reach the floor as part of the Republicans' Contract with America. The measure would allow the Pr…

The US House conducted a series of one minute speeches debating an Appropriations Bill.

This House session considered a bill concerning Commerce, Justice, and State Department appropriations.