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The House agreed to S. 3266, to reauthorize the Small Business Act of 1958. The House also agreed to H.Res. 538, amending the Immigration and Nationality Act, and H.Con.Res. 399, providing f…

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 passed H.R. 5803 which contained the defense appropriations for fiscal year 1991 after rejecting the Traficant and Penny amendments. The Traficant (D-OH) amendment sought to implem…

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.J. Res. 658 to support the president’s actions with respect to the Iraqi aggression against Kuwait and to demonstrate the United States' resolve. The House agreed to H.…

The House agreed to H.Res. 461, to restrict the amendments considered with H.R. 4739. The House continued consideration of amendments to H.R. 4739, to authorize appropriations for military f…

The House completed general debate and began consideration of amendments on H.R. 4739, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1991 for military functions of the Department of Defense; t…

Legislators, professional athletes, and representatives of baseball and basketball organizations testified on the issue of sports lotteries. A point of specific discussion was Oregon, the on…

The House passed H.R. 5313, making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense. During consideration, the House rejected the Penny amendment to have an across-the-…

The exchange between Representative Steny Hoyer and Representative Bob Michel established the coming week’s schedule. The weekly exchange was an occasion for the minority party to express it…

The subcommittee met to discuss prosecution of financial institution crimes.

The House passed H.R. 4380 to authorize appropriations for the Superconducting Supercollider (SSC). The House agreed to amendments concerning the real estate value of land contributed for th…

The committee considered a Democratic budget proposal that calls for $8 billion less in defense spending than the Bush administration proposal.

The committee heard testimony regarding the proposed fiscal year 1991 federal budget from Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger.

The committee heard testimony from the State Department, TransAfrica, and investment banks concerning legislation that would prohibit U.S. depository institutions from providing certain serv…

The House Budget Committee met to discuss the fiscal year 1991 budget proposal with the Director of Office Management and Budget.