Congressional Response to September 11, 2001
Four former members of Congress and one former member of the Bush administration discussed the relationship between Congress and the executive branch through the September 11, 2001, terroris…
604 viewsFour former members of Congress and one former member of the Bush administration discussed the relationship between Congress and the executive branch through the September 11, 2001, terroris…
604 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 views9 Bills were considered with a Suspension under the Rules. This is generally done for noncontroversial bills.
View in Congressional Chronicle243 viewsMembers of the House of Representatives debated S. 250, the National Voter Registration Act, also known as the motor voter bill. The bill, which would allow voters to register when applying …
219 viewsOn this day, the U.S. House of Representatives took up consideration of the following bills: S 250-- A bill to establish national voter registration procedures for federal elections. HR 2660…
View in Congressional Chronicle532 viewsThe House of Representatives took up the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill and the Fiscal Year 1992 Intelligence Authorizations Bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle629 viewsThe House continued consideration of H.R. 6, to reform the deposit insurance system to enforce the congressionally established limits on the amount of deposit insurance. The House passed S. …
View in Congressional Chronicle280 viewsThe House continued consideration of H.R. 3371, to control and prevent crime.
View in Congressional Chronicle297 viewsMembers of the House of Representatives debated amendments and legislation facing the House. Among the legislation that was facing the House was H.R. 5, the Workplace Fairness Act. It was al…
View in Congressional Chronicle291 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle266 viewsThe House met in a rare Saturday session to complete action on 3 resolutions regarding U.S policy in the Persian Gulf. It passed H. Con. Res. 32, to express the sense of Congress that Congre…
View in Congressional Chronicle796 viewsThe House completed all general debate on the situation in the Middle East. The House agreed to three extensions of the time for general debate by two hours, four hours, and four hours, resp…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,868 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 Chronicle598 viewsThe House agreed to the conference report on S. 1430, to enhance national and community service. A letter from Rep. Donald E. Lukens, of Ohio, was read, wherein he resigned as a member of th…
View in Congressional Chronicle308 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 agreed to H.J. Res. 658 to support the president’s actions with respect to the Iraqi aggression against Kuwait and to demonstrate the United States' resolve. The House agreed to H.…
View in Congressional Chronicle289 viewsThe House passed H.R. 5649, NASA’s multi-year authorization act, by a voice vote. The House passed H.R. 5746 to extend the Export Administration Act of 1979 by a voice vote. The House also p…
View in Congressional Chronicle171 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 Chronicle323 viewsThe 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…
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