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Former President Jimmy Carter spoke at a luncheon awards ceremony to honor the recipients of the foundation’s Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize. The Haitian Refugees Center of Miami and the Na…

Panelists at this afternoon session discussed the state of sexual harassment laws since the Hill-Thomas hearings. The panelists discussed images and portrayal of sexual harassment in popular…

HR 5503: A bill to make appropriations for the Department of the Interior. HJR 512: A resolution to approve the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of Romania. HR 6056…

SCR 112: A resolution to authorize printing of “Thomas Jefferson’s Manual of Parliamentary Practice.” HR 4096: A bill to amend title eleven, District of Columbia Code, to increase the max…

Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton discussed the relationship between Congress and the local government in Washington, D.C. and the possibility of the District of Columbia becoming a state. Dele…

United States House of Representatives session on September 24, 1992 that included debate on H.R. 5503: District of Columbia spending and H.R. 5428: Military Construction spending.

HR 5318: A bill regarding the extension of most-favored-nation status to the products of the People’s Republic of China. HR 5677: A bill to make appropriations for the Departments of Labor…

HR 5679: A bill make appropriations for the departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and of…

HR 5503: A bill to make appropriations for the Department of the Interior. HR 5678: A bill to make appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, and the judiciary. S …

The Trade for 21st Century Coalition sponsored a forum that discussed the North American Free Trade Agreement. The Trade for the 21st Century Coalition includes representatives from a number…

The House of Representatives convened to consider multiple bills before the House. Representatives gave speeches on the floor to express their support or disapproval of the bills.

The U.S. House of Representatives opened with prayer. Then members debated HR 5678: A bill that would appropriate $22.3 billion in FY'93 for the Departments of Commerce-Justice-and State, in…

HR 2694: A bill to amend title eleven, District of Columbia Code, to remove gender-specific references. HR 5622: A bill to authorize an additional federal contribution to the District of C…

The majority platform reports on the second evening of the 1992 Democratic National Convention included reports on issues in four broad areas: Opportunity, Responsibility, Community and Nati…

HR 5100: A bill to strengthen the international trade position of the United States. HR 5560: A bill to extend the National Commission on Time and Learning. HR 5517: A bill to make approp…

The United States House of Representatives considered the following bills HR 5269, HR 3836, HR 1435, and HR 3562. Representatives gave speeches for or against the bills proposed.

9 Bills were considered with a Suspension under the Rules. This is generally done for noncontroversial bills.

The Democratic National Committee’s platform committee continued to hear testimony from constituents and members of special interest groups on issues to be included in the party’s platform a…

The platform committee of the Democratic National Committee held the last of a series of hearings on issues to be included in the party’s platform for the 1992 Democratic National Convention…