House Session
Elections and swearing-in of the members for the 102nd Congress were shown. Rep. Foley (D-WA) was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. Rep. Gephardt (D-MO) and Rep. Mic…
View in Congressional Chronicle778 viewsElections and swearing-in of the members for the 102nd Congress were shown. Rep. Foley (D-WA) was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. Rep. Gephardt (D-MO) and Rep. Mic…
View in Congressional Chronicle778 viewsParticipants talked about the economics of aging and retirement, focusing on savings investments, the future of Social Security, and proposals to partially privatize Social Security. Followi…
57 viewsHouse and Senate budget committee members, former members of Congress, White House analysts and other scholars discussed the effectiveness of the various congressional budget acts, and how t…
118 viewsThe participants discussed the effects of increased entitlement spending on U.S. economic growth. The session was titled, “What Cannot Go on Forever Must Stop,” which referred to the fact th…
45 viewsThe congressmen talked about their careers and their reasons for retiring from the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Pickle decided not to run again after a 31-year career. Rep. Derrick di…
54 viewsU.S. Representative Timothy Penny (D-MN) spoke about expectations that the midterm elections would lead to congressional reform in several areas, including limiting committee chairmanship te…
23 viewsRepresentatives spoke about their retirement from Congress and their years on Capitol Hill.
65 viewsSeveral members of the House and Senate attended a retirement party for the six-term Representative Tim Penny (D-MN) who was first elected to the United States Congress in 1982 and retired a…
315 viewsProponents of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), talked with reporters about the trade bill.
70 viewsThe House met to take up the 1995 Spending Bill for the Department of Transportation and several related agencies. They also considered a bill that would create a new super agency that would…
View in Congressional Chronicle424 viewsThe House Of Representatives voted on a bill to increase funding for the Lowell National Historical Park in Massachusetts.
View in Congressional Chronicle448 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 Chronicle737 viewsLive coverage of the U.S. House of Representatives. Appropriations bills for veterans affairs, housing and urban development, and the Interior Department are being considered.
View in Congressional Chronicle770 viewsCommission members heard testimony from five different panels composed of state and local government officials, and representatives of veterans, military and civil service retirees, and the …
128 viewsThe House opened this session with one-minute speeches. Any Member may take the floor and speak on the subject of his or her choice for one minute. The House then moved on to the Emergency S…
View in Congressional Chronicle740 viewsUS House met for one minute speeches during the morning hour.
View in Congressional Chronicle697 viewsThe U.S. House of Representatives conducted its daily business including debate and votes on portions of the 1994 Crime Bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle687 viewsThe U.S. House of Representatives passed both a conference report to a $20.7 billion funding bill for Energy & Water Development projects and the Congressional Accountability Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle736 viewsThe U.S. House met and discussed the Federal Crop Insurance Reform legislation.
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