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Under suspension of the rules the House passed several measures. Of special interest was H.R. 1602, the Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act to amend the Public Health Service Ac…

The House agreed to Senate amendments and passed H.R. 2916 which made appropriations for the Departments of Veterans' Affairs, and Housing and Urban Development. The House also approved H.R.…

The House agreed to the conference report for H.R. 2916, FY90 appropriations for the Departments of Veterans' Affairs and Housing & Urban Development. Amendments for this bill were debated w…

The House resumed debate on conference report H.R. 3026 for FY90 District of Columbia government appropriations and agreed to concur with the Senate’s previous amendment. The House also agre…

Hearing on airline buyouts in the House Public Works & Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation. This subcommittee is chaired by Democratic Representative of Minnesota, James Oberstar.

The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2788 which makes appropriations for the Interior Department for FY90. Debate continued on H.R. 3299 which deals with section 5 of the concur…

The House passed H.R. 2869, the Commodity Futures Improvement Act. This bill is designated to toughen federal regulation of the commodity futures markets as well as permanently authorize the…

While under the suspension of the rules the House passed several measures. Of special note was H.R. 2987, the Flag Protection Act. This bill amends the United States Code to protect the phys…

The House debated and voted on the conference report to H.R. 1278, Savings and Loan Reform. It passed 200-175.

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

The House rejected H.Res. 180 on agreeing to the conference report on H.R. 2072 which would have made dire emergency supplemental appropriations and transfers for FY89. The House also comple…

The House met.

The House agreed to H.Con.Res. 121, expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the assassination of Colonel James Rowe in the Philippines.

The House met to consider 5 bills under suspension of the rules. Those bills included, H.R. 968, the Noise Reduction Reimbursement Act of 1989, H.R. 838, which authorized Secretary of Transp…

The House voted to pass H.R. 972 to increase the authority of the Attorney General to settle claims for damages resulting from law enforcement activities of the Department of Justice. The Ho…

A House Merchant Marine Subcommittee on Navigation hearing was held on the clean-up operation of the Exxon-Valdez oil spill in Alaskan.

The House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing on aviation security. Witnesses included two panels: The first was Representative Dave McCurdy (D-OK) and Re…

The subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 1231, to direct the President to establish an emergency board to investigate and report on the dispute between Eastern Airlines and its collective bar…