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The House reconvened after a recess and amended H.R. 3607, Catastrophic Health Coverage. They also passed the following legislation: H.R. 3611, International Narcotics Control; H.R. 3614, Dr…

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…

After several amendments the House passed H.R. 3402 to promote political and economic democracy in Poland and Hungary.

The House passed H.J. Res. 407 making continuing appropriations for FY90.

The House passed H.R. 2869, the Commodity Futures Improvement Act. This bill is designated to toughen federal regulation of the commodity futures markets as well as permanently authorize the…

The House passed H.R. 2869, the Commodity Futures Improvement Act. This bill is designated to toughen federal regulation of the commodity futures markets as well as permanently authorize the…

While under the suspension of the rules the House passed several measures. Of special note was H.R. 2987, the Flag Protection Act. This bill amends the United States Code to protect the phys…

The House debated the Conference Report on H.R. 1278 Savings and Loan Reform and H.R. 3072 Defense Appropriations.

The committee continued hearings to review issues relating to the formulation of the 1990 farm bill. Specifically, members heard from Secretary of Agriculture Clayton K. Yeutter and Deputy U…

Witnesses testified on the 1990 Farm Bill. They brought up an intelligent crop rotation schedule and soil conservation.

The House Agriculture Committee considers the 1990 Farm Bill, Part 3 of the hearing.

The majority of the day was spent on H.R. 2788, FY90 Dept. of Interior appropriations. Of special note concerned debate over the funding of art which might be considered obscene or sacrilegi…

Committee held a hearing to review issues relating to the formulation of the 1990 Farm Bill.The committee heard from several then-members of Congress, the Governors of North Dakota and Kansa…

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 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 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 …

The House met in Pro Forma session. Many speakers with One minute speeches for the first 40 minutes. Topics predominated with the Chinese response in Tiananmen Sqare, but also included Bush …

Legislative affairs breakfast briefing about women involved in farm economics.

The U.S. House of Representatives met to consider S.J. Res 13. FSX Fighter Plane co-production agreement with Japan. The resolution expresses the sense of the Congress regarding certain req…

The House debated H. Con. Res. 106, the congressional budget for the United States Government for FY90.