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The House passed six bills while under suspension of the rules. One of the bills passed was H.R. 3318 which authorized the Mickey Leland Federal building in Houston, Texas.

The forum was held shortly after Sony had purchased Columbia Pictures and after Time Inc. had merged with Warner Communications. Ungar acted as the moderator. On the panel was Rep. Markey, t…

The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2788 which makes appropriations for the Interior Department for FY90. Debate continued on H.R. 3299 which deals with section 5 of the concur…

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 House concluded debate and passed H.R. 2461, the national defense bill, to authorize Dept. of Defense appropriations for fiscal years 1990 and 1991.

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 began consideration of amendments to H.R. 2461, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1990 and 1991, but came to no resolution.

The House failed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1594 which would grant nondiscriminatory treatment to Hungarian products for five years. The House suspended the rules and passed H.Res. 1…

Rep. Bill Archer and Sen. Ed Markey addressed the United Shareholders Association Annual Meeting. Archer spoke about American competitiveness and Markey talked about making changes in the wa…

H.R. 1278, a measure to reform the federal deposit insurance system and enhance regulatory and enforcement powers of federal financial institution regulatory agencies was agreed upon. This r…

The conference concerns the relationship between broadcasters and cable operators, the role of government in legislating the industries, and current issues and technological advances that wi…

The House passed H.R. 1487 which authorized appropriations for the State Department for fiscal years 1990 and 1991 after agreeing to sixteen amendments and rejecting four. The debated H.Res.…

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…

The subcommittee concluded hearings of the impact of illegal and unfair foreign trade practices on interstate commerce.

The House agreed to H.R. 83, establishing the Commission on the United States House of Representatives Bicentenary. The House also agreed to S.Con.Res. 5, providing for the use of the Rotund…