House Session
The House of Representatives convened for the business of the day, one minute speeches, and special order speeches. The House disapproved of Senate amendments to bill H.R. 3630 to provide in…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,647 viewsThe House of Representatives convened for the business of the day, one minute speeches, and special order speeches. The House disapproved of Senate amendments to bill H.R. 3630 to provide in…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,647 viewsHouse Republican leaders spoke to reporters about the latest unemployment statistics and called on the Senate to take up some of their jobs plans that have already passed the House.
141 viewsPanelists talked about relations between the U.S. and Israel, as well as the Obama administration’s Middle East policy. Among the topics addressed were the history of the U.S.-Israel partner…
229 viewsThe House voted on H.J.Res. 2, the Balanced Budget Amendment.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,408 viewsIn the weekly Republican address Representative Peter Roskam (R-IL) talked about how Federal regulations are hampering job creation.
93 viewsHouse Republican leaders spoke to reporters and answered questions about the president’s job proposal set to be laid out in an address to a joint session of Congress later in the evening.
109 viewsThe House approved the Republican debt and deficit reduction plan, which they call the Cut, Cap, and Balance Bill. The legislation requires $111 billion in spending reductions and establishe…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,486 viewsHouse Republicans leaders spoke to reporters about their proposal for a balanced budget amendment. They also answered questions about negotiations with President Obama on the budget and nati…
192 viewsSpeaker Boehner and other House Republican leaders spoke to reporters about negotiations on raising the debt ceiling, the budget, and national debt.
199 viewsSocial Security and Medicare Trustees Charles Blahous and Robert Reischauer testified on the financial state of Medicare. They blamed the economy for the worsening financial state of the pro…
366 viewsHouse Republican leaders marked the one-year anniversary of President Obama’s speech in which he called the summer of 2010 the “summer of recovery.” The lawmakers said that the economy still…
1,621 viewsHouse Republican leaders spoke about the May unemployment statistics, saying that the numbers demonstrate that the Obama administration’s economic policies are not working.
90 viewsIn a 235-193 vote the House passed a Republican fiscal year 2012 budget plan.
View in Congressional Chronicle5,620 viewsBarry Rand testified at a Joint hearing of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight and Health on the new Health Care Law’s impact on AARP. Much of the questioning focused on a new…
680 viewsHouse Majority Leader Eric Cantor and House Joint Economic Committee Chair Kevin Brady unveiled a study on reducing federal spending and its impact on the economy. According to the study, lo…
181 viewsHouse Republicans spoke to reporters about a bill to remove a tax requirement that was included in the 2010 health care law.
164 viewsU.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced that President Obama planed to submit the U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement to Congress. The hearing also focused on such issues as the pendi…
415 viewsComplete consideration of H. Res. 72--Directing certain standing committees to inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders from agencies of the Federal Govern…
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