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The House reconvened after a recess and agreed to S.Con.Res. 84 providing for the correction of technical errors in the enrollment of H.R. 3660, to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978…

House Ways and Means Committee held a meeting to discuss Enterprise Zones

After hearing an address by the president of South Korea, Roh Tae Woo, the House reconvened and debated two bills. H.R. 3299, a concurrent resolution on the budget for FY90 was defeated, and…

Representatives Bill Archer and Brian Donnelly held a news conference to talk about the House vote repealing the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act.

U.S. House of Representatives held a News Conference on Capital Gains Tax Congressional Reaction

The House continued consideration of amendments on H.R. 3299, the FY90 Budget Reconciliation.

House Republicans held a press conference to discuss their idea of a bill they proposed which dealt with a tax bill dealing with capital gains which was set to go to the floor for a vote.

The House disagreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1312, the Domestic Volunteer Service Act, to revise and extend the programs of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, and agreed to a…

The House passed H.R. 1594, Most Favored Nation Status for Hungary. The bill extends nondiscrimination treatment to the products of Hungary for 3 years.

The House passed H.R. 2705 which guarantees federal employees a health benefit program. H.R. 2991 was passed authorizing appropriations for the Commerce, State, and Justice Departments as re…

Rep. Bill Archer and Sen. Ed Markey addressed the United Shareholders Association Annual Meeting. Archer spoke about American competitiveness and Markey talked about making changes in the wa…

The House failed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1594 which would grant nondiscriminatory treatment to Hungarian products for five years. The House suspended the rules and passed H.Res. 1…

The House voted to sustain the President’s veto of H.R.2, the minimum wage law. The House also completed general debate on H.R. 1278, the financial institutions reform act.

A report was filed impeaching Judge Walter L. Nixon, Jr., for high crimes and misdemeanors.

The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on the budget deficit, the state of the U.S. economy, and federal budget policy for fiscal year 1990 and beyond. The Secretary of Health and…

The House met in Pro Forma session.

Continuation of hearings on the budget deficit, the state of the economy and federal budget policy for fiscal year 1990 and beyond.

The hearing continued on discussion of the effectiveness of tax breaks given to purchasers of failing thrift institutions.

The committee heard testimony on the status of tax breaks given to purchasers of failing thrift institutions. Specifically, the committee investigated how much of the tax breaks would be abs…