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The session of the U.S. House of Representatives was shown. The House took up legislation on Foreign Trade and U.S. Banks, FY '95 Intelligence Spending and School Aid.

The House of Representatives took up the conference report to a bill providing 68 billion dollars to the Agriculture Department.

After a period of one minute’s speeches, when members may address the house on any topic for one minute, the House took up consideration of the Small Business Authorization Act. The bill wou…

The House met for morning speeches, to consider the conference report on commerce, justice, & state department appropriations for the FY 1995 budget, and to vote on amendments. They conclude…

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…

The U.S. House of Representatives debated the Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment.

Representative Esteban Torres (D-California) and Representative Arthur Ravenel (R-North Carolina) discussed the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in the House the pr…

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The vote was 231-190 in favor of passage.

The 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.

House members announced they are introducing legislation that would allow members to vote by telephone in the event of natural disaster or medical emergency. Representative John Kasich (R-O…

The House of Representatives met for legislative business.

A vote on President Clinton’s Budget Reconciliation Plan and FY '94 Agriculture Appropriations Bill.

In an excerpt from the markup session on the fiscal year 1994 Department of Defense authorization bill, members debated the new policy on homosexuals in the military recently announced by Pr…

Representatives Ravenel and Browder, both members of the House Armed Services Committee, discussed the recommendations of the Defense Base Closings and Realignment Commission and the final r…

U.S. House of Representatives debated the National Competitiveness Act, Supplemental Appropriations, and U.S. Troops in Somalia.

The U.S. House considered 10 bills under suspension of the rules, including bills preventing states from restricting certain religious practices, and to make it easier for armored car guards…

United States House of Representative session on May 6, 1993 with debate on the National Competitiveness Act.

The House of Representatives held final debate on the Motor Voter bill. The bill links registering to vote with applying for a drivers license.

The commission heard testimony from Charleston and South Carolina officials on the slated closure of a military installation in Charleston. The hearing was the first of a series of field hea…

The House met to swear in the newest member, Bennie Thompson (D-Mississippi). Members also took up six bills, including the adding of land to several national landmarks.