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The 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 …

The House passed H.R. 2190, to establish national voter registration procedures for elections for federal office. The House read a message from the president wherein he transmits the report …

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 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…

The House passed H.R. 5755, to extend the temporary increase in the public debt limit, by a voice vote. The House also passed H.J.Res. 655 making appropriations for FY91 and supplemental app…

The 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…

The House passed H.R. 5399, making appropriations for the legislative branch after agreeing to the Synar en bloc, Hefner, Roberts, and Penny amendments and rejecting the Fawell and Frenzel a…

The committee heard testimony from the State Department, TransAfrica, and investment banks concerning legislation that would prohibit U.S. depository institutions from providing certain serv…

Members of Congress spoke about the challenges and opportunities for public transit at a legislative conference of the American Public Transit Association.

House Democrats announced that they had returned all of their leaders to office by acclamation. Rep. Foley will return as speaker of the House as will Rep. Gephardt as majority leader and Re…

Congressman Gray, majority whip in the House of Representatives, addresses the Bethune-DuBois Fund forum on foreign policy and other issues. The Bethune-DuBois program was organized in 1987 …

At the 1990 Issues Forum hosted by the Bethune-Dubois Fund, Congressman William Gray spoke about Public Policy and Foreign Affairs. Congressman Donald Payne recounted the opportunities affor…

House Democratic Congressional leaders hosted a news conference where they spoke on the budget reconciliation package which the House passed.

In an excerpt from the floor of the House, members debated H.J. Res. 350, proposing a constitutional amendment banning desecration of the U.S. flag. Members voted not to approve the amendmen…

The 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…

The House passed H.R. 4000, known as the Civil Rights Act of 1990 to strengthen civil rights laws that ban employment discrimination. The House passed H.R. 5350 a short-term debt limit incre…

In an excerpt from House floor debate of May 1, 1990, members consider an amendment to H. Con. Res. 310 proposed by Rep. Dellums that would cut the defense budget and would reallocate those …

House Majority Whip Rep. Gray delivered the keynote address on the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the need to continue fighting discrimination. Rev. Lowery and Rep. Kennedy,Herbert Gray,Henry Ma…

The 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…

In an excerpt from the floor, the congressional leaders discussed the schedule for the coming week.