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Participants gathered to hear testimony from a multitude of witnesses on various issues. This portion focused on economic issues, children’s issues, and the possibilities for building a succ…

The U.S. House of Representatives met and voted on a number of bills. They also continued discussion of the on going budget impasse and potential government shutdown as well as adjustments t…

The House agreed to H.R. 5170, Airport and Airway Improvement bill, to authorize appropriations to improve aviation safety and capacity after substituting the committee amendment and rejecti…

The House passed H.R. 5229, making appropriations for the Department of Transportation. The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 291, expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to account a…

Committee chairman Hawkins criticized the Office for Civil Rights for failing to answer requests from the committee for more information on civil rights enforcement. He asked why the O.C.R. …

The House passed H.R. 3299 which provides for reconciliation pursuant to section 5 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY90. H.R. 2712, the Emergency Chinese Adjustment of Status …

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 of Representative reconvened and took up the minimum wage legislation.

The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 106 to set forth the congressional budget for the U.S. government for the fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992.

The House completed all general debate on H.R. 2, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to restore the minimum wage to a fair and equitable rate.

An oversight hearing was held on the implementation of the Hawkins-Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Act.

The House agreed to H.R. 5247, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the United States Army Corps of Engineers to construct various pro…

CR, pp. H2813-H2900. The House continued consideration of H.R. 4264, the Defense Authorization Bill. The Solarz amendment was passed, expressing the sense of Congress that the President shou…

CR, pp. H999-H1081. The House voted to override the President’s veto of The Civil Rights Restoration Act, S.557, to restore the broad scope and coverage of the Education Amendments of 1972, …

CR, pp. H11505-H11607. The House passed H.R. 1720, the Family Welfare Reform Act.

The House Education and Labor committee held an oversight hearing on the impact of the sequestrations put in place by the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings anti-deficit law on federal education programs…

Representative Dymally opened the gathering with a short discussion on the development of rights for the black community under the Constitution. Representative Hawkins then delivered the k…

Guests spoke about furthering education options for black children.

The House continued to debate the trade bill. An amendment was proposed to strengthen protections for worker rights. Note: This is an incomplete program.

The House debated a bill authorizing financing for purchases of domestic exports, including funds to be made available to the Export-Import Bank to bolster the price of U.S. exports. Note: …