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The House Ways and Means committee heard testimony on the high costs of health care and health insurance on Americans and American businesses.

The House met in a rare Saturday session to complete action on 3 resolutions regarding U.S policy in the Persian Gulf. It passed H. Con. Res. 32, to express the sense of Congress that Congre…

The House failed to agree to H. Res. 101, disapproving the extension of fast-track procedures to start trade negotiations. The House agreed to H.Res. 146, expressing the sense of the House o…

The House agreed to the conference report on S. 1722, which provided emergency unemployment compensation. Representative Jim Nussle (R-IA) gave a one-minute speech wearing a paper bag on his…

During the meeting of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Committee on Appropriations received permission to meet until midnight to file a report on H.R. 2506, making legislative appropri…

The House passed H.R. 1989, to authorize appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Technological Administration of the Department of Commerce.

The committee heard testimony on the second of four days of scheduled hearings looking at various economic growth and tax reform proposals. Twenty-three members of Congress offered their spe…

The House agreed to H.Con. Res. 121, revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal year 1991 and setting forth the congressional budget for the next five …

The House agreed to the conference report on S. 543, to reform federal deposit insurance, to protect the deposit insurance funds, recapitalize the Bank Insurance Fund, and improve supervisio…

The committee continued to hear testimony on proposals to reduce taxes for middle-class Americans from members of the Department of the Treasury and the White House. The middle class tax cut…

The committee heard testimony from Mr. Darman, head of the Office of Management and Budget, on the fiscal year 1992 budget proposals from the Bush Administration. Mr. Darman discussed recent…

The US House of Representatives passed H.J. Res. 231, that provided that the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission shall make recommendations in 1993 and 1995 for the closure and r…

The U.S. House Of Representatives passed H.R. 3750, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for a voluntary system of spending limits and benefits for House of Represen…

The Ways and Means committee heard testimony from several members of Congress on health care reform proposals designed to provide basic health care to all Americans and stabilize the costs o…

The committee heard testimony on the high costs of health care to American businesses and individuals. Witnesses testified on the effects of the high costs, and on reform measures including …

The House of Representatives took up the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill and the Fiscal Year 1992 Intelligence Authorizations Bill.

The House passed H.R. 2435, to establish a National Council on Education Standards and Testing. The House completed all debate and passed H.R. 26, to require the Federal depository instituti…

The House passed H.R. 3768, which required the least-cost resolution of insured depository institutions, improved supervision, and examinations, and provided additional resources to the bank…

The House passed H.R. 2950 to develop a national intermodal surface transportation system, to authorize funds for the construction of highways, for highway safety programs, and for mass tran…

The House passed H.R. 3, to amend title 38, United States Code, to revise, effective as of January 1, 1991, the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilit…