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The House passed six bills while under suspension of the rules. One of the bills passed was H.R. 3318 which authorized the Mickey Leland Federal building in Houston, Texas.

The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2788 which makes appropriations for the Interior Department for FY90. Debate continued on H.R. 3299 which deals with section 5 of the concur…

General debate was concluded on the Dept. of Defense appropriations bill, H.R. 2461. DOD Authorization for Fiscal years 1990 and 1991. Lengthy debate on the General Rule for the Bill, much o…

The House passed H.R. 1056, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to clarify provisions concerning the application of certain requirements and sanctions to federal facilities. The bill would…

Congress members react to president Bush’s proposals on campaign finance reform.

Representative Al Swift (D-WA) and Representative Guy Vander Jagt (R-MI) discussed Campaign Finance Reform. They answered viewer questions.

Representative-elect Craig Thomas of Wyoming was administered the oath of office. The House passed H.R. 1486 to authorize appropriations for FY 1990 for the Maritime Administration. During d…

The House met in Pro Forma session.

The National Association of Home Builders sponsors a panel talking about the future of PACs.

The House passed H.R. 1487 which authorized appropriations for the State Department for fiscal years 1990 and 1991 after agreeing to sixteen amendments and rejecting four. The debated H.Res.…

The House met and took up a number of diverse issues, from nursing home construction to the impact of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

Representative Al Swift talked about the Uniform Poll Closing Act, which would close election polls at the same time nationwide. Representative Swift answered viewer questions.

The House debates HR18, an amendment to Title 3 of the United States Code of the Uniform Time Act of 1976. The amendment would establish a single uniform closing time for polls in the contin…

The oath of office was administered to Representative-elect Jill Long. The House passed H.R. 18, to amend the U.S. Code and Uniform Time Act of 1966 to establish a single poll closing time i…