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The House Ways and Means Committee heard its fourth day of testimony on proposals to stimulate the economy with tax incentives and cuts for parts of the American population. Witnesses includ…

Rep. Matsui, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, discussed congressional efforts for tax relief.

The committee heard testimony on the second of four days of scheduled hearings looking at various economic growth and tax reform proposals. Twenty-three members of Congress offered their spe…

The committee continued to hear testimony on proposals to reduce taxes for middle-class Americans from members of the Department of the Treasury and the White House. The middle class tax cut…

The Ways and Means Committee met to explore new methods of stimulating the nation’s economy. It was the first of several year-end hearings designed to examine proposals which, in part, would…

The House passed S. 1745, to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to strengthen and improve federal civil rights laws and to provide for damages in cases of intentional employment discriminati…

The House Ways and Means committee heard testimony on the high costs of health care and health insurance on Americans and American businesses.

The Ways and Means committee heard testimony from several members of Congress on health care reform proposals designed to provide basic health care to all Americans and stabilize the costs o…

The U.S. House of Representative passed H.R. 3291, an appropriations bill to provide funding for the government of the District of Columbia. The House also passed S. 296, a bill to amend the…

The US House of Representatives passed H.J. Res. 231, that provided that the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission shall make recommendations in 1993 and 1995 for the closure and r…

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 passed H.J.Res. 263, to disapprove of the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the People’s Republic of China.

Members of the House of Representatives debated the extension of most favored nation trade status for China. The extension of most favored nation trade status, favored by the Bush administra…

The committee discussed H.J. Res. 263, which would disapprove of the extension of most favored nation status to China, H. 2212, which would extend most favored nation status to China for one…

The Defense Base Closure and Realignment commission heard testimony from congressmen on military bases slated to be closed by the Department of Defense. the Department of Defense proposed a …

The committee debated resolutions canceling the extension of fast-track legislative authority for the president. Fast-track authority would allow the president to submit trade legislation to…

The committee heard testimony from U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills on U.S. trade agreements. On May 31, 1991, the authorization for “fast-tracking” through Congress of legislation conc…

Mr. Dornan, member of the House Armed Services committee, spoke on the air attack of Iraq by U.S. and allied forces, which had started earlier in the evening.

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…