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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 Joint Economic Committee and the Europe and the Middle East Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee met together and considered the impact of the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, …

The House voted to suspend the rules and pass fifteen measures: H.R. 4611, to amend the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984; H.R. 4314, regarding international commercial arbitration; …

The House voted to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2843, amended, to establish the Kino Missions National Monument in the State of Arizona.

The committee met to discuss the 1990 Farm Bill and to review the budget for the fiscal year 1991. The meeting also included testimony from the Secretary of Agriculture, Clayton Yeutter.

The House agreed to H.Res. 309, providing for the consideration of H.R. 2190, to establish national voter registration procedures for elections for federal office. The House recessed to rece…

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…

After hearing an address by the president of South Korea, Roh Tae Woo, the House reconvened and debated two bills. H.R. 3299, a concurrent resolution on the budget for FY90 was defeated, and…

The House passed H.R. 3299 which provides for reconciliation pursuant to section 5 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY90. H.R. 2712, the Emergency Chinese Adjustment of Status …

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

The House passed H.R. 2989, making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the U.S. Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and other independent agencies for fiscal year …

General debate was concluded on the Dept. of Defense appropriations bill, H.R. 2461. DOD Authorization for Fiscal years 1990 and 1991. Lengthy debate on the General Rule for the Bill, much o…

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…

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…

The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 106 to set forth the congressional budget for the U.S. government for the fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992.

A report was filed impeaching Judge Walter L. Nixon, Jr., for high crimes and misdemeanors.

H.R. 2 was passed to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to restore the minimum wage to a fair and equitable rate. House passed S.J. Res. 87 to commend Israel and Egypt for their ten year obs…

Witnesses testified on drug abuse and the proposed drug legislation. There are Two short breaks during the program.

The House agreed to H.R. 5247, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the United States Army Corps of Engineers to construct various pro…