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The House reconvened after a recess, thus extending debate into the early hours of the next calender day. During this time the House passed the following legislation: H.R. 91, Military Expor…

The House reconvened after a recess and amended H.R. 3607, Catastrophic Health Coverage. They also passed the following legislation: H.R. 3611, International Narcotics Control; H.R. 3614, Dr…

The House failed to override the president’s veto of H.R. 2990 which concerned FY90 appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services. The House agreed to H.R. 45 which calls fo…

The House agreed to the conference report for H.R. 2916, FY90 appropriations for the Departments of Veterans' Affairs and Housing & Urban Development. Amendments for this bill were debated w…

After hearing an address by the president of South Korea, Roh Tae Woo, the House reconvened and debated two bills. H.R. 3299, a concurrent resolution on the budget for FY90 was defeated, and…

HUD Secretary Jack Kemp testified before the House Banking Subcommittee about proposed HUD Reforms and changes to the Department of Housing Urban Development. The Hearing was chaired by Repr…

Discussion of the vote on the House floor today on child care legislation.

The House passed H.R. 3299 which provides for reconciliation pursuant to section 5 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY90. H.R. 2712, the Emergency Chinese Adjustment of Status …

The House debated and voted on the conference report to H.R. 1278, Savings and Loan Reform. It passed 200-175.

The House debated the Conference Report on H.R. 1278 Savings and Loan Reform and H.R. 3072 Defense Appropriations.

The House passed H.R. 3012 to make appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1990. Funding was included for the Departments plan to close obsolet…

The House began consideration of amendments to H.R. 2461, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1990 and 1991, but came to no resolution.

The House passed H.R. 2939, which specifies appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for fiscal year 1990, readying it for Senate committee action.

The House debated H.R. 2916 appropriations bill for the Departments of Veterans' Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and other independent agencies, boards, and commissions for FY90. The…

The majority of the day was spent on H.R. 2788, FY90 Dept. of Interior appropriations. Of special note concerned debate over the funding of art which might be considered obscene or sacrilegi…

While under suspension of the rules the House dealt with numerous measures. The Domestic Volunteer Service Act, H.R. 1312, was amended to extend through fiscal year 1992 certain authorities …

The United States House of Representatives met and voted unanimously to support the President’s call for clemency to the pro-democracy demonstrators in China following the Tienanmen Square M…

H.R. 1278, a measure to reform the federal deposit insurance system and enhance regulatory and enforcement powers of federal financial institution regulatory agencies was agreed upon. This r…

The House voted to sustain the President’s veto of H.R.2, the minimum wage law. The House also completed general debate on H.R. 1278, the financial institutions reform act.

An oversight hearing of the House Ways and Means subcommittee on Human resources was held on the Family Support Act of 1988. Proposals to Improve the Supplemental Security Income program wa…