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The House of Representatives came back in session to resume their work on the Fiscal Year 1991 Budget and Deficit Reduction Plan. The House was expected to take up a veto override, and attem…

The House agreed to the Senate amendments to H.R. 4328, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1991 and 1992 for the customs and trade agencies. The House continued consideration of am…

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…

Secretary James Baker reported to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the recent events in the Persian Gulf. He described the efforts at building a strong international diplomatic coaliti…

The House agreed to H.R. 5170, Airport and Airway Improvement bill, to authorize appropriations to improve aviation safety and capacity after substituting the committee amendment and rejecti…

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 House agreed to H. Res. 443, the rule for H.R. 5355. The House passed H.R. 5355 to increase the statutory limit on the public debt. The House agreed to the Dorgan amendment to H.R. 5355 …

The House sustained the President’s veto of H.R. 770, which would entitle employees to family and medical leave in certain cases. The House continued consideration of H.R. 3950, the “Food an…

The House voted to suspend the rules and pass several amendments, including H.R. 4039, to amend the Public Health Service Act; H.R. 238, to amend the PHSA to establish a program for preventi…

The House passed H.R. 5268 , making appropriations for Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies programs, and miscellaneous amendments. The House passed H.R. 5258, to require tha…

The House voted to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4982, which promoted the study of mathematics and science in elementary schools and to provide training for mathematics and science teacher…

The House passed H.R. 5114, making appropriations for foreign operations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991. The Smith(R-NJ) amendment to allow the Agnecy for International Develo…

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 committee received the semi-annual report of the oversight board of the Resolution Trust Corporation.

The House voted to override the president’s veto of H.R. 2364, to amend the Rail Passenger Service Act.

The House passed S. 2364, to authorize supplemental assistance to support democracy in Panama, Nicaragua, and sub-Saharan Africa. A presidential veto of H.R. 2364, to amend the Rail Passenge…

The resignation of Representative Akaka was announced, effective May 16. The House passed H.Res. 381, relating to human rights abuses by the government of Cuba.

The House passed H.R. 4404, making dire emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster assistance, food stamps, unemployment compensation administration, and other urgent needs, and tran…

T. Boone Pickens talked about his unsuccessful efforts to be named to the board of the Japanese company in which he owned a substantial amount of stock.

The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee chaired by REP. Sam Gejdenson D-Connecticut held this hearing to discuss trade and aid to Eastern Europe. The trade situation in Poland was brought …