Former Members of Congress
37th Annual Spring Meeting of the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress. The 37th Annual Report to Congress was presented and the Distinguished Service Award was given to The H…
244 views37th Annual Spring Meeting of the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress. The 37th Annual Report to Congress was presented and the Distinguished Service Award was given to The H…
244 viewsFormer members of the U.S. House of Representatives gathered for their annual meeting. They paid tribute to their colleague Bill Richardson, who serves as U.S. Ambassador to the United Natio…
269 viewsThis forum was sponsored by the International Republican Institute to inform international visitors about the American Democracy process. Mr. Bailey described the convention process and resp…
40 viewsThe House passed H.R. 2065, to improve tropical forest management, by a voice vote. The House passed H.R. 5932, to improve educational equity and excellence, by a voice vote. The House agree…
View in Congressional Chronicle599 viewsThe House agreed to the conference report for H.R. 5400, reform campaigns. The House agreed to the conference report for H.R. 5257, making appropriations for Labor and Health and Human Servi…
View in Congressional Chronicle391 viewsThe 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 …
View in Congressional Chronicle116 viewsThe House agreed to H.Res. 487 which provided for the consideration of H.R. 5835, intelligence authorizations. The House agreed to H.Res. 509, providing for the consideration of H.R. 5835, t…
View in Congressional Chronicle303 viewsThe House passed H.R. 5803 which contained the defense appropriations for fiscal year 1991 after rejecting the Traficant and Penny amendments. The Traficant (D-OH) amendment sought to implem…
View in Congressional Chronicle164 viewsThe House agreed to recommit the conference report on S. 2104, amending the Civil Rights Act of 1964, to the committee of conferees to include language that makes it clear that businessmen a…
View in Congressional Chronicle213 viewsThe House continued consideration of H.R. 488, which set forth the congressional budget for fiscal years 1991 through 1995. Although many representatives found certain aspects of the budget …
View in Congressional Chronicle76 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle343 viewsThe House agreed to H.R. 5170, Airport and Airway Improvement bill, to authorize appropriations to improve aviation safety and capacity after substituting the committee amendment and rejecti…
View in Congressional Chronicle161 viewsIn an unusual action, Speaker Foley made a strongly worded one-minute speech at the opening of the session to condemn the Irish Republican Army terrorist killing of Conservative British Hous…
View in Congressional Chronicle341 viewsThe House agreed to H. Res. 443, the rule for H.R. 5355. The House passed H.R. 5355 to increase the statutory limit on the public debt. The House agreed to the Dorgan amendment to H.R. 5355 …
View in Congressional Chronicle203 viewsThe House passed H.R. 5115, to improve education in the United States, and miscellaneous amendments. The Roukema (R-NJ) amendment to change the formula for student eligibility was rejected. …
View in Congressional Chronicle230 viewsOn this viewer call-in program, John Buechner talked about President George HW Bush’s decision to increase taxes.
39 viewsThe House passed H.R. 5114, making appropriations for foreign operations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991. The Smith(R-NJ) amendment to allow the Agnecy for International Develo…
View in Congressional Chronicle162 viewsThe House voted to override the president’s veto of H.R. 20, to amend Title 5, United States Code (the Hatch Act), concerning the participation of federal civilian employees in the political…
View in Congressional Chronicle221 viewsThe House passed H.R. 2567, to authorize additional appropriations for the construction of the Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, and miscellaneous amendments. The House failed to authorize app…
View in Congressional Chronicle183 viewsThe House passed H.R. 3848, concerning Federal Depository agencies found guilty of money laundering. The House debated H.Con.Res. 310 regarding the congressional budget, but came to no resol…
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