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The House agreed to the conference report on S. 543, to reform federal deposit insurance, to protect the deposit insurance funds, recapitalize the Bank Insurance Fund, and improve supervisio…

The House passed H.R. 3839, to make appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. After a series of one-minute speeches by members, the Bill was intr…

The House of Representatives took up the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill and the Fiscal Year 1992 Intelligence Authorizations Bill.

The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2100, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1992 and 1993 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construc…

The House passed H.R. 2454, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to impose debarments and other penalties for illegal activities involving the approval of abbreviated drug…

The House Energy and Coerce Subcommittee on Finance heard testimony on the Government Securities Exchange Act of 1991, in the third hearing of the subcommittee’s investigation of the U.S. se…

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications heard testimony on the effects and causes of recent telephone outages on the East Coast. Witnesses talked about the disruptio…

The House of Representatives took up H.R 2608, appropriations to the Commerce, Justice and State departments and H.R 2622 appropriations to the Treasury department and the Postal service.

House Legislative Session. The House suspended the rules and passed H.R. 1674, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to reauthorize the Federal Communications Commission.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill, H.R. 3040 Unemployment Insurance Reform Act for the fiscal year of 1991. This bill provided a program of federal supplemental co…

The subcommittee heard testimony on proposed regulations on broadcasters that would mandate low advertising rates for political campaign advertising on television and radio. Another bill dis…

Rep. Scheuer recently returned from the Middle East where he and other members of Congress met with Syrian President Assad. He talked about peace conferences and President Bush’s efforts tow…

The United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 14, which amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 - which provides for the establishment of limitations on the duty time for flight att…

The House passed H.R. 1096, to authorize appropriations for programs, functions, and activities of the Bureau of Land Management for fiscal years 1992-95.

Members of the House of Representatives debated the extension of most favored nation trade status for China. The extension of most favored nation trade status, favored by the Bush administra…

The House passed H.J.Res. 263, to disapprove of the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the People’s Republic of China.

The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission continued its hearings on the list of military base closures proposed by the Department of Defense with additional bases proposed for clos…

Members of the House of Representatives debated H.R. 2508, the Foreign Assistance Act for fiscal year 1992, a $25.3 billion foreign aid package. Debate centered around an amendment introduce…

The House continued consideration of H.R. 2508, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Representative Tony Hall (D-OH) offered an amendment en bloc that earmarks $335 million in the fi…

During the meeting of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Committee on Appropriations received permission to meet until midnight to file a report on H.R. 2506, making legislative appropri…