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The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration held a hearing on Cuban and Haitian refugees. Representatives from the State Department and the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service te…

The House passed H.R. 3768, which required the least-cost resolution of insured depository institutions, improved supervision, and examinations, and provided additional resources to the bank…

The House passed H.R. 2, to entitle employees to family leave in certain cases involving a birth, an adoption, or a serious health condition and temporary medical leave in certain cases invo…

President George H.W. Bush vetoed S. 1722, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act, later the Senate failed by two votes to override that veto. The legislation would have extended federa…

The House passed H.R. 2950 to develop a national intermodal surface transportation system, to authorize funds for the construction of highways, for highway safety programs, and for mass tran…

The committee heard testimony from Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander on the decision by the Department of Education to fund the videotaping of a speech by President Bush. The presidenti…

The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2942 to make appropriations for the Department of Transportation.

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives testified against the nomination of Judge Thomas to the Supreme Court.

The House suspended the rules and passed H.R. 1046, that increased the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service related disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemni…

Members of the House of Representatives debated amendments and legislation facing the House. Among the legislation that was facing the House was H.R. 5, the Workplace Fairness Act. It was al…

The House passed H.R. 1989, to authorize appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Technological Administration of the Department of Commerce.

The House voted to suspend the rules and passed H.R. 531, Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, and H.Res. 182 and H.Con.Res 113, which expressed the sense of the House and of the Congre…

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus briefed reporters on the White House driveway after their meeting with President Bush, in which they discussed continuing sanctions against South Af…

The House agreed to H.R. 2427, making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year 1992. The House passed H.J. Res. 72, to designate December 7, 1991, as “National Pea…

The House read a letter from the President wherein he notified Congress of the actions taken regarding Japan’s trade in sea turtles. The House voted to pass H.R. 2127, to amend the Rehabilit…

Rep. Owens discussed his views concerning the education reform plan offered by the Bush administration.

The House agreed to H.Con. Res. 121, revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal year 1991 and setting forth the congressional budget for the next five …

The House agreed to the report making dire emergency supplemental appropriations for the consequences of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, food stamps, unemployment compensation administ…

The House approved the Journal of Tuesday, March 12, 1991. The House passed H.Res. 111, the Rule to consider H.R. 1175. The House passed H.R. 1175, to authorize supplemental appropriations f…

Members of the House heard a written statement by Rep. Bartlett (R-TX) wherein he resigned as a member of the House. A message from the President was read whereby he transmitted a legislativ…