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The House agreed to H.R. 5247, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the United States Army Corps of Engineers to construct various pro…

Del. Fauntroy was interviewed about the situation in Haiti and responded to audience telephone calls.

The Congressional Black Caucus honored the influential former civil rights lawyer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, who argued the landmark 1954 desegregation case Brown v. Boar…

25th Anniversary March On Washington

The House passed S. 2560 to amend the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983. Also the House agreed to H. Res. 521 providing for the consideration of a bill relating to the Omnibus …

The House Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on the state of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. William Seidman, FDIC Chairman, testified about the current c…

CR, pp. H4749-H4834. The House passed H.R. 4776, making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia for fiscal year 1989. The House completed all debate for an amendment to…

The Congressional Black Caucus held a hearing entitled Black America in Crisis.

Mr. Fauntroy, the chairman of the party’s subcommittee on national development, presents the Jackson position on the issues to be addressed by the party’s platform. Arguing that the U.S. nee…

The committee held a hearing on drug trafficking in Latin America and its impact on foreign policy and national security.

The select committee held a hearing on drug trafficking in the United States. The hearing focused on the recent indictment of Panamanian and Haitian drug dealers and on the indictment of Man…

The subcommittee held a hearing on the political situation in Haiti and its effect on U.S.-Haitian relations.

The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies hosted a panel on mobilizing the African-American voters in the 1988 presidential election. The panelists noted poor turnout in previous e…