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Republican members of Congress held a campaign rally promoting a policy agenda called “A Contract with America.” More than 300 Republican candidates and challengers attended the rally. Feat…

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Haley Barbour, House Republican Conference Chair Dick Armey(R-TX), House Minority Whip Gingrich (R-GA), and Representative Bill Paxton (R-NY) ann…

Rep. Bill Paxon discussed the responsibilities of the House Republican Conference. He focused on what the purpose of the conference and the duties of the officers.

The House convened on September 10, 1998, to debate and discuss a variety of bills. Among these were New Mexico land claims, which concerned land claims in the state of New Mexico dating to …

This session began with One Minute Speeches by members on a variety of subjects including reducing the size of government, job losses, the Kyoto climate treaty, campaign finance reform, and …

The House debated bills on Private Mortgage Insurance and Campaign Finance.

Republican congressmen and business leaders announced their plan to abolish the Federal Tax Code.

The House met to consider a proposal to let tax-free savings accounts pay for expenses at K-12 schools and education savings accounts.

The U.S. House of Representatives opened with prayer and then onto one-minute speeches. They later debated Campaign Finance for over an hour. Then moved to H.R. 2183. H.R. 2400 Conference Re…

Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA), Representative Bill Gilman (R-NY) and Representative Benjamin Paxon (R-NY) talked about recent developments in the Middle East peace process. The speaker also m…

Congressman Bill Paxon (R-New York) announced his intention to retire from the House of Representatives at the end of this year, citing his wish to spend more time with his family. Rep. Paxo…

Republicans reviewed their victories in the 1997 elections on November 4. They stressed that Republicans won because they supported lower taxes and smaller government and argued that these s…

The U.S. House Session opened with prayers and one-minute speeches. The members debated Partial-Birth Abortion and the Conference Report on VA/HUD. They ended with Special Order Speeches.

Today’s House Hearings, Temporary FY 98 Spending Bill, Rules Committee. The House is considering a $31.8 Billion in Commerce, Justice, and State Department spending for FY 98. The amendment …

House returned to vote on nine bills. The bills included Fiscal year appropriations for 1998. OTher bills dealt with Boat Travel to Canada, naming a courthouse in Ohio, court buildings in Wa…

The U.S. House met to discuss and vote on a package of ethics reforms and a resolution concerning floor privileges.

This House Session debates the FY'98 Spending Bills, Labor , Health & Education Spending

Several bills were voted on that were debated earlier in the day. Bills include resolutions on a tribute to Jimmy Stewart, earthquake hazards, the Eastern Orthodox patriarch & housing progr…

Representative Bill Paxon, Republican from New York, talked about his career as a Member of Congress from New York. He discussed the time commitment of representatives and the struggle to m…

In a portion beginning at about 2:40 p.m., members debated the tax cut portion of the budget package which is designed to cut $94 billion over the next five years. Members highlighted aspect…