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Under suspension of the rules the House passed several measures. Of special interest was H.R. 3303, the Chemical and Biological Warfare Elimination Act to control the export of any item that…

The House expressed its condolences on the death of Representative Claude Pepper, (D) Florida, as a mark of further respect, the House adjourned in his memory. The House also agreed to a res…

The House Foreign Affairs Committee considered amendments to H.R. 1750, an initiative to implement the Bipartisan Accord on Central America. Most notably, the legislation sought to extend hu…

The House rejected H.Res. 180 on agreeing to the conference report on H.R. 2072 which would have made dire emergency supplemental appropriations and transfers for FY89. The House also comple…

The U.S. House adopted Conference Report H.R. 2461 which authorizes funds for military personnel in the Defense Department. H.R. 1465, the Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act was pa…

The House met to consider 5 bills under suspension of the rules. Those bills included, H.R. 968, the Noise Reduction Reimbursement Act of 1989, H.R. 838, which authorized Secretary of Transp…

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…

While under suspension of the rules the House debated five pieces of legislation. The yeas and nays were demanded on two of these measures. These were H.Res. 257 which denounced restrictive …

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…

United States House of Representative on March 14, 1989 with debate on five bills under suspension of the rules.

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…

Self-critical testimony was given by Ambassador Alan Woods, Administrator Agency for International Development, calling for the revamping of existing laws which govern foreign aid. This test…

After several amendments the House passed H.R. 3402 to promote political and economic democracy in Poland and Hungary.

After meeting with President Bush, congressional leaders spoke to the press about START talks and bipartisanship.

While under the suspension of the rules the House passed several measures. Of special note was H.R. 2987, the Flag Protection Act. This bill amends the United States Code to protect the phys…

Under suspension of the rules the house passed several measures. Of special note H.R.3281 Defense Production Act of 1950 was amended and extended. This law had been enacted shortly after the…

The subcommittee concluded hearings on fiscal years 1990 and 1991 budget request for the Department of State.

The House passed H.R.1659 Aviation Security Act. Its aim is to improve aviation security, against terrorist bombings, by requiring the installation of explosive detection equipment at certai…

The House passed H.R. 1487 which authorized appropriations for the State Department for fiscal years 1990 and 1991 after agreeing to sixteen amendments and rejecting four. The debated H.Res.…