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The Senate passed S. 3049, to amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act. The Senate passed H.R. 29, to amend the Clayton Act regarding interlocking director…

Members of the House and Senate Budget Committees met today to begin the process of reconciling differences in the House and Senate budget legislation. The conference committee was chaired b…

The Senate passed H.R. 5835, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 4 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year 1991. The Senate passed H.R. 1602, to amend th…

The Senate passed S. 15, to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve emergency medical services and trauma care. The Senate began consideration of S. 3209, to provide for reconciliatio…

The Senate Budget Committee met to consider and report on the budget reconciliation bill for fiscal year 1991. The Senate Budget Committee is responsible for combining all reconciliation leg…

The Senate agreed to S. Res. 334, reaffirming United States policy regarding the independence of the Baltic States. The Senate continued consideration of S. 3167, to cut Social Security cont…

The Senate discussed President George HW Bush’s veto of a continuing resolution. The Senate and the House of Representatives met this day to have votes in an effort to override the President…

The Budget Conference Committee met to discuss the budget agreement. Rep. Leon Panetta, the chairman of the committee, conceded that it would be impossible for both parties to be completely …

Leon Panetta chaired a meeting of the House & Senate Budget Conferees to work on the FY 1991 Budget Resolution.

The Senate passed H.R. 5313 for appropriations for military construction by the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science…

Senator Jim Sasser answered questions from reporters about the pros and cons of the new budget agreement. He was one of the negotiators in the budget summit between White House officials and…

The Senate debated and passed H.R. 5019, Energy and Water Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1991 and S. 2952, the Defense Authorization Bill for Fiscal Year 1991.

Mr. Greenspan announced that the central bank will try and keep the country out of a recession by decreasing interest rates once lawmakers agree on a deficit reduction package. Earlier that …

The Senate convened and spoke about several issues, such as bank fraud, white collar crime, the Savings & Loan crisis, the budget resolution, assault weapons, crime legislation, education, a…

The Senate continued consideration of S.135 to restore greater political participation to federal employees and to protect them from political pressure.

The Senate began consideration of S. 135 to restore greater political participation by federal employees and to protect them from political pressure.

The Senate passed S. 2533 to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. The act extended the civil penalty assessment demonstration program. The Senate also passed H.R. 1805, Federal Employees'…

The committee begins line-by-line markup of the fiscal year 1991 budget resolution. Members recommend spending levels for various federal agencies and proposals.

A group of democrat senators held this press conference to discuss and answer reporters' questions about their recent trip to the Soviet Union. The senators met with Soviet leader Mikhail Go…

The committee considered the nomination of Timothy Ryan, Jr. to be Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision at the Treasury Department. That office regulates more than 2600 savings and l…