House Session
The House met for a legislative session. Later in the evening the House considered and voted to approve a federal budget agreement for fiscal year 2014. The measure passed on a vote of 332 t…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,677 viewsThe House met for a legislative session. Later in the evening the House considered and voted to approve a federal budget agreement for fiscal year 2014. The measure passed on a vote of 332 t…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,677 viewsHouse Democratic Caucus leaders spoke to reporters following their weekly meeting. They talked about the agreement reached the previous day by the Budget Conference Committee and the party’s…
319 viewsHouse Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Rogers (R-MI) and House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) talked about U.S. interests in Syria and Iran, and how they converge w…
299 viewsHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) held her weekly legislative press briefing. Fellow House Democrats Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Nita Lowey (D-NY) …
413 viewsDoug Elmendorf testified before the House and Senate budget Conference Committee. He told members that even a short term agreement on spending levels would be better than no deal at all.
1,348 viewsHouse Democratic leaders spoke to reporters about their legislative for the remainder of the year. They urged Republicans to pass a budget before adjourning for the year. Each spoke about le…
347 viewsHouse and Senate negotiators held their first formal meeting on the 2014 federal budget. The conference committee was supposed to come up with a budget plan by mid December 2013, as called f…
2,457 viewsRepresentative Chis Van Hollen (D-MD), the ranking member of the House Budget Committee, talked about the agenda of the 29-member conference committee that would try to reach an agreement on…
854 viewsThe leaders of the House and Senate Budget Committees spoke with reporters briefly after having breakfast to discuss negotiations over a long-term federal budget deal.
2,274 viewsHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other members of the House Democratic leadership spoke to reporters at the White House after meeting with President Obama on the government shut…
163 viewsMinority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other House Democratic leaders spoke to reporters and the government shutdown and raising the debt limit. They spoke shortly after the House Republica…
165 viewsThe U.S. House of Representatives convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle377 viewsHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) at her weekly legislative briefing answered questions about the federal government shutdown and the deadline for raising the debt ceiling. House B…
204 viewsH.J.Res. 84 - Head Start for Low-Income Children Act H.R. 3273 - Bicameral Working Group on Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth and H.J.Res. 89 - Federal Worker Pay Fairness.
View in Congressional Chronicle427 viewsThe committee met to set rules to allow amendments for floor debate on H.R. 3273, the Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth Working Group Act of 2013; and H.J. Res. 89, the Federal Worker Pa…
302 viewsDouglas Elmendorf testified on the latest Congressional Budget Office report on the long-term federal budget outlook. According to the report, the budget deficit will shrink to $378 billion …
374 viewsThe U.S. House of Representatives convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle149 viewsHouse Democratic leaders held a press conference to discuss the government shutdown.
128 viewsThe House met to consider a series of temporary spending measures to re-open certain programs and parts of government following closures that began on October 1.
View in Congressional Chronicle470 viewsRepresentative Pelosi (D-CA) and other Democratic leaders spoke to reporters and answered questions on the government shutdown and continuing Republican efforts to pass piecemeal temporary s…
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