U.S. Security: Situation in the Soviet Union
The House Armed Services Committee heard testimony from CIA Director, Robert Gates, on U.S. Security and the Soviet Union. Cameras were only allowed to cover Opening Statements then the Comm…
120 viewsThe House Armed Services Committee heard testimony from CIA Director, Robert Gates, on U.S. Security and the Soviet Union. Cameras were only allowed to cover Opening Statements then the Comm…
120 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle353 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle589 viewsThe U.S. House of Representative passed H.R. 3291, an appropriations bill to provide funding for the government of the District of Columbia. The House also passed S. 296, a bill to amend the…
View in Congressional Chronicle287 viewsMembers of the House of Representatives debated H.J. Res. 308, a motion to disapprove the recommendations on military bases closings determined by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Co…
65 viewsThe Defense Policy panel of the Armed Services Committee met to talk about western support for radical reform in the Soviet Union. At issue was how much technical, financial, and economic ai…
113 viewsThe US House of Representatives passed H.J. Res. 231, that provided that the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission shall make recommendations in 1993 and 1995 for the closure and r…
View in Congressional Chronicle323 viewsThe House passed H.R. 2507, to amend the Public Health Service Act and to revise and extend the programs of the National Institutes of Health.
View in Congressional Chronicle375 viewsMembers of Congress debated amendments to H.Res. 2100, the fiscal year 1992 Defense Department Appropriations bill. The bill as presented and requested by the Bush administration, would set …
52 viewsRepresentative Sam Johnson (R-Texas) was administered the oath of office by the Speaker. The Committee on Appropriations received permission to have until midnight to file reports on two bil…
View in Congressional Chronicle538 viewsMembers of the House of Representatives debated a substitute amendment to H.R. 2100, the Defense Department authorization for fiscal year 1992. The Department of Defense’s budget request for…
40 viewsThe House continued consideration of H.R. 2100, to authorize appropriations for the Defense Department over the next two years. The Schroeder amendment reducing American troops in Europe to …
View in Congressional Chronicle387 viewsThe House read a letter from the President wherein he notified Congress of the actions taken regarding Japan’s trade in sea turtles. The House voted to pass H.R. 2127, to amend the Rehabilit…
View in Congressional Chronicle326 viewsA House Foreign Affairs subcommittee heard testimony on whether the U.S. should continue economic sanctions against South Africa.
495 viewsThe House introduced 51 public bills, two private bills, and nine resolutions. By a vote of 387 yeas to 23 nays, the House passed H.R. 355, to amend the Reclamation States Drought Assistance…
View in Congressional Chronicle414 viewsHighlights from the debate on the House Resolution 1175, Operation Desert Storm Emergency Authorization, which provided funding for the costs associated with Operation Desert Storm, which in…
100 viewsThe House approved the Journal of Tuesday, March 12, 1991. The House passed H.Res. 111, the Rule to consider H.R. 1175. The House passed H.R. 1175, to authorize supplemental appropriations f…
View in Congressional Chronicle494 viewsThe House passed H.R. 1281, making dire emergency supplemental appropriations for the consequences of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, food stamps, unemployment compensation administrat…
View in Congressional Chronicle330 viewsCongressional leaders spoke to reporters from the Pentagon after being briefed by Pentagon military advisers on the status of the ground campaign in the Persian Gulf war.
97 viewsThe House passed H.R. 153, to make technical amendments to the Veterans' Judicial Review Act, under suspension of the rules. The House passed H. Con. Res. 44, calling upon the people of the …
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