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The House passed the crime control bill, H.R. 5269 after agreeing to the Hughes, Douglas, Waxman, and Dingell amendments and rejecting the Sensenbrenner amendment. The House agreed to the As…

The 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-…

The House passed H.R. 5268 , making appropriations for Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies programs, and miscellaneous amendments. The House passed H.R. 5258, to require tha…

The House voted to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4982, which promoted the study of mathematics and science in elementary schools and to provide training for mathematics and science teacher…

The House Veterans Affairs Committee heard a review of a cancer study by the Center for Disease Control.

The U.S. House adopted Conference Report H.R. 2461 which authorizes funds for military personnel in the Defense Department. H.R. 1465, the Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act was pa…

The House passed H.J. Res. 407 making continuing appropriations for FY90.

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…

While under the suspension of the rules the House passed several measures. Of special note was H.R. 2987, the Flag Protection Act. This bill amends the United States Code to protect the phys…

Appropriations were passed for the governance of the District of Columbia when the House agreed to H.R. 3026. Of note was the absence of abortion funding restrictions. The legislation favors…

The House passed H.R. 2989, making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the U.S. Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and other independent agencies for fiscal year …

The House passed H.R. 2883, appropriating 44 billion dollars for the 1990 Farm bill. Other programs supported by the bill include funding for rural housing and WIC, a supplemental feeding pr…

Representative Robert Smith contended that flag burning goes beyond the boundaries of the First Amendment’s right of free expression, although he said he is opposed to a constitutional amend…

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 met.

Representative-elect Glen Browder was administered the oath of office. The House disagreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (Minimum wage bill…

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.

Representative Robert Smith (R-NH) joined our Viewer Call-In program to discuss the congressional pay raise and possible legislation to stop it. Mr. Smith answered questions from viewers.

The House Republican Conference met for an organizational meeting in which they held an election of officers. Minority Leader Representative Robert Michel (R-Illinois) led the meeting and th…

The U.S. House of Representatives met to discuss 33 bills under suspension of rules.