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The House agreed to S. 3266, to reauthorize the Small Business Act of 1958. The House also agreed to H.Res. 538, amending the Immigration and Nationality Act, and H.Con.Res. 399, providing f…

The House agreed to the conference report on S. 1430, to enhance national and community service. A letter from Rep. Donald E. Lukens, of Ohio, was read, wherein he resigned as a member of th…

The 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…

The House session continued debate on H.R. 2331 to set the Mailing Prevention Act of 1990.

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 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…

The 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…

The House agreed to H. Res. 466 providing for the consideration of H.R. 4793, reauthorizing small business. The Slaughter (D-NY) motion of the previous question on H.Res. 466 was agreed to. …

The House continued consideration and debate of H.R. 4739, the Defense Authorization Bill for 1991.

Several House Republican Members addressed the media in the House Press Gallery. They called for the suspension of the budget negotiations between Congress and the White House, and opposed t…

The 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…

The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 7, to amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocations Education Act to improve the provision of services. The House passed H.R. 4330, to establish schoo…

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…

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 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 House met in pro forma session.

The House passed H.R. 4653, to reauthorize the Export Administration Act of 1979, and miscellaneous amendments.

The House passed H.R. 2273, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability. The House voted to suspend the rules and pass S. 286, to designate the site of prehistoric and historic pet…

A presidential message was read concerning multilateral measures taken in response to the military crackdown in China in June 1989. The House passed H.R. 4151, to authorize appropriations fo…