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Complete title is “Eastern Europe/USSR: is the Bush Administration’s Response Adequate?”

Members of Congress and others addressed the Democratic Leadership Council the role of the U.S. in a changing world. Topics included the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the breakdown of the So…

The House passed H.R. 2459, the Coast Guard Authorization Act to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY90. Under suspension of the rules the House passed several measures. Of sp…

After several amendments the House passed H.R. 3402 to promote political and economic democracy in Poland and Hungary.

The committee works on H.R. 3402, a bill containing more than $800 million in grants, loans, and loan guarantees to Poland and Hungary over the next three years.

Defense Secretary Dick Cheney talked with reporters before briefing Congressional leaders on the situation in Panama. After the briefing, Representatives talked with reporters about Panama.

Representative Stephen Solarz (D-NY) spoke on impact of the recent withdrawal of Vietnamese troops from Cambodia and that countries future. Rep. Solarz took several trips to Cambodia during …

The subcommittee examines reasons for the failure of the Cambodian conference in Paris and the implications of that failure for U.S. policy toward Cambodia.

Panelists spoke about the Tiananmen Square protests and America’s reaction to the protests. The panelists answered questions from the audience. Ted Koppel was part of the panel, and was spon…

Speakers talked about ongoing efforts to account for prisoners of war and those missing in action and the efforts that would return them to their families.

The House passed H.R. 2655, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish more effective assistance programs and eliminate obsolete and inconsistent provisions, and to authorize a…

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 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…

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 House met.

Representative Stephen Solarz (D-NY) previewed the President’s speech in response to the massacre in Tiananmen Square. He answered viewer questions.

The Senate debates two amendments to SJ RES 113, the joint U.S.-Japan development of a fighter plane (FS-X). The Bruce Amendment would reinstate the Senate’s amendments to SJ RES 113 (the Ho…

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. 2072, making dire emergency supplemental appropriations and transfers for FY89. The House agreed to an amendment by Rep. Whitten aimed at deficit reduction. A motion by…

The House agreed to H.Con.Res. 121, expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the assassination of Colonel James Rowe in the Philippines.