House Session
The House agreed to H.Res. 527 to waive certain rules. The House agreed to the conference report on S. 605, enhancing consumer product safety. The House agreed to the Senate amendments to H.…
View in Congressional Chronicle408 viewsThe House agreed to H.Res. 527 to waive certain rules. The House agreed to the conference report on S. 605, enhancing consumer product safety. The House agreed to the Senate amendments to H.…
View in Congressional Chronicle408 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle313 viewsThe House postponed a vote on H.Res. 517, the Rule to consider the budget-waiving requirement for two-thirds vote procedures.
View in Congressional Chronicle116 viewsThe House suspended the rules and passed S. 2737 establishing the minting of a silver dollar coin commemorating the ending of the Korean War and honoring those who served. The House suspende…
View in Congressional Chronicle264 viewsThe House session continued with an agreement of a proposed budget resolution. By a yea-and-nay vote of 250 yeas to 164 nays, the House agreed to the conference report on H. Con. Res. 310, s…
View in Congressional Chronicle105 viewsThe House of Representatives came back in session to resume their work on the Fiscal Year 1991 Budget and Deficit Reduction Plan. The House was expected to take up a veto override, and attem…
View in Congressional Chronicle206 viewsThe House voted to suspend the rules and pass H.R.1608, to assess the dietary and nutritional status of the U.S. population. The House voted to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 5759, Age Disc…
View in Congressional Chronicle216 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle393 viewsThe House agreed to H. Res. 443, the rule for H.R. 5355. The House passed H.R. 5355 to increase the statutory limit on the public debt. The House agreed to the Dorgan amendment to H.R. 5355 …
View in Congressional Chronicle204 viewsThe House passed H.R. 5313, making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense. During consideration, the House rejected the Penny amendment to have an across-the-…
View in Congressional Chronicle216 viewsThe House sustained the President’s veto of H.R. 770, which would entitle employees to family and medical leave in certain cases. The House continued consideration of H.R. 3950, the “Food an…
View in Congressional Chronicle228 viewsThe House passed H.R. 5268 , making appropriations for Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies programs, and miscellaneous amendments. The House passed H.R. 5258, to require tha…
View in Congressional Chronicle203 viewsThe House voted to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4982, which promoted the study of mathematics and science in elementary schools and to provide training for mathematics and science teacher…
View in Congressional Chronicle188 viewsThe House passed H.R. 5241, making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independant Agencies, and …
View in Congressional Chronicle141 viewsThe House of Representatives passed H.R. 5158, making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans' Affairs and Housing and Urban Development. It also passed H.R. 5149, to amend the Child …
View in Congressional Chronicle241 viewsRepresentative Roukema discussed the president’s possible veto of the Family and Medical Leave Act. She serves on the House Education and Labor Committee and is a co-sponsor of the bill.
1,778 viewsThe committee received the semi-annual report of the oversight board of the Resolution Trust Corporation.
122 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle152 viewsThe House agreed, with amendment, to the Senate amendment of H.R. 1594, giving Hungary favored-nation trade status. The House debated H.R. 770, which entitles employees to family leave in ce…
View in Congressional Chronicle145 viewsThe House began reading for amendment under the five-minute rule on H.R. 3581, the Rural Economic Act of 1989, but came to no resolution thereon.
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