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The House passed H.R. 2, to entitle employees to family leave in certain cases involving a birth, an adoption, or a serious health condition and temporary medical leave in certain cases invo…

The House passed S. 1745, to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to strengthen and improve federal civil rights laws and to provide for damages in cases of intentional employment discriminati…

The House continued consideration of H.R. 6, to reform the deposit insurance system to enforce the congressionally established limits on the amount of deposit insurance. The House passed S. …

The House passed H.R. 3543, to make dire emergency supplemental appropriations and transfers for relief from the effects of natural disasters, for other urgent needs, and for incremental cos…

The House passed H.R. 2950 to develop a national intermodal surface transportation system, to authorize funds for the construction of highways, for highway safety programs, and for mass tran…

The committee heard testimony from Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander on the decision by the Department of Education to fund the videotaping of a speech by President Bush. The presidenti…

The House agreed to the conference report on S. 1722, which provided emergency unemployment compensation. Representative Jim Nussle (R-IA) gave a one-minute speech wearing a paper bag on his…

The House passed H.R. 2900, to improve supervision and regulation with respect to the financial safety and soundness of the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortg…

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 House passed H.R. 2967, to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965, to authorize a 1993 National Conference on Aging, and to amend the Native Americans Programs Act of 1974.

Members of the House of Representatives debated H.R. 210, the rule to provide for the consideration of unemployment compensation amendments, and H.R. 3201, a bill that would provide an extra…

The House passed H.R. 3201, to provide emergency unemployment compensation.

Members of the House of Representatives debated amendments and legislation facing the House. Among the legislation that was facing the House was H.R. 5, the Workplace Fairness Act. It was al…

Members of the House of Representatives debated H.R. 1, the Civil Rights and Women’s Equity in Employment Act of 1991. H.R. 1 was written and introduced by Democrats wishing to overturn seve…

The House passed H.R. 2312, amending the Follow Through and Head Start Acts, H.R. 2313, to amend the School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Act of 1988, and several environmental acts. The …

The House failed to agree to H. Res. 101, disapproving the extension of fast-track procedures to start trade negotiations. The House agreed to H.Res. 146, expressing the sense of the House o…

The House passed H.R. 1415, to authorize appropriations for the next to fiscal years for the Department of State. Amendments by Reps. Berman, Snowe, Upton, Dymally, Bereuter, Traficant, Paxo…

The House voted to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 479, amended, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the California National Historic Trail and Pony Express National Histori…

The House agreed to H.Res. 132, electing Representative Levin of Michigan to the Committee on the District of Columbia. The House also passed two resolutions establishing a national historic…

The House Administration committee’s Task Force on Campaign Finance Reform heard testimony from House members on the need for meaningful campaign reform. The Task Force had previously held h…