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The US House of Representatives met to debate HR 3626 (Antitrust and Communications Reform Act). Members discussed allowing regional Bell phone companies the ability to sell long distance te…
View in Congressional Chronicle805 viewsThe US House of Representatives met to debate HR 3626 (Antitrust and Communications Reform Act). Members discussed allowing regional Bell phone companies the ability to sell long distance te…
View in Congressional Chronicle805 viewsThe U.S. House of Representatives debated “school-to-work” legislation and the Crime Bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle808 viewsThe House convened on April 19, 1994 for further debate and discussion on the 1994 Crime Bill. Among the provisions in this bill, it was well known for its “three strikes, you’re out” provis…
View in Congressional Chronicle399 viewsSeveral members of Congress spoke to reporters about the first ever multiracial South African election and the impact it will have on democracy in South Africa. Representative John Lewis (D-…
118 viewsThe U.S House of Representatives considered a Lobbying Reform Bill and continued the discussion on an Education Funding Bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,128 viewsThe House met and resumed the work on the FY' 1995 Federal Budget Resolution.
View in Congressional Chronicle514 viewsClips were shown of yesterday’s newscast announcing Texas primary winners. Representative Craig Washington, Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, Senator Kay Bailey-Hutchison, and others were i…
282 viewsThe United States House of Representative’s considered legislation that would elevate the Environmental Protection Administration to a cabinet level department. It reforms contracting proced…
View in Congressional Chronicle411 viewsMembers of Congress reacted to the president’s State of the Union Address before a Joint Session of Congress.
182 viewsThe guests discussed the extent to which the federal government can respond to crime in the United States. They also reviewed the responses the Clinton administration has proposed.
29 viewsOn this first day of the second session of the 103rd Congress, Representative Vern Ehlers (R-MI) was sworn in by Speaker Tom Foley (D-WA) as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
View in Congressional Chronicle463 viewsWitnesses testified before the Congressional Black Caucus about the issue of violence in the African-American community. They talked about the Federal Crime Bill, law enforcement, sentencing…
242 viewsThe Congressional Black Caucus heard testimony about the importance of crime legislation and gun control to stop violence in the U.S., particularly in urban African-American communities.
211 viewsDuring this meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures, a session of the Law and Justice Committee, Representative Craig Washington (D-Texas) described growing up as an African…
24 viewsThe guests, both members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice, discussed federal crime proposals being debated in Congress and the importance of the crime bill. …
28 viewsU.S. House of Representatives convened and debated FY '94 Veterans Affairs & HUD Appropriations, and H. R. 276. The House voted on H. Res 275 - The Rules to the Conference Report on '94 Vete…
View in Congressional Chronicle690 viewsThe U.S. House of Representatives met and continued to work on several Appropriation Bills for FY '94; Energy/water, Va/Hud, and Arts and Humanities funding. One-minute speeches took place b…
View in Congressional Chronicle482 viewsA vote on President Clinton’s Budget Reconciliation Plan and FY '94 Agriculture Appropriations Bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle854 viewsThis House session addressed a Motion to go to Conference on the Budget Reconciliation Bill, a formality that allows House and Senate negotiators to begin working out the differences in the …
View in Congressional Chronicle484 viewsThe U.S. House considered appropriations bills for the Veterans Affairs, Housing and & Urban Development, and Agriculture departments.
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