House Session
The House disagreed to the Senate amendments of H.R. 3072, the FY90 Department of Defense appropriations, and to H.R. 2991, FY90 departments of Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary appropr…
View in Congressional Chronicle276 viewsThe House disagreed to the Senate amendments of H.R. 3072, the FY90 Department of Defense appropriations, and to H.R. 2991, FY90 departments of Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary appropr…
View in Congressional Chronicle276 viewsThe House passed two bills H.R. 1668 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Programs Authorization and H.R. 2427 NOAA Satellite Programs Authorization. These bills reauthoriz…
View in Congressional Chronicle273 viewsThe majority of the day was spent on H.R. 2788, FY90 Dept. of Interior appropriations. Of special note concerned debate over the funding of art which might be considered obscene or sacrilegi…
View in Congressional Chronicle331 viewsH.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 …
View in Congressional Chronicle381 viewsThe House rejected H.Res. 180 on agreeing to the conference report on H.R. 2072 which would have made dire emergency supplemental appropriations and transfers for FY89. The House also comple…
View in Congressional Chronicle222 viewsThe committee met to hear oral arguments on the Speaker Jim Wright’s motion to dismiss one or more of the committee’s charges against him.
7,752 viewsThe House voted to pass H.R. 972 to increase the authority of the Attorney General to settle claims for damages resulting from law enforcement activities of the Department of Justice. The Ho…
View in Congressional Chronicle263 viewsA report was filed impeaching Judge Walter L. Nixon, Jr., for high crimes and misdemeanors.
View in Congressional Chronicle244 viewsH.R. 2 was passed to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to restore the minimum wage to a fair and equitable rate. House passed S.J. Res. 87 to commend Israel and Egypt for their ten year obs…
View in Congressional Chronicle123 viewsA message supplemental to the President’s address to the day’s joint session was read to the House.
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