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REP. Henry Gonzalez, D-Texas, Committee Chairman, called to order the sixth of a series of hearings. The purpose of this hearing was to investigate the operation, supervision, conservatorshi…

Witnesses continued testimony on the investigation into the Lincoln Savings & Loan bankruptcy. The hearing was stopped to start private testimony.

The House reconvened after a recess, thus extending debate into the early hours of the next calender day. During this time the House passed the following legislation: H.R. 91, Military Expor…

Discussion of the appropriation bill vetoed over the weekend by President Bush. The bill allowed federal funding of abortion for rape & incest victims.

The subcommittee begins a series of hearings on some legislation that would establish a zero inflation policy.

After hearing an address by the president of South Korea, Roh Tae Woo, the House reconvened and debated two bills. H.R. 3299, a concurrent resolution on the budget for FY90 was defeated, and…

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 subcommittee began hearings on deposit insurance and credit unions and the general state of the federal deposit insurance system. Testimony focused specifically on the bank insurance fun…

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) sponsored a march to protest recent Supreme Court civil rights decisions. Several speakers, including NAACP President B…

President Joseph Lowery of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference spoke about where civil rights are now and encouraged the audience to find their hope in their faith and to continue t…

Complete title is “Developing Permanent Principles in Party Politics.” This panel discussed a wide range of challenges facing the African American Community .

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 debated H.R. 2916 appropriations bill for the Departments of Veterans' Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and other independent agencies, boards, and commissions for FY90. The…

While under suspension of the rules the House dealt with numerous measures. The Domestic Volunteer Service Act, H.R. 1312, was amended to extend through fiscal year 1992 certain authorities …

The House failed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1594 which would grant nondiscriminatory treatment to Hungarian products for five years. The House suspended the rules and passed H.Res. 1…

The House met.

The House voted to sustain the President’s veto of H.R.2, the minimum wage law. The House also completed general debate on H.R. 1278, the financial institutions reform act.

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 …

Transafrica held this forum to discuss ending apartheid in South Africa. The forum was attended by members of both the House and the Senate. Also in attendance were the Rev Jesse Jackson and…

The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 106 to set forth the congressional budget for the U.S. government for the fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992.