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The congressmen discussed the effects of the current budget negotiations on their offices and staffs.

The House agreed to the Murtha motion to close the conference committee meetings on H.R. 5803, Defense appropriations, to the public. The House agreed to the conference report on S. 2104, am…

The House agreed to recommit the conference report on S. 2104, amending the Civil Rights Act of 1964, to the committee of conferees to include language that makes it clear that businessmen a…

The House suspended the rules and passed S. 2737 establishing the minting of a silver dollar coin commemorating the ending of the Korean War and honoring those who served. The House suspende…

The House of Representatives came back in session to resume their work on the Fiscal Year 1991 Budget and Deficit Reduction Plan. The House was expected to take up a veto override, and attem…

The House received the president’s message that he vetoed H.J. Res. 660. The House voted to sustain the president’s veto of H.J. Res. 660 making further appropriations for fiscal year 1991. …

The House passed the crime control bill, H.R. 5269 after agreeing to the Hughes, Douglas, Waxman, and Dingell amendments and rejecting the Sensenbrenner amendment. The House agreed to the As…

The House continued consideration of H.R. 488, which set forth the congressional budget for fiscal years 1991 through 1995. Although many representatives found certain aspects of the budget …

The House passed H.R. 5649, NASA’s multi-year authorization act, by a voice vote. The House passed H.R. 5746 to extend the Export Administration Act of 1979 by a voice vote. The House also p…

The House rejected the Thomas motion to accept the Senate provisions to H.R. 5400, amending the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. The Senate provisions in question related to franked ma…

The House completed general debate and began consideration of amendments on H.R. 4739, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1991 for military functions of the Department of Defense; t…

The House passed H.R. 4000, known as the Civil Rights Act of 1990 to strengthen civil rights laws that ban employment discrimination. The House passed H.R. 5350 a short-term debt limit incre…

The House agreed to H.R. 5170, Airport and Airway Improvement bill, to authorize appropriations to improve aviation safety and capacity after substituting the committee amendment and rejecti…

In an unusual action, Speaker Foley made a strongly worded one-minute speech at the opening of the session to condemn the Irish Republican Army terrorist killing of Conservative British Hous…

The House agreed to H. Res. 443, the rule for H.R. 5355. The House passed H.R. 5355 to increase the statutory limit on the public debt. The House agreed to the Dorgan amendment to H.R. 5355 …

The House passed H.R. 4329, to enhance the position of United States industry through the application of the results of federal research and development, and miscellaneous amendments.

The House passed H.R. 5021, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for fiscal year 1991. The Dannemeyer (R-CA) amendme…

A presidential message was read concerning multilateral measures taken in response to the military crackdown in China in June 1989. The House passed H.R. 4151, to authorize appropriations fo…

The House agreed, with amendment, to the Senate amendment of H.R. 1594, giving Hungary favored-nation trade status. The House debated H.R. 770, which entitles employees to family leave in ce…

The House passed H.R. 237, amended, to implement the Convention on Chemical and Biological Weapons. The House agreed to H.R. 4522, to require the U.S. Fire Administration to review and make …