Congressional Reaction to Immigration Act
Representatives spoke on the upcoming vote on the Immigration Act of 1990, which includes reform of immigration law. The major points of this legislation include maintaining family unity, ma…
737 viewsRepresentatives spoke on the upcoming vote on the Immigration Act of 1990, which includes reform of immigration law. The major points of this legislation include maintaining family unity, ma…
737 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle601 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle308 viewsThe House agreed to the conference report for H.R. 5400, reform campaigns. The House agreed to the conference report for H.R. 5257, making appropriations for Labor and Health and Human Servi…
View in Congressional Chronicle392 viewsThe House passed H.R. 5399, making appropriations for the legislative branch after agreeing to the Synar en bloc, Hefner, Roberts, and Penny amendments and rejecting the Fawell and Frenzel a…
View in Congressional Chronicle136 viewsThe House agreed to the Murtha motion to close the conference committee meetings on H.R. 5803, Defense appropriations, to the public. The House agreed to the conference report on S. 2104, am…
View in Congressional Chronicle313 viewsRepresentative Barney Frank (D-MA), a member of the House Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee, discussed the current federal budget proposals. Rep. Frank too viewer calls and C-SPAN…
31 viewsThe House continued consideration of H.R. 5269, to control crime, but came to no resolution.
View in Congressional Chronicle293 viewsThe House passed H.R. 2039, the Job Training Partnership Act, to improve the delivery of services to hard-to-serve adults and youth. Representative Patsy Mink was also sworn in during the se…
View in Congressional Chronicle392 viewsThe House rejected the Thomas motion to accept the Senate provisions to H.R. 5400, amending the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. The Senate provisions in question related to franked ma…
View in Congressional Chronicle324 viewsThe House agreed to H. Res. 464, providing for agreeing to the amendments of the Senate to H.R. 4328. The House agreed to the amendments of the Senate to H.R. 4328, the Trade Agencies Author…
View in Congressional Chronicle343 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle184 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle184 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle162 viewsIn 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle341 viewsThe committee heard testimony about the funding needs and spending plans of the Resolution Trust Corporation which oversees the savings and loan corporations.
107 viewsThe 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-…
View in Congressional Chronicle216 viewsAfter the House’s vote to reprimand Rep. Barney Frank, the representative met with reporters.
268 viewsIn this excerpt, the House debates the Ethics Committee recommendation that Rep. Barney Frank be reprimanded by the full House. Rep. Frank was charged with unethical conduct with a male pros…
1,768 viewsThe House failed to agree to H. Res. 442, which calls for the expulsion of Representative Barney Frank. Instead, the House voted to reprimand Frank. During the debate, Rep. Frank addressed t…
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