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The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2100, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1992 and 1993 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construc…

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives debated the conference report to H.R. 2100, the Defense Authorization Act of 1992. The bill would appropriate $291 billion to the Department of D…

The House passed H.R. 2, to entitle employees to family leave in certain cases involving a birth, an adoption, or a serious health condition and temporary medical leave in certain cases invo…

The House passed H.R. 3049, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to restore authority in courts to naturalize persons as citizens. The House passed H.R. 3508, to amend the Public Hea…

The House suspended the rules and passed H.R. 1297, to amend the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to authorize the use by special coastal states of apportionments under that act fo…

House Legislative Session. The House suspended the rules and passed H.R. 1674, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to reauthorize the Federal Communications Commission.

Representative Bart Gordon (D-TN) participated in a viewer call-in program where he discussed student loan defaults.

The House passed H.R. 1096, to authorize appropriations for programs, functions, and activities of the Bureau of Land Management for fiscal years 1992-95.

The Rules committee heard testimony on bills and amendments relating to the extension of most favored nation trade status for China. The extension would allow the resumption of normalized tr…

H.Res. 179, the Rule waiving certain points of order during consideration of H.R. 2686, was agreed to. The House concluded all general debate on H.R. 2686, making appropriations for the Depa…

The House passed H.R. 2508, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The Broomfield (R-MI) motion to recommit with instructions was rejected. THe Bereuter (R-NE) amendment to provide dis…

The House passed H.R. 1578, concerning the employment and re-employment rights of veterans and other members of the uniformed services. The House passed S.248, to amend the Wild and Scenic R…

Members of the House Rules Committee heard testimony on rules concerning the debate of gun control measures in the House of Representatives.

The House passed H.R. 1455, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1991 for intelligence activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Staff, and the Central In…

The Speaker made appointments to the Office of Fair Employment Practices and the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission. The House voted to suspend the rules and pass S.534 and S. 565, authoriz…

The panelists talked about how the United States should be involved in the many international government changes that are taking place. The “new world order” was discussed from a military an…

The subcommittee heard testimony on H.R. 328, the Telephone Consumer Assistance Act, which would regulate the use of pay-per-minute “900” telephone numbers by U.S. companies. A “900” number,…

The committee took up and voted on a rule to determine the procedure to be taken for the Persian Gulf debate in Congress. The rule called for the House to take twelve hours of general debate…