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Various dignitaries spoke at an awards dinner celebrating the contributions of five women who were first in their fields, including former Rep. Boggs who was the first female ambassador to t…

Rep Hayes announced that he was switching from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party. He became the fifth Democrat to change parties during this session of Congress.

The House opened with one-minute speeches and then debated on a bill to reverse laws on U.S. coastal commercial & recreational Fishing. The House agreed to go to a conference with the Senate…

The House considers the Veterans and Housing appropriations for FY .96

The U.S. House of Representatives conducted it’s daily business.

The House of Representatives debated the Fiscal Year 1996 Treasury-Postal Appropriations Bill.

The House met to vote on a bill to amend the clean water act. Also debate on a bill on medicare funding.

The U.S. House reconvened and continued consideration of amendments to H.R. 961, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The Boehlert Amendment regarding the designation of wetland…

The U.S. House met to debate and vote on amendments to the Clean Water Act.

The U.S. House debates the Clean Water Act.

The House debated H.R. 925, the Private Property Protection Act. The measure requires government compensation when environmental actions reduce a property owner’s land values. Compensation w…

The House began debate on the Regulatory Transition Act, which would prevent most new federal regulations from being issued for the remainder of 1995. The bill would still allow certain heal…

The House passed the National Security Revitalization Act. The measure promotes missile defense programs and prohibits the transfer of defense money to social programs. The bill also restric…

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.

House Majority Leader Richard Armey (R-Texas) took the floor to express outrage at the media’s portraying his reference to Representative Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) earlier in the day i…

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…

The House debated a bill concerning unfunded mandate reform.

Members of Congress spoke about the Congressional Accountability Act, legislation that would hold members of Congress accountable under the same laws as the rest of the American public. Foll…

The House passed a funding bill for U.S. maritime administration programs through the fiscal year 1995.