House Session
The U.S. House Of Representatives passed H.R. 3750, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for a voluntary system of spending limits and benefits for House of Represen…
View in Congressional Chronicle335 viewsThe U.S. House Of Representatives passed H.R. 3750, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for a voluntary system of spending limits and benefits for House of Represen…
View in Congressional Chronicle335 viewsThe House passed H.R. 3839, to make appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. After a series of one-minute speeches by members, the Bill was intr…
View in Congressional Chronicle439 viewsDemocratic members of Congress held a news conference to criticize the George H.W. Bush administration’s domestic agenda. The Democratic leaders argued the Bush administration had guided its…
58 viewsImmediately preceding the signing of the Civil Rights Act by President Bush, three Democratic members of the House of Representatives held a news conference to criticize the language of the …
101 viewsThe House of Representatives took up the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill and the Fiscal Year 1992 Intelligence Authorizations Bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle630 viewsThe House passed H.R. 2, to entitle employees to family leave in certain cases involving a birth, an adoption, or a serious health condition and temporary medical leave in certain cases invo…
View in Congressional Chronicle407 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle241 viewsThe House continued consideration of H.R. 6, to reform the deposit insurance system to enforce the congressionally established limits on the amount of deposit insurance. The House passed S. …
View in Congressional Chronicle280 viewsThe House passed H.R. 2454, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to impose debarments and other penalties for illegal activities involving the approval of abbreviated drug…
View in Congressional Chronicle324 viewsThe House passed H.R. 2950 to develop a national intermodal surface transportation system, to authorize funds for the construction of highways, for highway safety programs, and for mass tran…
View in Congressional Chronicle593 viewsThe House continued consideration of H.R. 3371, to control and prevent crime.
View in Congressional Chronicle297 viewsThe House agreed to the conference report on S. 1722, which provided emergency unemployment compensation. Representative Jim Nussle (R-IA) gave a one-minute speech wearing a paper bag on his…
View in Congressional Chronicle403 viewsMembers of the House of Representatives debated the conference report on S. 1722, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991. S. 1722 would provide extended unemployment benefits fo…
107 viewsHouse Legislative Session. The House suspended the rules and passed H.R. 3350, to extend the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
View in Congressional Chronicle155 viewsMembers of the Congressional Black Caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives testified against the nomination of Judge Thomas to the Supreme Court.
557 viewsSpeaker of the House of Representatives Foley and several Democratic members of Congress held a news conference in the U.S. Capitol to announce the names of three new Democratic congressiona…
110 viewsMembers of the House Public Works and Transportation committee discussed amendments to H.R. 2950, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Infrastructure Act of 1991 in preparation for its intr…
109 viewsMembers of the Congressional Black Caucus briefed reporters on the White House driveway after their meeting with President Bush, in which they discussed continuing sanctions against South Af…
112 viewsThe House passed H.R. 2312, amending the Follow Through and Head Start Acts, H.R. 2313, to amend the School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Act of 1988, and several environmental acts. The …
View in Congressional Chronicle151 viewsReports filed in the House included S. 248, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, and H. Res. 144, providing for the consideration of H.R. 7, to amend title 18, to require a waiting perio…
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