House Session
The House approved (320-91) legislation to combat antisemitism on college campuses, an oil and gas drilling in Alaska bill (214-199), and a resolution denouncing the Biden administration’s i…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,044 viewsThe House approved (320-91) legislation to combat antisemitism on college campuses, an oil and gas drilling in Alaska bill (214-199), and a resolution denouncing the Biden administration’s i…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,044 viewsThe House considered several foreign policy measures under suspension of the rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,380 viewsThe House voted on amendments to fiscal year 2024 federal spending legislation for the Departments of Homeland Security and State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, as well as a bill…
View in Congressional Chronicle4,056 viewsThe House approved a resolution condemning the Chinese Communist Party’s use of a high-altitude surveillance balloon that flew over the U.S. Lawmakers also passed two measures to repeal Wash…
View in Congressional Chronicle5,310 viewsThe House debated two bills to establish two new select panels under the Republican majority. The first is a select committee on strategic competition between the U.S. and the Chinese Commun…
View in Congressional Chronicle4,001 viewsThe House approved a Senate-passed continuing resolution that funds the government through December 16, 2022. All Democrats and 10 Republicans voted “aye” on the measure that would next go t…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,099 viewsThe Congressional-Executive Commission on China convened a hearing on Chinese government efforts to control religion through online censorship and digital technologies. Topics included DNA c…
233 viewsHumanitarian aid and International law experts talked about the role hunger plays in armed conflict. They appeared before during a virtual hearing of Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.
282 viewsInternational law experts discussed the process of punishing war crimes through international criminal courts. Witnesses testified before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission about the pro…
170 viewsThe House passed legislation to fund the government through September 30, 2022. The spending package originally included $15.6 billion in COVID-19 funding, but it was removed after Republica…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,381 viewsThe House voted to increase the debt limit by $2.5 trillion until 2023. Along a party-line vote, members also passed a measure holding former Representative Mark Meadows (R-NY), who was form…
View in Congressional Chronicle7,134 viewsThe House debated and voted on a number of bills under suspension of the rules, including measures condemning the abuse of the Uyghur people in China. Members also considered bills involving…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,384 viewsInternational civil rights activists testified on relations between China and Hong Kong at a hearing before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, comprised of a bipartisan group of lawmake…
817 viewsThe House began work on federal spending for the fiscal year 2022 budget year, a package of seven of the dozen bills that set annual spending. More than 200 amendments were allowed, and a vo…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,547 viewsThe House approved two bills debated earlier under suspension of the rules. One allows states to use federal energy conservation funds for plans to avert cyber attacks on energy infrastructu…
View in Congressional Chronicle602 viewsThe House considered 17 suspension bills dealing with such issues as food allergies and scams targeting senior citizens. Julia Letlow (R-LA), who won a special election in March, was sworn i…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,223 viewsThe House passed two immigration bill. H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, would provide a pathway to citizenship for “DREAMers,” undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as child…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,230 viewsThe House passed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 pandemic economic relief bill that included a $15 minimum wage increase.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,921 viewsThe House debated the combined rule for two measures. The budget resolution sets the fiscal year 2021 budget and instructs certain committees to report out COVID-19 pandemic relief legislati…
View in Congressional Chronicle413 viewsThe House voted 232-197 to impeach President Trump for a second time. Ten Republicans and all Democrats voted in favor of the resolution.
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