House Session
In a vote of 237-187, the House passed a bill to provide permanent status with a path to citizenship to undocumented individuals who immigrated to U.S. as minors. All Democrats and seven Rep…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,364 viewsIn a vote of 237-187, the House passed a bill to provide permanent status with a path to citizenship to undocumented individuals who immigrated to U.S. as minors. All Democrats and seven Rep…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,364 viewsA House Homeland Security subcommittee held a hearing on school safety and gun violence. Witnesses included security officials and the parent of a student killed in the Parkland, Florida hig…
4,414 viewsThe California and Alabama secretaries of state were among the witnesses at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on efforts to secure elections. Lawmakers and witnesses discussed effo…
1,020 viewsTwo House Homeland Security subcommittees held a joint hearing on how FEMA contracts are awarded and managed. The committee heard testimony from a FEMA associate administrator, a Government …
1,314 viewsThe House passed a bill that would allow the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services the authority to negotiate Medicare prescription drug prices.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,748 viewsActing Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan testified before the House Homeland Security Committee regarding his agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. He was questioned about U.S.…
2,071 viewsThe House voted on suspension bills debated earlier in the day.
View in Congressional Chronicle517 viewsThe House voted 421-0 for a resolution calling for the release of the whistleblower complaint involving President Trump’s summer of 2019 conversation with the leader of Ukraine, which includ…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,425 viewsIn a vote of 284-149, the House passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019. It would increase discretionary spending caps for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 to prevent sequester cuts, adding nearl…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,203 viewsThe House debated H.R. 1373, the Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,440 viewsHouse Homeland Security Committee Chair Bennie Thompson (D-MS) hosted a forum to examine violence targeted toward faith-based organizations. Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAle…
389 viewsThe House approved a bill that would increase the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025.
View in Congressional Chronicle5,381 viewsThe House voted on several bills debated previously under suspension of the rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle273 viewsThe House passed a continuing resolution to fund the government for seven weeks beyond the end of the budget year on September 30, 2019. Members then considered several bills under suspensio…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,003 viewsThe House Homeland Security Committee held a hearing to examine the government use of facial recognition and other biometric technologies. Witnesses included officials from U.S. Customs and …
1,502 viewsThe House voted 236-173 to approve the Equality Act (H.R. 5), legislation that would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ban discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,807 viewsCarla Provost, the U.S. Border Patrol chief, was among the witnesses at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on the Defense Department’s deployment of military personnel to the U.S.-M…
3,079 viewsThe House considered several bills under suspension of the rules. Members also debated a resolution to terminate President Trump’s emergency declaration at the U.S.-Mexico border, and they p…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,303 viewsThe House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security held a hearing on President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget request for several agencies including Customs and Border Protection (…
1,855 viewsThe House convened for one-minute speeches.
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