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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…

The House disagreed to the Senate amendments of H.R. 3072, the FY90 Department of Defense appropriations, and to H.R. 2991, FY90 departments of Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary appropr…

The House passed two Child Abuse bills, H.R. 2087, the Child Abuse Prevention Challenge Grants, and H.R. 2088, Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment, clearing both of these for the president.…

The House passed H.J. Res. 407 making continuing appropriations for FY90.

H.R. 2990 was passed, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for fiscal year 1990. The House began debate on H.R. 3015, FY90 Department …

The House passed H.R. 2705 which guarantees federal employees a health benefit program. H.R. 2991 was passed authorizing appropriations for the Commerce, State, and Justice Departments as re…

The House passed H.R. 3012 to make appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1990. Funding was included for the Departments plan to close obsolet…

Republican members of the US House announced the proposal of a new bill to increase the minimum wage. The new bill came after the President’s veto of the most recent minimum wage increase bi…

Representative William Goodling, R-Pennsylvania and ranking member of the House Education and Labor Committee discussed President George H.W. Bush’s veto of the Minimum Wage legislation and …

The House disagreed to the Senate amendments to H.R. 2072 Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and agreed to the Conte motion to instruct the House managers to wait until the Veterans …

The House of Representative reconvened and took up the minimum wage legislation.

The House debated H.R. 7, Vocational Training Funding.

The House voted to pass H.R. 972 to increase the authority of the Attorney General to settle claims for damages resulting from law enforcement activities of the Department of Justice. The Ho…

The oath of office was administered to Representative-elect Jill Long. The House passed H.R. 18, to amend the U.S. Code and Uniform Time Act of 1966 to establish a single poll closing time i…

The House debates two bipartisan proposals for an increase of the minimum wage. The Murphy-Robinson-Ridge proposal called for an increase to 4.65 an hour by 1992, while the Goodling-Penny-St…

The House completed all general debate on H.R. 2, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to restore the minimum wage to a fair and equitable rate.

An oversight hearing was held on the implementation of the Hawkins-Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Act.

The National Assessment of Educational Programs held a forum titled "The Nation’s Report Card: What American Students Know', in which board members briefed reporters on their report on educa…