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The House agreed to the conference report for H.R. 2916, FY90 appropriations for the Departments of Veterans' Affairs and Housing & Urban Development. Amendments for this bill were debated w…

Members of Congress gave their comments on two bills that were before the House of Representatives for votes. The topics covered were Child Care Amendments and Budget Reconciliation Act.

The House passed H.R. 3299 which provides for reconciliation pursuant to section 5 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY90. H.R. 2712, the Emergency Chinese Adjustment of Status …

The House continued consideration of amendments on H.R. 3299, the FY90 Budget Reconciliation.

Debate continued on H.R. 2461 Dept. of Defense authorization for FY 1990 and 1991 for military functions and prescription of personnel levels.

Subcommittee held a hearing on the United States Trade Representative’s identification of priority practices and countries under the “Super 301” and “Special 301” provisions of the Omnibus T…

An oversight hearing of the House Ways and Means subcommittee on Human resources was held on the Family Support Act of 1988. Proposals to Improve the Supplemental Security Income program wa…

Women’s Lives Women’s Equality Rally organized by the National Organization for Women took place on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol.

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.

The House met in a Pro Forma session with Representatives giving Special Order speeches. Newly confirmed Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney’s letter of resignation was read to the House.

The House considered and passed H.R. 1231, which directed the president to establish an emergency board to investigate and report on the Eastern Airlines dispute. The House also considered a…

Richard Darman, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on the budget deficit, the state of the U.S. economy, and federal bud…

The chairman of the House Ways and Means subcommittee on public assistance discusses his recent report on welfare programs in the states. Michigan and California received the only “A” rating…

House Ways and Means Committee & Chairman Dan Rostenkowski held a hearing on the budget implications and current tax rules relating to troubled savings and loans institutions.

The hearing continued on discussion of the effectiveness of tax breaks given to purchasers of failing thrift institutions.

The committee heard testimony on the status of tax breaks given to purchasers of failing thrift institutions. Specifically, the committee investigated how much of the tax breaks would be abs…

The House met in Pro Forma session.