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In this HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE, Representative debate how various health care bills will be handled once they get to the House floor. The rule establishes parameters for debate on the floor. …

Members of the House testified concerning the amendment process for the Gephardt health care reform legislation. The first panel spoke in favor of the plan while all other speakers opposed t…

The four representatives advocated the benefits of the single-payer plan for health care reform. Representative Jim McDermott D-Washington is the most ardent advocate for the single-payer pl…

Mr. Gibbons explained the details of the provisions in the Gephardt health care reform plan currently under consideration in the U.S. House. The measure guarantees health coverage for all Am…

The HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE Rules Committee negotiated the ground rules for the floor debate on THE CRIME BILL. The crime legislation was a 33 Million dollar, six-year plan with provision…

Members of the House/Senate Conference Committee on the crime legislation testified to the House Rules Committee concerning the details of the measure. Late last week, House and Senate confe…

Members of the House Rules Committee vote on whether several amendments should be made in order on the floor during debate.

Members of the House Rules Committee continued debating the legislative appropriations bill for FY 1995. The hearing included a discussion on member’s expense accounts.

This hearing of the House Rules Committee focused on Legislative Branch Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1995. The bill would provide $1.9 billion for overall congressional operations, includi…

House members came forward to submit amendments to the 1995 legislative appropriations bill currently under consideration.

The House Rules Committee discussed the details of crime legislation and the rules for debate on H.R.4092 - Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The members of the committe…

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives testified about congressional reforms which would involve citizens in ethics proceedings and reduce campaign spending.

House members testified to the House Rules Committee concerning the length and manner of House debate on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Representative Inhofe testified concerning his efforts to change the House rules mandating that discharge petitions be confidential and nonbinding. Rep. Inhofe obtained the necessary 218 nam…

The House Rules Committee heard testimony from members of Congress on the rule for debate on the president’s budget bill, due for consideration by the House on the following day. The committ…

The House Rules Committee discussed amendments to the legislative appropriations bill for fiscal year 1994.

House of Representatives Committee on Rules hearing on the Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 1994.

Members of the committee debated the rule for the budget reconciliation bill to be introduced on the floor of the House the following day for debate. The hearing took place early in the morn…

The committee continued to hear testimony from members of the House of Representatives on amendments to the 1993 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. The committee held the extra-long hearing …

The committee heard testimony from members of Congress on H.R. 2264, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. The legislation contains the tax increases and spending cuts proposed by the Clint…