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The House agreed to the conference report for H.R. 5400, reform campaigns. The House agreed to the conference report for H.R. 5257, making appropriations for Labor and Health and Human Servi…

Members of the House Select Committee on Narcotics heard testimony from representatives of hospital groups who spoke on the crisis of increased numbers of drug abuse victims in hospital emer…

Five candidates running in the Washington, DC mayoral race debated issues in the upcoming election to replace Mayor Marion Barry. They reacted to Barry’s recent public comments that all the…

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…

Jesse Jackson announced that he would be a candidate for “shadow” senator for the District of Columbia. That meant if the district was granted statehood and if Rev. Jackson won a scheduled f…

The committee met to investigate reports of a credit crunch. The Federal Reserve has concluded that commercial, industrial and real estate credit to small and medium-sized businesses has tig…

The House agreed to suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1048, to provide for the acquisition and publication of data about crimes that manifest prejudice based on cer…

The committee heard testimony from the State Department, TransAfrica, and investment banks concerning legislation that would prohibit U.S. depository institutions from providing certain serv…

The House of Representatives members considered bill S. 1521 which dealt with a police force for the National Zoo. While in session members received a message from the president wherein he t…

The House Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing about Resolution Trust Corporation oversight. This was the first part of that hearing. The Resolution Trust Corporation …

Mayor Marion Barry was arrested January 18 on charges of drug possession.

D.C. Delegate Walter Fauntroy spoke about the arrest of Mayor Marion Barry and answered questions from reporters.