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The House agreed to S. 3266, to reauthorize the Small Business Act of 1958. The House also agreed to H.Res. 538, amending the Immigration and Nationality Act, and H.Con.Res. 399, providing f…

The House passed H.R. 2065, to improve tropical forest management, by a voice vote. The House passed H.R. 5932, to improve educational equity and excellence, by a voice vote. The House agree…

The House postponed a vote on H.Res. 517, the Rule to consider the budget-waiving requirement for two-thirds vote procedures.

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 continued consideration of H.R. 5269, to control crime, but came to no resolution.

The panel discussion focused on reported harassment of African American elected and appointed officials. One focus was the need to stop harassment, not just cope with it. Mary Sawyer is t…

The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East met to discuss the status of U.S. citizens and embassies in the Persian Gulf. Witnesses included three Americans that wer…

House Foreign Affairs Joint Subcommittee examines how the United Nations is working recent events in the Persian Gulf. Witnesses noted that United States policies are in accord with resoluti…

The House agreed to H.Res. 461, to restrict the amendments considered with H.R. 4739. The House continued consideration of amendments to H.R. 4739, to authorize appropriations for military f…

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 failed to agree to H. Res. 442, which calls for the expulsion of Representative Barney Frank. Instead, the House voted to reprimand Frank. During the debate, Rep. Frank addressed t…

The House considered H.R. 3950, the “Food and Agricultural Resources Act of 1990” but came to no resolution. Five amendments were agreed to and two amendments were rejected. The Downey(D-NY)…

The House passed H.R. 5115, to improve education in the United States, and miscellaneous amendments. The Roukema (R-NJ) amendment to change the formula for student eligibility was rejected. …

The House voted to override the president’s veto of H.R. 20, to amend Title 5, United States Code (the Hatch Act), concerning the participation of federal civilian employees in the political…

Secretary of State James A. Baker III testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the recent summit between U.S. and Soviet leaders at Camp David. Sec. Baker related the extra…

The House passed H.R. 4653, to reauthorize the Export Administration Act of 1979, and miscellaneous amendments.

Ron Brown and a number of Democrats from the House of Representatives talked about the census and a Commerce Department request for additional funds to complete an accurate count of the cens…

The House Post Office & Civil Service Subcommittee on Census & Population heard testimony on the mail response rate of the census and the accuracy of census data.

A House session from March 3rd, 1990.

The House of Representatives took up 9 bills that included H.R. 3910, amended, to require the Secretary of Education to conduct a comprehensive national assessment of programs carried out wi…