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The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony from Attorney General Janet Reno on the actions of the government concerning the siege of an armed religious cult near Waco, Texas last month. T…

The U.S. House of Representatives considered H.R. 929, the “Partial-Birth” Abortion Ban Bill. The measure contains fine and imprisonment for anyone performing the procedure, as well as the r…

The US House of Representatives, 03-13-1997 session. Among other items US Aid as related to Mexico’s Anti- Drug Efforts and Federal Paperwork requirements are addressed.

House members debated H.J. Resolution 2, a constitutional amendment sponsored by Representative Bill McCollum (R-FL) that would limit representatives to six two-year terms and senators to tw…

The House met to debate on a Constitutional amendment to limit terms of House and Senate members.

The House of Representatives reprimanded and fined House Speaker Congressman Newt Gingrich $300,000 in accordance with the Ethics Committee recommendation by a 395 to 28 vote, with five pers…

Immediately following the House of Representatives vote to reprimand of Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) for ethics violations, members of the Ethics Committee discussed the case. Democratic and…

The House took up a penalty recommendation from the House Ethics Committee for Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA), the first time members had ever considered punishment for the speaker. A simple m…

The committee announced that it had voted 7 to 1 to recommend to the U.S. House that Speaker Gingrich be reprimanded and that he pay costs in the amount of $300,000. Members then answered qu…

After the release of the ethics report concerning Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, the committee held a public hearing and heard from committee counsel James Cole and the speaker’s counse…

After Democratic members of the House Ethics Committee held a news conference to criticize the schedule for the public hearings, final report and House floor vote on Speaker Gingrich’s ethic…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

Members of the House Ethics Investigative Subcommittee which has been investigating allegations that Speaker Gingrich improperly used funds from a tax-exempt college course for political pur…

Guests on the Washington Journal included Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D-MD), Rep. Steven Schiff (R-NM) and Congressional Quarterly Correspondent George Hager. They discuss…

On this day, the House Savings and Construction Act of 1996. They also took up H.R. 3564, The NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act, which would allow membership in NATO of some eastern European…

The House met to have a Pro Forma Session before delving into legislation later in the week.