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| 1989-04-13 | Contra Aid [HR1750] | Failed (94-329) |
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| Dornan (R-CA) motion to recommit to the House Appropriations Committee the bill to provide non-military aid to the Nicaraguan resistance, with instructions to report it back to the House with an amendment to provide that humanitarian aid continue through Feb. 1990, unless Congress enacts a law specifically terminating it, and to provide procedures for expedited consideration in Congress of military aid to the freedom fighters if free and fair elections are not held in Nicaragua. | |||||
| 1989-04-17 | Hatch Act Revisions [HR20] | Passed (297-90) |
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| Sikorski (D-MN) motion to suspend the rules and pass the Clay (D-MO) bill to overhaul the 1939 Hatch Act, which bars federal employees from engaging in political activities. Under the new law, employees on the federal payroll, such as IRS agents, can campaign, raise funds and run for elective office. | |||||
| 1989-05-04 | Fiscal 1990 Budget Resolution [HCONRES106] | Rejected (30-393) |
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| Kasich (R-OH) substitute amendment to the Congressional Budget Resolution for FY 1990-92 to lower the deficit by $8.6 billion. The amendment would have frozen all discretionary spending at the FY 1989 program levels, reducing Medicare an additional $2.7 billion and providing $300 million in added savings. | |||||
| 1989-05-09 | Vocational Education Reauthorization [HR7] | Agreed To (269-135) |
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| Dannermeyer (R-CA) amendment to prohibit any money authorized by the Vocational Education Reauthorization to be made available to any state or local educational agency which prevents individuals from voluntarily participating in prayer in public schools. | |||||
| 1989-05-24 | Fiscal 1989 Supplemental Appropriations [HR2072] | Passed (227-197) |
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| Passage of the bill to provide $3,733,111,500 in new budget authority in fiscal 1989 for various agencies of government, including $822 million for "anti-drug" activities. The bill violated the bipartisan agreement set just weeks before, and ignored the Gramm-Rudman deficit reduction program. | |||||
| 1989-06-14 | Minimum-Wage Increase [HR2] | Veto Sustained (247-178) |
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| Passage, over President Bush's June 13 veto, of the bill to raise the minimum wage from $3.35 an hour to $4.55 over three years, and to provide for a 60-day training wage -- equal to 85 percent of the minimum -- for workers who have not worked a total of 60 days. | |||||
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