House Session
The U.S. House of Representatives met and debated HR 572: A bill to direct the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to conduct an investigation regarding possible unauthorized disclosu…
View in Congressional Chronicle199 viewsThe U.S. House of Representatives met and debated HR 572: A bill to direct the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to conduct an investigation regarding possible unauthorized disclosu…
View in Congressional Chronicle199 viewsThe United States House of Representatives considered the following bills HR 5269, HR 3836, HR 1435, and HR 3562. Representatives gave speeches for or against the bills proposed.
View in Congressional Chronicle114 viewsThe House passed S. 2050, to ensure that the ceiling established with respect to health education assistance loans does not prohibit the provision of federal loan insurance to new and previo…
View in Congressional Chronicle441 viewsThe House passed H.R. 3839, to make appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. After a series of one-minute speeches by members, the Bill was intr…
View in Congressional Chronicle439 viewsThe House passed H.R. 3768, which required the least-cost resolution of insured depository institutions, improved supervision, and examinations, and provided additional resources to the bank…
View in Congressional Chronicle382 viewsThe House suspended the rules and passed H.R. 3567, to amend the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to reserve assistance under the HOME Investment Partnerships Act for certai…
View in Congressional Chronicle90 viewsHouse Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Economic Policy heard testimony on China’s use of forced labor to produce goods for export to the United States. A short video segment fro…
258 viewsThe House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs heard testimony on contingency plans for the U.S. military in East Asia following a vote by the Philippine Senate denying …
349 viewsThe Defense Base Closure and Realignment commission heard testimony from congressmen on military bases slated to be closed by the Department of Defense. the Department of Defense proposed a …
72 viewsThe House filed a report to amend title 18, to require a waiting period before the purchase of a handgun. The House passed H.R. 1988, to authorize appropriations to NASA for research and ope…
View in Congressional Chronicle415 viewsThe House agreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 555. to amend the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to improve and clarify the protections provided by that Act, to clarify vet…
View in Congressional Chronicle350 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 passed H.R. 237, amended, to implement the Convention on Chemical and Biological Weapons. The House agreed to H.R. 4522, to require the U.S. Fire Administration to review and make …
View in Congressional Chronicle133 viewsThe House passed S. 1036, to improve the economic, community, and educational well-being of rural America. The House passed H.R. 4328, amended, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1…
View in Congressional Chronicle149 viewsThe U.S. House adopted Conference Report H.R. 2461 which authorizes funds for military personnel in the Defense Department. H.R. 1465, the Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act was pa…
View in Congressional Chronicle444 viewsH.R. 2136 was passed which limited the length of time an individual could be held for contempt in child custody cases.The House agreed to the Senate amendments to S. 694 amending the Energy …
View in Congressional Chronicle378 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 Chronicle302 viewsHouse Armed Services Committee Chairman Les Aspin, D-Wisconsin, held a nearly four hour long hearing with Defense Secretary Dick Chaney and ADM William Crowe, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of…
98 viewsThe subcommittee concluded hearings on fiscal years 1990 and 1991 budget request for the Department of State.
93 viewsThe Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held the confirmation hearing of Manuel Lujan to be Secretary of the Interior.
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