112th Congress, 2nd Session
October 08, 1974
On this date, by a vote of 203 to 165, the House of Representatives passed the Hansen Committee report, one of the chamber’s significant internal reforms of the 1970s.
March 19, 1979
The U.S. House of Representatives inaugurated live televised debate on the House Floor.
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