House Session
The 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 Chronicle601 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 Chronicle601 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle324 viewsThe House agreed to H. Res. 466 providing for the consideration of H.R. 4793, reauthorizing small business. The Slaughter (D-NY) motion of the previous question on H.Res. 466 was agreed to. …
View in Congressional Chronicle296 viewsThe House passed H.R. 3774, to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 relating to the suspension of airworthiness certificates at the end of the economic design life of aircraft. The House c…
View in Congressional Chronicle95 viewsThe House agreed to suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1048, to provide for the acquisition and publication of data about crimes that manifest prejudice based on cer…
View in Congressional Chronicle149 viewsThe committee heard testimony from the State Department, TransAfrica, and investment banks concerning legislation that would prohibit U.S. depository institutions from providing certain serv…
271 viewsThe House Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing about Resolution Trust Corporation oversight. This was the first part of that hearing. The Resolution Trust Corporation …
131 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle259 viewsThe subcommittee began hearings on deposit insurance and credit unions and the general state of the federal deposit insurance system. Testimony focused specifically on the bank insurance fun…
91 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle273 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle330 viewsThe House failed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1594 which would grant nondiscriminatory treatment to Hungarian products for five years. The House suspended the rules and passed H.Res. 1…
View in Congressional Chronicle304 viewsThe House voted to sustain the President’s veto of H.R.2, the minimum wage law. The House also completed general debate on H.R. 1278, the financial institutions reform act.
View in Congressional Chronicle212 viewsThe House disagreed to the Senate amendments to H.R. 2072 Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and agreed to the Conte motion to instruct the House managers to wait until the Veterans …
View in Congressional Chronicle167 viewsThe Committee examined the effects of allowing billions of dollars of tax breaks to the purchasers of failed thrifts. Beyond the tax breaks, the effects on tax revenues and the budget defici…
170 viewsThe House passed H.R. 5462, to provide assistance for housing and community development in the United States-Mexico border region of the United States. The House failed to agree to H. Res. 5…
View in Congressional Chronicle286 viewsThe House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 3471, to establish the Veterans' Administration as an executive department. The House agreed to S.Con.Res. 154, to correct additional techni…
View in Congressional Chronicle347 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle286 viewsThe House Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on the state of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. William Seidman, FDIC Chairman, testified about the current c…
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