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The House passed H.R. 2065, to improve tropical forest management, by a voice vote. The House passed H.R. 5932, to improve educational equity and excellence, by a voice vote. The House agree…

The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 5021, commerce, justice, and judicial appropriations, after having agreed to recede from its disagreement over amendment 165. The House agre…

The House passed the crime control bill, H.R. 5269 after agreeing to the Hughes, Douglas, Waxman, and Dingell amendments and rejecting the Sensenbrenner amendment. The House agreed to the As…

The House agreed to H. Res. 466 providing for the consideration of H.R. 4793, reauthorizing small business. The Slaughter (D-NY) motion of the previous question on H.Res. 466 was agreed to. …

The House voted to suspend the rules to pass various measures, including H.R. 5610, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to allow the assessment rates to be adjusted more frequently th…

In an unusual action, Speaker Foley made a strongly worded one-minute speech at the opening of the session to condemn the Irish Republican Army terrorist killing of Conservative British Hous…

The subcommittee heard testimony regarding the business practices and management of a defense contracting firm, Northrop Corporation. The subcommittee had been investigating for the previous…

The House voted to override the president’s veto of H.R. 20, to amend Title 5, United States Code (the Hatch Act), concerning the participation of federal civilian employees in the political…

The House passed H. Con. Res. 324, amended, concerning human rights, democracy, and illicit narcotics production and trafficking in Burma. The House passed H. Res. 393, concerning the first …

The House agreed, with amendment, to the Senate amendment of H.R. 1594, giving Hungary favored-nation trade status. The House debated H.R. 770, which entitles employees to family leave in ce…

The House Select Committee heard testimony regarding the state of children’s health care.

The House made technical changes and corrected enrollment errors in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990, and made te…

Rep. Bliley discussed his support for legislation that would give the FDA more power to recall generic drugs.

Members heard testimony concerning cable rates, services, and legislation to regulate the cable television industry.

The House read a message from the president wherein he transmitted a memorandum of disapproval of H.R. 2712, Emergency Chinese Immigration Relief Act of 1989. The House re-referred H.R. 1641…