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Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-NY), chairman of the Joint Economic committee, reviewed the nature and causes for the current recession in America, and held up graphs to emphasize the necessity for…

The Joint Economic Committee heard about the nation’s unemployment rate which edged down slightly to 7.5% in September, even though employers laid off 57,000 more workers, according to stati…

The United States Senate considered the following bills SR 344, S 3136, S 3137, S 3138, S 3139, S 3140, S 3141, S 3142, S 3143, S 3144, S 3145, HR 1435, HR 4016, S 1002, S 2481, S 2528, S 31…

S 3224: A bill to designate the Quentin N. Burdick United States Courthouse. HR 5334: A bill to amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community development. SR 339: A reso…

Joint Economic Committee hearing on Poverty in America for statistics on American income and poverty from administration officials and economic scholars.

S 2681: A bill relating to Native Hawaiian Health Care. HR 5560: A bill extend for one year the National Commission on Time and Learning. S 1607: A bill to provide for the settlement of t…

Live coverage of the U.S. Senate. H.R.776 - The Energy Bill. The measure is aimed at developing a national energy policy which would emphasize domestic oil production and the use of alterna…

Sen. Sarbanes, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, discussed recent rising unemployment figures for May 1992, other indicators concerning the U.S. economy, and the upcoming economic su…

HCR 343: A resolution to provide for an adjournments and recesses of the House and Senate. SR 324: A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the president of the United States e…

The Senate continued consideration of S. 2733, A bill to improve the regulation of government sponsored enterprises and S. 2532, the Russian and Eurasian Democracies Aid Bill.

The Senate continued consideration of S. 2733, the Federal Housing Regulatory Reform Act. The Senate passed S. 1330, the Manufacturing Strategy Act.

Members of the Senate debated a series of amendments concerning a proposal to create a Constitutional amendment that would force the government to produce a balanced federal budget. Supporte…

Senators debated HJR 517: A resolution to provide for a settlement of the railroad labor-management disputes between certain railroads and certain of their employees. After nearly sixteen ho…

The Bretton Woods Committee sponsored a forum of economists, economic analysts, members of Congress and diplomats on the future of the economies of the independent republics of the Commonwea…

HR 5132: A bill to make dire emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster assistance to meet urgent needs because of calamities such as those which occurred in Los Angeles and Chicago…

The U.S Senate considered S. 55, the Striker Replacement Bill, which amends the National Labor-Relations Act to prohibit the hiring of permanent replacement laborers for striking workers.

SR 290: A resolution regarding the aggression against Bosnia-Hercegovina and conditioning United States recognition of Serbia. The Senate also looked at the system of voluntary campaign spe…

HCR 287: A resolution to set forth the congressional budget for the U.S. government for the fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997. HR 4572: A resolution to direct the Secretary of …

SR 286: A resolution to provide for the payment of fees by individuals authorized to utilize the services of the Attending Physician and to use the Senate health and fitness facilities. S 1…