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The House convened again to negotiate funding for the Budget Reconciliation Act and Catastrophic Coverage Act. Representative John Dingell (D-MI) took a moment to applaud the Red Army Chorus…

The House agreed to the Senate amendments to H.R. 1502, the District of Columbia Police Authorization and Expansion Act, to authorize the appropriations to DC for additional officers and mem…

The House Aging Subcommittee on Health and Long Term Care held a hearing on Medigap Insurance, also known as Medicare supplemental insurance. Witnesses addressed the effects high premiums ha…

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 agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2788 which makes appropriations for the Interior Department for FY90. Debate continued on H.R. 3299 which deals with section 5 of the concur…

Representative Ralph Regula (R-OH) talked about the recent amendment sponsored by Senator Robert Byrd which limits the use of federal grant funds to hire lobbyists. He called it a “sunshine”…

The House passed H.R. 2869, the Commodity Futures Improvement Act. This bill is designated to toughen federal regulation of the commodity futures markets as well as permanently authorize the…

The majority of the day was spent on H.R. 2788, FY90 Dept. of Interior appropriations. Of special note concerned debate over the funding of art which might be considered obscene or sacrilegi…

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.

The House expressed its condolences on the death of Representative Claude Pepper, (D) Florida, as a mark of further respect, the House adjourned in his memory. The House also agreed to a res…

The House passed H.R. 2402, making supplemental appropriations for the Department of Veterans' Affairs for FY89. Note: There is a short video problem during the program.

The House voted to pass H.R. 972 to increase the authority of the Attorney General to settle claims for damages resulting from law enforcement activities of the Department of Justice. The Ho…

The House debated H. Con. Res. 106, the congressional budget for the United States Government for FY90.

The House passed H.R. 20, to restore to Federal civilian employees their right to participate voluntarily in the political processes of the nation. The House also passed H.R. 1385 to establi…

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 oath of office was administered to Representative-elect Jill Long. The House passed H.R. 18, to amend the U.S. Code and Uniform Time Act of 1966 to establish a single poll closing time i…

The House considered and passed H.R. 1231, which directed the president to establish an emergency board to investigate and report on the Eastern Airlines dispute. The House also considered a…

A message supplemental to the President’s address to the day’s joint session was read to the House.

The House disagreed to H.J.Res. 129 which would have led to increases in executive, legislative, and judicial salaries recommended under the Federal Salary Act.