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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…

Hearing on airline buyouts in the House Public Works & Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation. This subcommittee is chaired by Democratic Representative of Minnesota, James Oberstar.

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…

The Annual Meeting of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Focusing of Homelessness and Housing issues.

Debate continued on H.R. 2461 Dept. of Defense authorization for FY 1990 and 1991 for military functions and prescription of personnel levels.

H.R. 2136 was passed which limited the length of time an individual could be held for contempt in child custody cases.The House agreed to the Senate amendments to S. 694 amending the Energy …

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 rejected H.Res. 180 on agreeing to the conference report on H.R. 2072 which would have made dire emergency supplemental appropriations and transfers for FY89. The House also comple…

The House met.

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.

Representatives Peter Hoagland (D-Nebraska) and John Lewis (D-Georgia) react to the selection of Tom Foley (D-Washington) as Speaker of the House after the resignation of Speaker Jim Wright …

The House passed H.R. 1750, to implement the Bipartisan Accord on Central America (Contra Humanitarian Aid).

The House passed H.R. 103 which appropriated funds to the House committees for investigations and studies.

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…

Keynote address by Senator Sam Nunn at the Democratic Leadership Council meeting.

The subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 1231, to direct the President to establish an emergency board to investigate and report on the dispute between Eastern Airlines and its collective bar…

The House convened for legislative business. Note: There is some video breakup during the program

The House agreed to H.R. 84, to establish the Select Committee on Hunger, the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, and the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control.

Nominee Louis Sullivan appears before the Senate Finance Committee in the Secretary of HHS confirmation hearing.