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The House reconvened after a recess and further amended H.R. 3607, Catastrophic Health Coverage. They also passed the following legislation: H.Res. 299, Judiciary Committee Election; H.R. 3…

The House Government Operations Subcommittee on Environment, Energy & Natural Resources held a hearing with witnesses from the EPA, the government accounting office, and the NJ Department of…

While under suspension of the rules the House debated five pieces of legislation. The yeas and nays were demanded on two of these measures. These were H.Res. 257 which denounced restrictive …

Rep. Schulze and Rep. Dorgan appear as witnesses.

House Ways and Means Committee held a meeting to discuss Enterprise Zones

The House continued consideration of amendments on H.R. 3299, the FY90 Budget Reconciliation.

The House disagreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1312, the Domestic Volunteer Service Act, to revise and extend the programs of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, and agreed to a…

The House passed H.R. 3012 to make appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1990. Funding was included for the Departments plan to close obsolet…

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

This portion of the “House Ways and Means Committee Bicentennial Symposium: Three Decades of Change” discusses service on the committee from the perspective of the members. Rudder, a scholar…

Congress members react to president Bush’s proposals on campaign finance reform.

The House met in Pro Forma session. Many speakers with One minute speeches for the first 40 minutes. Topics predominated with the Chinese response in Tiananmen Sqare, but also included Bush …

The House expressed its condolences on the death of Representative Claude Pepper, (D) Florida, as a mark of further respect, the House adjourned in his memory. The House also agreed to a res…

The House agreed to H.R. 678 to make a correction in the Education and Training for a Competitive America Act of 1988. The House debated H.R. 2072, making dire emergency supplemental appropr…

The House debates HR18, an amendment to Title 3 of the United States Code of the Uniform Time Act of 1976. The amendment would establish a single uniform closing time for polls in the contin…

The House session continued. Committee Funding Resolution.

The House Budget Committee heard testimony from FED Chairman Alan Greenspan about the FY 90 Federal Budget proposal by the Bush Administration.

The House met in Pro Forma session.

The committee heard testimony on the status of tax breaks given to purchasers of failing thrift institutions. Specifically, the committee investigated how much of the tax breaks would be abs…