Morning Hour
The House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle517 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle517 viewsAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified before the House Agriculture Committee on oversight of his department and the importance of renewing the farm bill. Several topics were addressed,…
810 viewsThe House approved (320-99) a continuing resolution to extend government funding in two stages, until March 8 and 22, to avert a looming partial government shutdown at midnight March 1. The …
View in Congressional Chronicle913 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,123 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,182 viewsThe House approved fiscal year 2024 spending legislation for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and related agencies. Members also approved a suspension bil…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,854 viewsThe House voted on amendments to and then approved fiscal year 2024 energy and water spending legislation, notably for the Department of Energy and the Army Corps of Engineers. President Bid…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,152 viewsThe House reconvened for one-minute and special order speeches. Behind the scenes, Republicans continued negotiations on a fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle331 viewsRepresentative Joe Neguse (D-CO) held a bipartisan news conference calling on Congress to take legislative action banning members of Congress from trading stocks.
234 viewsBy a 217-215 margin, lawmakers passed House Republican legislation tying an increase in the nation’s debt limit to federal spending cut. Members also approved two FCC-related suspension bill…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,785 viewsMembers of the House Energy and Commerce Committee grilled TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on his social media company’s relationship with the Chinese government, with particular focus on the app’s …
13,339 viewsHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and other Democratic lawmakers held a news conference on gun policies following a mass shooting at a Nashville private school that left three chi…
587 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on expanding U.S. energy production. Committee members and witnesses discussed a bipartisan way to have clean, affordable, and reliable…
1,400 viewsThe House continued work on energy policy legislation (H.R.1) that seeks to lower energy prices by increasing oil and gas production as well as speed up the federal permit approval process f…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,076 viewsThe House failed to override President Biden’s first veto of legislation to repeal a Labor Department rule allowing retirement plan managers to consider environmental, social, and corporate …
View in Congressional Chronicle888 viewsAlong party lines, the House approved a resolution removing Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Members also debated and approved a resolution condemni…
View in Congressional Chronicle8,248 viewsRepresentatives Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), and others spoke with reporters about the Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act.
272 viewsThe House worked on H.R. 3648, the EAGLE Act, which would phase out the per country cap on employment-based immigrant visas, and members also approved a suspension bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,039 viewsThe House approved the final version of marriage equality legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriage under federal law. The bill would next go to President Biden. Members also …
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