House Pro Forma Session
During a pro forma session, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) gaveled out the next to last House session of the year.
View in Congressional Chronicle5,503 viewsDuring a pro forma session, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) gaveled out the next to last House session of the year.
View in Congressional Chronicle5,503 viewsHouse Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said talks with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and the Trump administration were ongoing to prevent a government shutdown after the president voic…
2,931 viewsThe House passed several suspension bills, including one requiring the National Park Service to remove the monument to Robert E. Lee at Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland, and another…
View in Congressional Chronicle5,847 viewsThe House passed a number of suspension bills, including a continuing resolution to fund the government through December 18, 2020.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,187 viewsThe House considered several bills under suspension of the rules, including one providing temporary protected status (TPS) for residents of Hong Kong and another calling for the global repea…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,610 viewsThe House passed legislation to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. It does not change state laws on cannabis but says the federal government would provide some regulation for stat…
View in Congressional Chronicle13,683 viewsThe House passed the National Apprenticeship Act, a bill that seeks to expand apprenticeship opportunities.
View in Congressional Chronicle7,317 viewsThe House considered several bills under suspension of the rules, including a measure that requires a review panel to evaluate Boeing safety features following fatal airplane crashes in 2018…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,073 viewsThe House passed a $2.2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, 214-207. Eighteen Democrats joined all Republicans in voting against the measure. Democrats brought the bill to the floor despite the l…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,878 viewsPublic health experts testified before a virtual House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on efforts to develop a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine. Witnesses included former Food an…
1,230 viewsThe House agreed to a resolution on forced Uyghur labor camps in China and began working on another coronavirus economic relief package.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,369 viewsThe House approved H.R. 4447, the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act, a package of bills to promote the development of clean energy, greenhouse gas reduction technologies, and increased e…
View in Congressional Chronicle761 viewsThe House considered five veterans-related bills under suspension of the rules, and voted on another suspension bill debated earlier in the week. Members also debated H.R. 4447, the Clean Ec…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,666 viewsThe House debated over 40 bills, including one aiming to protect Americans from fraud during the coronavirus pandemic. Members also passed a resolution of official condolences to the family …
View in Congressional Chronicle1,780 viewsThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioners testified before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on efforts to expand broadband access and other technology related issues.…
743 viewsThe House considered several suspension bills, including a measure requiring all annual federal agency budget and appropriations requests to be made public.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,142 viewsRepresentatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), French Hill (R-AR) and The Hill Editor-in-Chief Bob Cusack discussed the fourth and final night of the 2020 Republican National Convention.
3,012 viewsWall Street Journal reporter Jerry Seib, Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI), and Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) discussed the third night of the 2020 Republican National Convention.
991 viewsThe House debated and approved the debate rule on a bill that says the U.S. Postal Service needs to return to service and operation levels of January 1, 2020, and may not make any changes un…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,533 viewsActing U.S. Park Police Chief Gregory Monahan testified on the agency’s role in clearing protesters in Lafayette Square in June 2020 so that President Trump could pose for a photograph at St…
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