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The House began debate on four articles of impeachment against President Clinton for perjury, obstruction of justice and abuse of power.

The United States House of Representatives considered bills on agricultural exports, television broadcasts to Cuba and commerce, justice and state spending. Members also took to the House fl…

The house returned from a recess to take up funding bills for Commerce, Justice and State Departments.

The U.S. House met and took up a debate and vote on a number of pieces of legislation. Members passed the Energy and Water Development Conference Report by a yea and nay vote of 404 yeas to …

The U.S. House discussed the Defense Appropriations Conference report

The House of Representatives gathered for morning business. On the agenda was the Legislative Appropriations Bill, The Judicial and Commerce Appropriations Bill, and the Congressional Pay R…

Members of Congress participated in a roundtable discussion about congressional civility and their experiences at the bipartisan congressional retreat in March organized by Reps. Skaggs and …

The House opened with Morning Speeches. Any Member may speak for up to five minutes on any subject. The House then moved onto Compensatory Time Off and Overtime Pay. The Fair Labor Standards…

Participants in last weekend’s bipartisan congressional retreat in Hershey, Pennsylvania talked to reporters about the results of the meetings. They stressed that the more than 200 members w…

Organizers of a bipartisan Congressional retreat discussed their motivations and the agenda for the upcoming meeting. They stressed that the meeting is about how to conduct policy debates an…

The House approved two measures regarding releasing money that was previously appropriated for family and population planning. One would begin releasing aid on March 1, 1997, instead of on J…

After the Speaker election and the swearing in of all members, the House debated its rules for the 105th Congress. The new rules package contains most of the rules of the 104th Congress, wit…

The House continued debate on appropriations bills and amendments.

U.S. House met to discuss Labor, Health, and Education spending. The House ended with a debate on considering a bill to revise the Telecommunications Law.

This session of the United States House of Representatives began with a vote on business discussed from the previous day. After the vote, the House proceeded with Minute Speeches. The House …

The House began debate on the National Security Revitalization Act. The measure promotes missile defense programs and prohibits the transfer of defense money to social programs. The bill als…