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The House passed H.R. 3566, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY90. Also the House agreed to conference reports on H…

House and Senate Budget Committee members met to reconcile federal budget legislation.

The House disagreed to the Senate amendments to H.R. 2461, the National Defense Authorization Act for FY90, and agreed to a conference with the Senate.

The House debated and voted on the conference report to H.R. 1278, Savings and Loan Reform. It passed 200-175.

The House debated the Conference Report on H.R. 1278 Savings and Loan Reform and H.R. 3072 Defense Appropriations.

The House passed H.R. 2705 which guarantees federal employees a health benefit program. H.R. 2991 was passed authorizing appropriations for the Commerce, State, and Justice Departments as re…

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

The House passed H.R. 1056, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to clarify provisions concerning the application of certain requirements and sanctions to federal facilities. The bill would…

Rep. Jim Slattery D-Kansas talks about the administration’s FY '90 budget.

Committee held a hearing to review issues relating to the formulation of the 1990 Farm Bill.The committee heard from several then-members of Congress, the Governors of North Dakota and Kansa…

The House debates three amendments to the Savings and Loan Restructuring Plan (HR 1278). The first amendment, introduced by Representative Annunzio, would restore civil penelties for banking…

Guests discussed the resignation of the Speaker of the House Jim Wright. They answered viewer questions.

An oversight hearing of the House Ways and Means subcommittee on Human resources was held on the Family Support Act of 1988. Proposals to Improve the Supplemental Security Income program wa…

The conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H. Con. Res. 106, setting forth the congressional budget for the U.S. gov…

The House and Senate conferees held a hearing on H. Con. Res. 106, setting forth the congressional budget for the U.S. government for the fiscal years 1990-92.

In the open session House Budget Committee members marked up the fiscal year 1990 federal budget resolution. The committee had met before this in a closed-door session. The committee ordered…

Representative Jim Slattery, a member of the House Budget Committee, discussed the budget compromise between the White House and Congress. He answered viewer questions.

The House passed H.R. 20, to restore to Federal civilian employees their right to participate voluntarily in the political processes of the nation. The House also passed H.R. 1385 to establi…

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.