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The U.S. House Of Representatives passed H.R. 3750, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for a voluntary system of spending limits and benefits for House of Represen…

The House passed S. 543, to reform federal deposit insurance, protect deposit insurance funds, recapitalize the Bank Insurance Fund, and improve supervision and regulation of insured deposit…

The House of Representatives took up the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill and the Fiscal Year 1992 Intelligence Authorizations Bill.

The House passed H.R. 2, to entitle employees to family leave in certain cases involving a birth, an adoption, or a serious health condition and temporary medical leave in certain cases invo…

The House passed H.R. 2454, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to impose debarments and other penalties for illegal activities involving the approval of abbreviated drug…

The House failed to agree on the conference report on House Rule 2508, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The House passed House Rule 3489, to reauthorize the Export Administration…

The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2942 to make appropriations for the Department of Transportation.

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications heard testimony on the effects and causes of recent telephone outages on the East Coast. Witnesses talked about the disruptio…

The House agreed to the conference report on S. 1722, which provided emergency unemployment compensation. Representative Jim Nussle (R-IA) gave a one-minute speech wearing a paper bag on his…

Members of the House of Representatives debated amendments and legislation facing the House. Among the legislation that was facing the House was H.R. 5, the Workplace Fairness Act. It was al…

The House passed H.R. 1989, to authorize appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Technological Administration of the Department of Commerce.

The House passed H.R. 2282, to amend the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988. The House passed H.R. 656, to provide for a coordinated federal research program to ensure con…

The House voted to suspend the rules and passed H.R. 531, Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, and H.Res. 182 and H.Con.Res 113, which expressed the sense of the House and of the Congre…

H.Res. 179, the Rule waiving certain points of order during consideration of H.R. 2686, was agreed to. The House concluded all general debate on H.R. 2686, making appropriations for the Depa…

The House agreed to the conference report on S. 64, to provide for the establishment of a National Commission for a Longer School Year. The House passed H.Res. 174, the Rule to consider H.R.…

Representative Don Ritter, a member of the House Energy and Commerce and the House Science Space, and Technology Committees, discussed U.S. aid to the Soviet Union. On June 11, 1991, Preside…

Members of the House of Representatives debated an amendment to H.R. 2519, the $81.2 billion HUD, Veterans Affairs and Independent Agencies appropriations bill for fiscal year 1992. The amen…

The House passed H.R. 2519, making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans' Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, with amendments. The Speaker appointed Dr. Eugene S. Callender t…

The House passed H.R. 1, to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to restore and strengthen civil rights laws that ban discrimination in employment, considering the Brooks amendment. The House …

The House agreed to H.R. 2427, making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year 1992. The House passed H.J. Res. 72, to designate December 7, 1991, as “National Pea…