U.S. Persian Gulf Policy
Four members of Congress met with President Bush on December 14 to talk about Persian Gulf policies. Mr. Lugar and Mr. McCain expressed the president’s desire for a solid show of support fro…
58 viewsFour members of Congress met with President Bush on December 14 to talk about Persian Gulf policies. Mr. Lugar and Mr. McCain expressed the president’s desire for a solid show of support fro…
58 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 Chronicle317 viewsThe House agreed to H.Res. 487 which provided for the consideration of H.R. 5835, intelligence authorizations. The House agreed to H.Res. 509, providing for the consideration of H.R. 5835, t…
View in Congressional Chronicle306 viewsThe House passed H.R. 5803 which contained the defense appropriations for fiscal year 1991 after rejecting the Traficant and Penny amendments. The Traficant (D-OH) amendment sought to implem…
View in Congressional Chronicle165 viewsThe House agreed to recommit the conference report on S. 2104, amending the Civil Rights Act of 1964, to the committee of conferees to include language that makes it clear that businessmen a…
View in Congressional Chronicle216 viewsThe House session continued with an agreement of a proposed budget resolution. By a yea-and-nay vote of 250 yeas to 164 nays, the House agreed to the conference report on H. Con. Res. 310, s…
View in Congressional Chronicle108 viewsThe House session continued debate on H.R. 2331 to set the Mailing Prevention Act of 1990.
View in Congressional Chronicle62 viewsThe House voted to suspend the rules and pass H.R.1608, to assess the dietary and nutritional status of the U.S. population. The House voted to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 5759, Age Disc…
View in Congressional Chronicle217 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 Chronicle394 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 Chronicle328 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 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle144 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 Chronicle185 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 Chronicle189 viewsSecretary James Baker reported to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the recent events in the Persian Gulf. He described the efforts at building a strong international diplomatic coaliti…
116 viewsThe House passed H.R. 4000, known as the Civil Rights Act of 1990 to strengthen civil rights laws that ban employment discrimination. The House passed H.R. 5350 a short-term debt limit incre…
View in Congressional Chronicle354 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 Chronicle217 viewsThe subcommittee met to discuss the destabilizing influence the acquisition of nuclear weapons by North Korea had on relations between North and South Korea. They also discussed the prospect…
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