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The House agreed to the conference report on S. 1430, to enhance national and community service. A letter from Rep. Donald E. Lukens, of Ohio, was read, wherein he resigned as a member of th…

The U.S. House of Representatives met and voted on a number of bills. They also continued discussion of the on going budget impasse and potential government shutdown as well as adjustments t…

The House agreed to the Murtha motion to close the conference committee meetings on H.R. 5803, Defense appropriations, to the public. The House agreed to the conference report on S. 2104, am…

The House agreed to H.Res. 487 which provided for the consideration of H.R. 5835, intelligence authorizations. The House agreed to H.Res. 509, providing for the consideration of H.R. 5835, t…

Retiring U.S. Representative Augustus Hawkins(D-CA) spoke of his 28 years in the House and nearly three decades in the California State Assembly. His political career, which spanned the New …

The House passed the crime control bill, H.R. 5269 after agreeing to the Hughes, Douglas, Waxman, and Dingell amendments and rejecting the Sensenbrenner amendment. The House agreed to the As…

The House passed H.R. 2039, the Job Training Partnership Act, to improve the delivery of services to hard-to-serve adults and youth. Representative Patsy Mink was also sworn in during the se…

The House agreed to the Senate amendments to H.R. 4328, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1991 and 1992 for the customs and trade agencies. The House continued consideration of am…

The House agreed to H.R. 5170, Airport and Airway Improvement bill, to authorize appropriations to improve aviation safety and capacity after substituting the committee amendment and rejecti…

The House passed H.R. 3774, to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 relating to the suspension of airworthiness certificates at the end of the economic design life of aircraft. The House c…

The House passed H.R. 5229, making appropriations for the Department of Transportation. The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 291, expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to account a…

The House voted to override the president’s veto of H.R. 20, to amend Title 5, United States Code (the Hatch Act), concerning the participation of federal civilian employees in the political…

The House passed S. 1846, to make miscellaneous amendments to Indian Laws. The House passed S.J. Res. 275, designating May 13, 1990 as “National Day in Support of Freedom and Human Rights in…

The House passed H.R. 3, to authorize appropriations to expand Head Start programs and programs carried out under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include child care ser…

The House Education and Labor Committee met with the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights to hear testimony on the Civil Rights Act of 1990.

The House Education and Labor Committee met with the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights to hear testimony on the Civil Rights Act of 1990.

The House Education and Labor Committee met with the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights to hear testimony on the Civil Rights Act of 1990. Don Ayer, Deputy Attor…

Witnessed testified about the recently introduced Civil Rights Act of 1990. They talked about race and gender discrimination, quotas, disparate impact, and damage awards as these issues rel…

Conference of the National School Boards Association held a Panel discussion on Education Issues in the 101st Congress, featured speakers included Representative Augustus Hawkins, D-Californ…

Committee chairman Hawkins criticized the Office for Civil Rights for failing to answer requests from the committee for more information on civil rights enforcement. He asked why the O.C.R. …