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H.R. 5368: A bill to make appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs. H.R. 5504: A bill to make appropriations for the Department of Defense. H.C.Res. 37…

House considered multiple bills: S 3144: A bill to amend title ten, United States Code, to improve the health care system provided for members and former members of the armed forces and thei…

HR 5503: A bill to make appropriations for the Department of the Interior. HR 5678: A bill to make appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, and the judiciary. S …

The House of Representatives convened to consider multiple bills before the House. Representatives gave speeches on the floor to express their support or disapproval of the bills.

HR 3603: A bill to promote family preservation and the prevention of foster care with emphasis on families where abuse of alcohol or drugs is present, and to improve the quality and deliver…

The House met to consider the following legislation: HR 4996: A bill to extend the authorities of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. HR 5334: A bill to amend and extend laws rela…

Ms. Waters talked about the National Democratic Convention and party strategy. She also spoke about issues facing the next president. She then responded to teenagers' questions.

Rep. Maxine Waters, (D-CA) Los Angeles, California, seconded the nomination of Democratic presidential candidate Gov. Bill Clinton for president on the third night of the 1992 Democratic Nat…

Home Box Office and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies co-sponsored a forum on the political views of African-Americans regarding the 1992 presidential elections. Speakers i…

The U.S. House of Representative continued debate on H.R. 5504 Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1993. Members submitted, debated, and voted on a number of amendments to the bill. Addi…

The U.S. House of Representative debated HR 477: A resolution relating to noncurrent records of the former Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran, 100th Congress.…

The U.S. Conference of Mayors and National League of Cities sponsored the “Save our Cities! Save our Children!” rally on the National Mall.

The committee heard testimony on the condition of American cities and proposals to improve the lives of urban residents. The committee sought to hear initiatives for improving the economic a…

Speaker of the House Thomas Foley, Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell and Rep. Maxine Waters responded to questions from reporters in the White House driveway after meeting with Presiden…

S 2344: A bill to improve the provision of health care and other services to veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs. HR 1514: A bill to disclaim or relinquish all right, title, and…

Democratic leaders held a news conference in Los Angeles, California to respond to the presidents’s visit to Los Angeles to examine the areas hit hardest by urban rioting the previous week. …

Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) toured the neighborhood of Watts, in Los Angeles, California. She spoke with the residents about their reactions to the events following the verdict in th…

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus gathered outside the U.S. Capitol to hold the second of two news conferences on the day following the announcement of the verdict in the trial of fo…

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus held the first of two news conferences to discuss the outcome of the trial in Los Angeles of four white police officers charged with beating a black…