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The House failed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4646, amended, to require the Federal Savings and Loan Corporation to revoke the charter of the Federal Asset Disposition Association and …
View in Congressional Chronicle250 viewsThe House failed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4646, amended, to require the Federal Savings and Loan Corporation to revoke the charter of the Federal Asset Disposition Association and …
View in Congressional Chronicle250 viewsThe House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 3471, to establish the Veterans' Administration as an executive department. The House agreed to S.Con.Res. 154, to correct additional techni…
View in Congressional Chronicle347 viewsThe House Armed Services Committee held a defense policy panel on conventional stability of forces in NATO.
84 viewsThe House agreed to the Foley motion to table the Bateman motion to discharge the Committee on Armed Services from the further consideration of H.R. 4264, National Defense Authorization Act …
View in Congressional Chronicle212 viewsThe House agreed to the Foley motion to table the Walker motion to discharge the Committee on Armed Services from the further consideration of H.R. 4264, National Defense Authorization Act f…
View in Congressional Chronicle121 viewsThe House agreed to the Senate amendment no. 16 to H.R. 1414 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to amend the Price-Anderson provisions to extend and improve the procedures for liability and indemnifi…
View in Congressional Chronicle171 viewsThe House passed H.R. 4481 Defense Savings Act to provide for the closing and realigning of certain military installations. Also under suspension of the rules the House passed the following …
View in Congressional Chronicle162 viewsThe committees held a hearing on the U.S. military’s role in drug interdiction. Some weeks prior to the hearing, both the Senate and House had passed bills increasing the military’s role in …
194 viewsThe U.S. House of Representatives considered and passed H.R. 4637, the $14 billion Foreign Aid Appropriations Bill. This bill provides funds for foreign operations, export financing, and re…
View in Congressional Chronicle123 viewsThe committee heard testimony on strategic arms reduction talks between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
114 viewsThe subcommittee and panel heard testimony from Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci on military installation closures. This video includes the original advertisements that aired in 1988.
123 viewsCR, pp. H3129-H3186. By a vote of 252 to 172 the House passed H.R. 4264, the Defense Authorization Bill, to authorize the appropriations called for in the amended budget request for the mili…
View in Congressional Chronicle201 viewsCR, pp. H3044-H3128. The House passed H.R. 4445, to amend title 18 of the U.S. Code, to prohibit certain firearms useful to terrorists due to their undetectability.
View in Congressional Chronicle184 viewsThe subcommittee heard testimony on allegations that the Republic of Korea was producing M-16 rifles beyond the maximum allowed number specified in an agreement between the United States and…
249 viewsCR, pp. H2813-H2900. The House continued consideration of H.R. 4264, the Defense Authorization Bill. The Solarz amendment was passed, expressing the sense of Congress that the President shou…
View in Congressional Chronicle179 viewsIn this live viewer call-in show, guest, Representative Beverly Byron D-MD responds to various calls from viewers.
33 viewsCR, pp. H2759-H2811. The House agreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1811, providing certain benefits to veterans who participated in atmospheric nuclear tests or the occupation of Hiroshim…
View in Congressional Chronicle136 viewsCR, pp. H2493-H2540. Representative-elect Jim McCrery of Louisiana was administered the oath of office by the speaker. The House debated H.R. 4264, the Defense Authorization Bill, but came t…
View in Congressional Chronicle121 viewsCR, pp. H1659-H1855. The House passed Res.422, to support the INF Treaty and to provide for the continued security of NATO. The House also passed H.R. 4401, to amend the Communications Act o…
View in Congressional Chronicle255 viewsThe House agreed to debate H.R. 3932, to amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to provide for a more orderly transfer of executive power. The House passed H.R. 3396, to provide for t…
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