IRS Oversight Hearing
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel testified at an oversight hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee. Topics included child tax credit implementation, child support enforcement, dispar…
1,431 viewsIRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel testified at an oversight hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee. Topics included child tax credit implementation, child support enforcement, dispar…
1,431 viewsThe House passed legislation to ban government health care programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, from using an outcome metric known as quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) when determini…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,953 viewsThe House approved two immigration policy bills. One would allow the deportation of migrants who have been convicted of, or admitted to, Social Security fraud. The other would deny any forei…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,372 viewsThe House considered two immigration policy bills. One would allow the deportation of migrants who have been convicted of, or admitted to, Social Security fraud. The other would deny any for…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,113 viewsAdvocates and activists testified at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war and free speech on college campuses. Topics included safety on college…
9,402 viewsThe House debated a resolution to authorize an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Members also debated H.R. 1147, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023, which would allow whole …
View in Congressional Chronicle5,702 viewsWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) spoke to reporters following a closed-door executive session by the panel to discuss information fro…
704 viewsThe House debated an amendment to a bill that instructs courts reviewing federal regulations and other executive policies to consider all relevant legal and constitutional considerations wit…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,554 viewsInternal Revenue Service Commissioner Daniel Werfel testified on IRS accountability and oversight before the House Ways and Means Committee. Commissioner Werfel stressed the agency’s promise…
1,420 viewsIn a 314-117 vote, the House debated and passed legislation to increase the nation’s debt limit until January 2025 ahead of the June 5, 2023, deadline. The measure, which would next go to th…
View in Congressional Chronicle5,458 viewsU.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai testified on the Biden administration’s 2023 trade agenda before the House Ways and Means Committee. She engaged with lawmakers on a number of trade c…
1,587 viewsHouse Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-CA) and the ranking members of the Ways and Means and Budget committees spoke to reporters about the Republican debt limit bill and other issues…
301 viewsBy a 217-215 margin, lawmakers passed House Republican legislation tying an increase in the nation’s debt limit to federal spending cut. Members also approved two FCC-related suspension bill…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,765 viewsThe House approved a bill that seeks to lower energy costs by increasing oil and gas production, as well as speed up the federal permit approval process for energy and infrastructure project…
View in Congressional Chronicle4,474 viewsTreasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned members of Congress about defaulting on the debt as she testified on President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget request before the House Ways and Means …
3,139 viewsThe House approved a bill that prohibits the drawdown of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Department of Energy develops a plan to increase the percentage of federal l…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,461 viewsThe House passed two anti-abortion measures. One is a resolution condemning violence against “pro-life” pregnancy centers, groups, and churches. The other would require medical care for a “c…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,296 viewsHouse Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-CA) defended President Biden after reports emerged that classified documents from his time as vice president were found at an office he used pri…
2,061 viewsThe House debated the rules for the 118th Congress, the first order of legislative business after members elected a speaker the previous week.
View in Congressional Chronicle16,803 viewsThe House debated and passed the rules for the 118th Congress on a near party-line vote (220-213). Representative Tony Gonzales(R-TX) was the lone Republican to oppose the package. Some prop…
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