General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Proponents of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), talked with reporters about the trade bill.
71 viewsProponents of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), talked with reporters about the trade bill.
71 viewsMembers began the day with the Fiscal Year 1995 Defense Department Spending Bill H R 4650. This Bill provides $243.6 Billion dollars for the Defense Department, an increase of $3.5 billion o…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,157 viewsThe US House began with 1-minute speeches. following that they took up Conference Reports on FY '95 spending bills for Health and Human Services, the Treasury, Postal service, and the Coast …
View in Congressional Chronicle738 viewsThe United States House of Representative session on July 14, 1994, opened with prayer. Members debated the California Desert Protection Act and they passed the Expedited Recession Act. Memb…
View in Congressional Chronicle938 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 U.S. House of Representatives worked on H.R. 6, an education funding bill, which would authorize $12.6 billion for elementary and secondary school programs. They later voted on amendment…
View in Congressional Chronicle419 viewsThe U.S. House of Representatives met and after a period of one minute speeches members began debate on Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to provide additional funds to Los Angeles earth…
View in Congressional Chronicle468 viewsDemocratic Leadership Council Chairman Sen. John Breaux Addressed his Democratic Party ishues.
79 viewsRepresentative Jim Cooper (D-TN) spoke about the president’s health care reform plan and its prospects in Congress. Following his opening address, he took questions from the audience. Senato…
183 viewsThe U.S. House of Representatives voted on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The vote was 231-190 in favor of passage.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,739 viewsThe U.S. House of Representatives took up a half dozen bills under a procedure known as Suspension of the Rules and also the Maritime Security & Competitiveness Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,332 viewsThe House Session began with one minute speeches. Members spoke for one minute on topics of their choice. The House then took up House Resolution HR 287, short term Government Spending Bill.…
View in Congressional Chronicle286 viewsThe U.S. House of Representatives met and continued debate on H.R.3167 a bill to extend unemployment compensation benefits. After votes on a number of amendments to the bill, the measure pas…
View in Congressional Chronicle155 viewsThe U.S House of Representatives continued work on the Fiscal Year 1994 Appropriations Bills for Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, District of Columbia, and Department of Transportation.
View in Congressional Chronicle249 viewsUnited States House of Representatives took up three suspension bills dealing with Veteran Affairs and Gun permits for armored car personal. Members also gave one minute special order speec…
View in Congressional Chronicle125 viewsThe House of Representatives convened to take up the Senate-passed version of HR 920 Unemployment Benefits Extension, which designated the additional unemployment spending as emergency spend…
View in Congressional Chronicle123 viewsRep. Long, chairman of the Congressional Rural Caucus and a former business professor, spoke at a meeting of the Regional Reporters Association on what the rural community can expect from th…
38 viewsThe United States House of Representatives moved to vote on a suspension bill held over from the day before. That measure involved revoking the fifty-six-year-old Hatch Act which prohibited …
View in Congressional Chronicle271 viewsThe House Agriculture Committee heard testimony on the economic outlook for the agriculture industry, and how the agricultural policies from the Bush Administration affected rural America. W…
295 viewsThe House of Representatives took up a bill titled HR2, the National Voter Registration Act, which required states to allow citizens to register to vote when they apply for or renew driver’s…
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