Politics
Rep. Gary L.
July 29, 1992
During nearly a decade in Congress, Rep. Gary L.
Feb. 2, 1993
World & Nation
After what he called “very useful and productive” discussions with North Korean President Kim Il Sung, Rep.
Oct. 13, 1993
A New York congressman jokingly suggested the Bush administration may fear a “platoon of lesbians” more than terrorists in Baghdad, given the military’s resistance to letting homosexuals openly serve.
Feb. 8, 2007
An embarrassed member of the President’s Commission on Organized Crime rejected a demand Tuesday that he give a urine sample for a drug test before he could testify about making such tests mandatory for all federal workers.
March 19, 1986
A lawyer for former U.S. Rep.
Aug. 25, 2019
Thirty-one Afghan refugees who were held at a federal detention center for entering the United States illegally after they fled their Soviet-occupied country were freed Friday, to a joyful reunion with friends and relatives.
Jan. 11, 1986
Legislation to establish Jan. 28 each year as National Recognition Day for teachers in memory of Sharon Christa McAuliffe, the teacher who died in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, was introduced Wednesday in the House.
Jan. 30, 1986
A congressman said that FBI agents had warned him his name was on a list found at the home of the man charged with killing militant Rabbi Meir Kahane.
Dec. 1, 1990
An official of the Presidential Commission on Organized Crime refused today to provide a urine sample for a drug test before giving testimony to a House subcommittee on a proposal to require all federal workers to undergo such testing.
March 18, 1986