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This week’s events leading up to the 105th Congress included an interview about three still-contested U.S. House races around Houston, Texas. News conferences of congressional leaders were r…

Legislative Assistant J.P. Lattimore and Representative Greg Laughlin (R-Texas) talked about the process of emptying congressional offices.

The U.S. House of Representatives debated 85 billion dollars in spending for Veterans, Housing, and Urban Development for the next fiscal year. The VA Bill was one of the appropriation bills…

The House Ways and Means Committee heard testimony on the solvency of the Medicare trust fund. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala said t…

Committee members heard testimony from members of Congress concerning alternatives to the current tax system which they have proposed.

Members of two congressional coalitions announced that they are sponsoring a resolution to increase the civility of members to each other on the House floor. They are asking all members to s…

The House Ways and Means Committee continued to Markup Medicare Legislation.

The House Ways and Means Committee held a meeting to begin the Markup of the Republican Medicare Legislation.

Committee members continue to debate final language on the Medicare reform proposal which is designed to save $270 billion over the next seven years as part of the Republican plan to balance…

The House Ways and Means committee heard testimony on proposed Medicare reform legislation.

Several Republicans talked about how the Republican party could maintain its electoral momentum in the 1996 elections.

The House rejected H.Res. 180 on agreeing to the conference report on H.R. 2072 which would have made dire emergency supplemental appropriations and transfers for FY89. The House also comple…

The House agreed to H.Con.Res. 121, expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the assassination of Colonel James Rowe in the Philippines.

The House met to consider 5 bills under suspension of the rules. Those bills included, H.R. 968, the Noise Reduction Reimbursement Act of 1989, H.R. 838, which authorized Secretary of Transp…

The House voted to pass H.R. 972 to increase the authority of the Attorney General to settle claims for damages resulting from law enforcement activities of the Department of Justice. The Ho…