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Witnesses resumed public testimony into the Lincoln Savings & Loan bankruptcy.

Witnesses continued testimony on the investigation into the Lincoln Savings & Loan bankruptcy. The hearing was stopped to start private testimony.

REP. Henry Gonzalez, D-Texas, Committee Chairman, called to order the sixth of a series of hearings. The purpose of this hearing was to investigate the operation, supervision, conservatorshi…

The House passed numerous bills, including S. 974, the Nevada Wilderness Protection Act; H.R. 3402, the Support For East European Democracy (Seed) Act; S. 737, the Rocky Mountain Land Acquis…

The House debated the Ethics Reform Act, which would increase salaries for members of Congress, federal judges, and top federal officials.

The House Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs Committee held their fourth hearing about the Lincoln Savings & Loan closing.

Witnesses testified before the House Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs Committee about business practices at Lincoln Savings and Loan and its role in the financial crisis.

Witnesses Edwin Gray, former chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, and Shannon Fairbanks, former chief of staff of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, testified before the House Bankin…

Witnesses testified about business practices at Lincoln Savings and Loan. and its role in the financial crisis. There is some video breakup during the program.

The House agreed to the Senate amendments to H.R. 1502, the District of Columbia Police Authorization and Expansion Act, to authorize the appropriations to DC for additional officers and mem…

The House disagreed to the Senate amendments of H.R. 3072, the FY90 Department of Defense appropriations, and to H.R. 2991, FY90 departments of Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary appropr…

Under suspension of the rules the house passed several measures. Of special note H.R.3281 Defense Production Act of 1950 was amended and extended. This law had been enacted shortly after the…

The House passed two bills H.R. 1668 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Programs Authorization and H.R. 2427 NOAA Satellite Programs Authorization. These bills reauthoriz…

The House passed H.R. 3012 to make appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1990. Funding was included for the Departments plan to close obsolet…

The House debated H.R. 2916 appropriations bill for the Departments of Veterans' Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and other independent agencies, boards, and commissions for FY90. The…

The house debated an amendment proposed by Representative Schumer to cut funding for NASA’s space station program. Under the original version of the bill, the space station receives an incre…

The majority of the day was spent on H.R. 2788, FY90 Dept. of Interior appropriations. Of special note concerned debate over the funding of art which might be considered obscene or sacrilegi…

H.R. 2136 was passed which limited the length of time an individual could be held for contempt in child custody cases.The House agreed to the Senate amendments to S. 694 amending the Energy …

The United States House of Representatives met and voted unanimously to support the President’s call for clemency to the pro-democracy demonstrators in China following the Tienanmen Square M…

H.R. 1278, a measure to reform the federal deposit insurance system and enhance regulatory and enforcement powers of federal financial institution regulatory agencies was agreed upon. This r…