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Ambassador Robert Strauss testified before the House Agriculture Committee on the food situation in the independent states of the former Soviet Union. Issues brought up in the hearing includ…

The Investigations subcommittee heard testimony on allegations of a cover-up in the 1988 interception and downing of an Iranian airbus by the USS Vincennes. Newsweek Magazine and ABC’s Night…

HR 5100: A bill to strengthen the international trade position of the United States. HR 5560: A bill to extend the National Commission on Time and Learning. HR 5517: A bill to make approp…

Members of the US House of Representatives were scheduled to complete work on H.R. 5006 - the Defense Department Authorization bill for the fiscal year of 1993.

The U.S. House of Representative debated HR 477: A resolution relating to noncurrent records of the former Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran, 100th Congress.…

HR 5132: A bill to make dire emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster assistance to meet urgent needs because of calamities such as those which occurred in Los Angeles and Chicago…

HJR 456: A resolution to make futher continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1992. HR 1558: A resolution to amend the Panama Canal Act of 1979 to provide for a chairman of the board …

The House voted to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 707, to improve the regulation of futures trading and to authorize appropriations for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The House v…

Members of U.S. House of Representatives took up consideration of HR-586 bill user suspension of the rules. The measure would require the administration to issue monthly reports to congress …

Larry Hopkins (R-KY) spoke to reporters after attending President George H.W. Bush’s meeting with freshmen congressmen. Mr. Hopkins said that he hoped that Congress would vote to support the…

The U.S. House of Representatives met for further business. The House failed to agree to the conference report on H.R. 5311, making appropriations for the District of Columbia, and rejected …

The House rejected the Thomas motion to accept the Senate provisions to H.R. 5400, amending the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. The Senate provisions in question related to franked ma…

The House agreed to H. Res. 464, providing for agreeing to the amendments of the Senate to H.R. 4328. The House agreed to the amendments of the Senate to H.R. 4328, the Trade Agencies Author…

The House agreed to H.Res. 461, to restrict the amendments considered with H.R. 4739. The House continued consideration of amendments to H.R. 4739, to authorize appropriations for military f…

The House completed general debate and began consideration of amendments on H.R. 4739, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1991 for military functions of the Department of Defense; t…

The subcommittee met to hear testimony on H.Res. 3999, which was legislation for communities affected by cuts in the defense budget.

Several Congressional members gave remarks to the press on the recent U.S. military action in Panama.

The House passed and cleared for the president H.R. 2978, the Flag Protection Act. H.R. 1495, the Arms Control Agency Authorization was passed. The House passed H.R. 2748 which authorizes ap…

The House began consideration of amendments to H.R. 2461, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1990 and 1991, but came to no resolution.

The committee continued hearings to review issues relating to the formulation of the 1990 farm bill. Specifically, members heard from Secretary of Agriculture Clayton K. Yeutter and Deputy U…