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HR 3603: A bill to promote family preservation and the prevention of foster care with emphasis on families where abuse of alcohol or drugs is present, and to improve the quality and deliver…

Coverage of the campaigns for the nominations for the California Senate seat of retiring Senator Alan Cranston focused on the Democratic candidates vying for the nomination to campaign for t…

Candidates in Debate in the race to fill both of California’s Senate seats. Replacing Democratic Senator Alan Cranston who retired and Republican Senator Pete Wilson who became Governor. Fo…

The House passed H.R. 3839, to make appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. After a series of one-minute speeches by members, the Bill was intr…

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 House passed H.R. 2507, to amend the Public Health Service Act and to revise and extend the programs of the National Institutes of Health.

The House met in a rare Saturday session to complete action on 3 resolutions regarding U.S policy in the Persian Gulf. It passed H. Con. Res. 32, to express the sense of Congress that Congre…

The House completed all general debate on the situation in the Middle East. The House agreed to three extensions of the time for general debate by two hours, four hours, and four hours, resp…

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 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…

The House agreed to the conference report for H.R. 2916, FY90 appropriations for the Departments of Veterans' Affairs and Housing & Urban Development. Amendments for this bill were debated w…

The House discusses Congressional Resolution 182 which calls for clemency for the demonstrators arrested in China. The resolution also calls upon the leadership of China to stay further exec…

The United States House of Representatives met and voted unanimously to support the President’s call for clemency to the pro-democracy demonstrators in China following the Tienanmen Square M…

Thomas S. Foley was elected speaker of the House of Representatives. The tally was 251 votes for Thomas Foley and 164 votes for Bob Michel. The House agreed to notify the Senate and the Pres…

The House passed H.R. 1750, to implement the Bipartisan Accord on Central America (Contra Humanitarian Aid).

The House passed H.R. 1487 which authorized appropriations for the State Department for fiscal years 1990 and 1991 after agreeing to sixteen amendments and rejecting four. The debated H.Res.…

The House met and took up a number of diverse issues, from nursing home construction to the impact of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

Women’s Lives Women’s Equality Rally organized by the National Organization for Women took place on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol.

The House agreed to the Foley motion to table the Walker motion to discharge the Committee on Armed Services from further consideration of H.R. 4264, National Defense Authorization Act for F…