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The House Government Operations Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security hears testimony about secrecy agreements for federal employees.

The House disagreed to the Senate amendments of H.R. 3072, the FY90 Department of Defense appropriations, and to H.R. 2991, FY90 departments of Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary appropr…

The House Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing to look at the closings of several Savings and Loans in Institution in the U.S., including the Lincoln Savings & Loan i…

The House failed to override the president’s veto of H.R. 2990 which concerned FY90 appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services. The House agreed to H.R. 45 which calls fo…

After several amendments the House passed H.R. 3402 to promote political and economic democracy in Poland and Hungary.

The House debated the Conference Report on H.R. 1278 Savings and Loan Reform and H.R. 3072 Defense Appropriations.

The majority of the day was spent on H.R. 2788, FY90 Dept. of Interior appropriations. Of special note concerned debate over the funding of art which might be considered obscene or sacrilegi…

H.R. 1278, a measure to reform the federal deposit insurance system and enhance regulatory and enforcement powers of federal financial institution regulatory agencies was agreed upon. This r…

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 expressed its condolences on the death of Representative Claude Pepper, (D) Florida, as a mark of further respect, the House adjourned in his memory. The House also agreed to a res…

The House passed H.R. 2402, making supplemental appropriations for the Department of Veterans' Affairs for FY89. Note: There is a short video problem during the program.

The Examination Audit and Review Task Force held a hearing on banking financial examinations.

The House Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions held hearings on H. R. 1278, the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989. Allan Greenspan the Federal Res…

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.

The House met in Pro Forma session.

The House agreed to H.R. 83, establishing the Commission on the United States House of Representatives Bicentenary. The House also agreed to S.Con.Res. 5, providing for the use of the Rotund…

The Committee examined the effects of allowing billions of dollars of tax breaks to the purchasers of failed thrifts. Beyond the tax breaks, the effects on tax revenues and the budget defici…

The committee focused investigation on the third world debt crisis.

After the formal reading of the charges against Judge Hastings, the House debated his impeachment. The charges against Hastings included an unethical relationship with a staff member, repeat…