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The House reconvened after a recess and agreed to S.Con.Res. 84 providing for the correction of technical errors in the enrollment of H.R. 3660, to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978…

The House passed numerous bills, including S. 974, the Nevada Wilderness Protection Act; H.R. 3402, the Support For East European Democracy (Seed) Act; S. 737, the Rocky Mountain Land Acquis…

Under suspension of the rules the House passed several measures. Of special interest was H.R. 3303, the Chemical and Biological Warfare Elimination Act to control the export of any item that…

Witnesses Edwin Gray, former chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, and Shannon Fairbanks, former chief of staff of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, testified before the House Bankin…

Witnesses testified before the House Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs Committee about business practices at Lincoln Savings and Loan and its role in the financial crisis.

The House Aging Subcommittee on Health and Long Term Care held a hearing on Medigap Insurance, also known as Medicare supplemental insurance. Witnesses addressed the effects high premiums ha…

The House disagreed to the Senate amendments of H.R. 3072, the FY90 Department of Defense appropriations, and to H.R. 2991, FY90 departments of Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary appropr…

The House Banking Committee held a hearing as part of their investigation into the collapse of Lincoln Savings and Loan of California.

The House failed to override the president’s veto of H.R. 2990 which concerned FY90 appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services. The House agreed to H.R. 45 which calls fo…

HUD Secretary Jack Kemp testified before the House Banking Subcommittee about proposed HUD Reforms and changes to the Department of Housing Urban Development. The Hearing was chaired by Repr…

The House passed H.R. 3299 which provides for reconciliation pursuant to section 5 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY90. H.R. 2712, the Emergency Chinese Adjustment of Status …

The complete title of the panel discussion is “The Impact of Government on the Arts: Money, Legislation, and Censorship.” The issue arose after a controversial touring exhibit of Roger Mappl…

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

Under suspension of the rules the house passed several measures. Of special note H.R.3281 Defense Production Act of 1950 was amended and extended. This law had been enacted shortly after the…

Representative Mary Rose Oakar (D-OH) was a member of the Pepper Commission on Comprehensive Health Care. Representative Harris Fawell (R-IL) favored repealing current legislation. They answ…

The subcommittee began hearings on deposit insurance and credit unions and the general state of the federal deposit insurance system. Testimony focused specifically on the bank insurance fun…

President George H.W. Bush signs into law the Savings and Loan Recapitalization Bill. After the signing, members of congress made remarks to the press.

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

United States House of Representatives debated an amendment which would require the census to count illegal aliens. Since the census results are used to determine the number of representativ…

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…