Republican and Democratic leadership in Congress and the leadership of organized labor." November November 2 – Congress negotiators agree to a defense budget of US$305 million which cuts US$1 billion from the Strategic Defense Initiative. November 3 – White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater says the Bush administration will back Congress in a pay raise for top federal officials while in Norfolk, Virginia. November 15 – President Bush attends the unveiling ceremony for the official portraits of former President Reagan and former First Lady of the United States Nancy Reagan on the State Floor. November 15 – President Bush attends the Biannual Convention of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations in the Sheraton Washington Ballroom at the Sheraton Washington Hotel. November 19 – President Bush returns H.R. 2939 without his approval to the House of Representatives in a message. President Bush cites the inclusion of the Mikulski Amendment and other issues with provisions as his reasons for refusing to support the bill. November 20 – President Bush announces the nomination of Peter K. Nunez for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement and Tariff Affairs. November 20 – President Bush announces the nomination of William D. Hathaway for Federal Maritime Commissioner. November 21 – President Bush announces the nomination of Arthur J. Hill for President of the Government National Mortgage Association. November 22 – President Bush attends the Commercial Appeal's Thanksgiving Celebration on the front lawn of the Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tennessee during the afternoon. President Bush announces the nomination of William James Haynes II for General Counsel of the Department of the Army. November 24 – US Ambassador William Walker says the only known witness to the slaying of six Jesuit priests the prior week was granted safe passage by the Bush administration. November 27 – President Bush announces his appointment of Peter W. Senopoulos for membership on the American Battle Monuments Commission. November 28 – President Bush delivers an address to members of the Presidential Economic Delegation to Poland at Blair House during the evening. President Bush signs the National Museum of the American Indian Act into law. President Bush signs the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, an authorization of "8 million in assistance to promote democratization in Poland and Hungary" as well as provide other programs for the sake of promoting reform in both countries. November 29 –