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

The House debated the Ethics Reform Act, which would increase salaries for members of Congress, federal judges, and top federal officials.

Congressmen discussed H.R. 3660, the Government Ethics Reform Act which was being debated in the House. This bill included a large pay raise for congressmen and federal judges.

Under suspension of the rules the House passed several measures. Of special interest was H.R. 3303, the Chemical and Biological Warfare Elimination Act to control the export of any item that…

Witnesses testified before the House Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs Committee about business practices at Lincoln Savings and Loan and its role in the financial crisis.

Witnesses Edwin Gray, former chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, and Shannon Fairbanks, former chief of staff of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, testified before the House Bankin…

The House agreed to amend S. 1792 which amends the Disaster Assistance Act. After numerous amendments, the House passed H.R. 2991, Conference Report on the Commerce, Justice, State and Judic…

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

The House failed to override the president’s veto of H.R. 2990 which concerned FY90 appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services. The House agreed to H.R. 45 which calls fo…

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 conducted all legislative debate under suspension of the rules. H.R. 1113 gives authorization for the Office of Environmental Quality for FY89-90, H.R. 2587 gives protection to Nor…

The House passed H.R. 1594, Most Favored Nation Status for Hungary. The bill extends nondiscrimination treatment to the products of Hungary for 3 years.

H.R. 2136 was passed which limited the length of time an individual could be held for contempt in child custody cases.The House agreed to the Senate amendments to S. 694 amending the Energy …

The House rejected H.Res. 180 on agreeing to the conference report on H.R. 2072 which would have made dire emergency supplemental appropriations and transfers for FY89. The House also comple…

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 Republicans meet in caucus to nominate Rep. Robert Michel (R-IL) as their nominee for Speaker of the House. After the meeting, Rep. Bob Michel (R-IL) and Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-GA) …

The House agreed to the conference report on H.Con.Res. 106, which set forth the congressional budget for FY90, FY91, and FY92.

The discussion involved the verdict in the Oliver North case. Congressman McCollum was a member of the committee investigating arms sales to Iran.

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 congressman Rep. Bill McCollum Jr. (R-FL), a member of the election observation team, discussed the recent elections in El Salvador and the resulting violence in this viewer call-in prog…