House Session
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…
View in Congressional Chronicle340 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle340 viewsThe subcommittee examined a new postal service proposal for slower delivery standards for first class mail and higher postal rates.
143 viewsIn 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle341 viewsThe House passed S. 695 to promote excellence in American education by a voice vote, after substituting the language of H.R. 5115 as previously passed by the House. The House adopted H.Res. …
View in Congressional Chronicle135 viewsThe House sustained the President’s veto of H.R. 770, which would entitle employees to family and medical leave in certain cases. The House continued consideration of H.R. 3950, the “Food an…
View in Congressional Chronicle228 viewsThe House passed H.R. 5268 , making appropriations for Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies programs, and miscellaneous amendments. The House passed H.R. 5258, to require tha…
View in Congressional Chronicle203 viewsCommittee members and witnesses spoke about drug education, prevention strategies, treatment modalities for women, and federal assistance at the city level. Philadelphia Mayor Wilson Goode t…
278 viewsThe House agreed to suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1048, to provide for the acquisition and publication of data about crimes that manifest prejudice based on cer…
View in Congressional Chronicle150 viewsViewer Call in with Representative Glenn English from Oklahoma discussed the 1990 Farm Bill and rural development issues.
29 viewsThe House of Representatives members considered bill S. 1521 which dealt with a police force for the National Zoo. While in session members received a message from the president wherein he t…
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