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Representative Sam Gibbons(D-FL) addressed a conference held by the Tax Executives Institute which discussed the implications of Europe’s economies unification for tax executives and their c…

Under suspension of the rules the House passed several measures. Of special interest was H.R. 3303, the Chemical and Biological Warfare Elimination Act to control the export of any item that…

Members of the Ways and Means Social Security sub-committee heard testimony about the Social Security Solvency Protection Act which would require new spending to be matched with new taxes. W…

The House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee continued to hear testimony on the Social Security Solvency Prevention Act.

A joint session of the House and Senate Budget Committees is held to discuss H.R. 3299, the Federal Budget Reconciliation for the 1990 fiscal year.

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 …

House Ways and Means Committee held a meeting to discuss Enterprise Zones

The House passed H.R. 1594, Most Favored Nation Status for Hungary. The bill extends nondiscrimination treatment to the products of Hungary for 3 years.

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

The House passed H.R. 2989, making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the U.S. Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and other independent agencies for fiscal year …

The House failed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1594 which would grant nondiscriminatory treatment to Hungarian products for five years. The House suspended the rules and passed H.Res. 1…

Subcommittee held a hearing on the United States Trade Representative’s identification of priority practices and countries under the “Super 301” and “Special 301” provisions of the Omnibus T…

President George HW Bush and several other dignitaries spoke at the Council of the Americas about US relations with Latin America.

Richard Darman, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on the budget deficit, the state of the U.S. economy, and federal bud…

The House convened for legislative business. Note: There is some video breakup during the program

House Ways and Means Committee & Chairman Dan Rostenkowski held a hearing on the budget implications and current tax rules relating to troubled savings and loans institutions.

The hearing continued on discussion of the effectiveness of tax breaks given to purchasers of failing thrift institutions.

The House met in Pro Forma session.