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The House agreed to amend S. 1792 which amends the Disaster Assistance Act. After numerous amendments, the House passed H.R. 2991, Conference Report on the Commerce, Justice, State and Judic…

While under suspension of the rules the House debated five pieces of legislation. The yeas and nays were demanded on two of these measures. These were H.Res. 257 which denounced restrictive …

The House passed H.R.1659 Aviation Security Act. Its aim is to improve aviation security, against terrorist bombings, by requiring the installation of explosive detection equipment at certai…

The subcommittee heard testimony from Director William Bennett and others on the national drug control strategy of President George H.W. Bush. In February, President Bush proposed a $6.3 bil…

The House passed H.R. 2705 which guarantees federal employees a health benefit program. H.R. 2991 was passed authorizing appropriations for the Commerce, State, and Justice Departments as re…

Office of Management and Budget Director Richard Darman testified on the budget and economic outlook for fiscal year 1990.

H.R. 2136 was passed which limited the length of time an individual could be held for contempt in child custody cases.The House agreed to the Senate amendments to S. 694 amending the Energy …

The House agreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2042 making supplementary appropriations for the Department of Veterans' Affairs.

The United States House of Representatives met and voted unanimously to support the President’s call for clemency to the pro-democracy demonstrators in China following the Tienanmen Square M…

The House met to consider 5 bills under suspension of the rules. Those bills included, H.R. 968, the Noise Reduction Reimbursement Act of 1989, H.R. 838, which authorized Secretary of Transp…

The House debated H. Con. Res. 106, the congressional budget for the United States Government for FY90.

In the open session House Budget Committee members marked up the fiscal year 1990 federal budget resolution. The committee had met before this in a closed-door session. The committee ordered…

The House Budget Committee heard testimony from FED Chairman Alan Greenspan about the FY 90 Federal Budget proposal by the Bush Administration.

Secretary Kemp testified about President Bush’s fiscal year 1990 budget request for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.