Islamic State Threat Assessment
Brett McGurk, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq and Iran testified at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the Obama administration’s strategy against Islamic State* m…
1,339 viewsBrett McGurk, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq and Iran testified at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the Obama administration’s strategy against Islamic State* m…
1,339 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session. They held a few procedural votes then went into recess.
View in Congressional Chronicle6,783 viewsWitnesses testified at a hearing on the motivations of foreign fighters, including Americans, who had joined the militant group *ISIS, and what the U.S. and its allies were doing to counter …
807 viewsAfter one minute speeches, the House debated H.R. 1717, dealing with employee health care plans.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,174 viewsState and Defense Departments officials testified about the dominance of the militant group ISIS.* Brett McGurk told the committee that the situation in Iraq was extremely serious, and that …
2,521 viewsFollowing one minute speeches, the House debated five bills under suspension of the rules including H.R. 4709, a bill to develop a coordinated approach by pharmacists, industry officials, an…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,335 viewsThe House Foreign Affairs Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee marked up resolutions that addressed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. H. Res. 665 condemned the murder of both Israeli an…
551 viewsThe House continued debate on H.R. 5016, a $21.3 billion spending bill for fiscal year 2015 that funds the Internal Revenue Service, Treasury Department, and Securities and Exchange Commissi…
View in Congressional Chronicle519 viewsThe House considered H.R. 3086, a bill that would make the ban on Internet access taxes permanent. Members also continued debate on H.R. 5016, a fiscal year 2015 financial services spending …
View in Congressional Chronicle1,391 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, during which members spoke on a variety of topics.
View in Congressional Chronicle267 viewsWitnesses testified on the national security implications of the exchange of five Taliban detainees for Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl. Witnesses included a soldier who served alongside Sergean…
3,491 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle981 viewsState and Defense Department officials testified on the threat of Boko Haram in the wake of the militant Islamist group’s abduction of 276 Nigerian schoolgirls. Sarah Sewell called on Nigeri…
1,198 viewsThe House continued consideration of H.R. 4435, a bill that would authorize programs of the Defense Department for fiscal year 2015, and another bill that would overhaul the National Securit…
View in Congressional Chronicle915 viewsThe House debates six suspension bills, including one condemning the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram, for the abduction of 276 schoolgirls.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,730 viewsThe House debated twelve amendments on H.R. 10, a bill that would reform federal regulations of charter schools.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,243 viewsThe House considered seven bills approved by the House Financial Services and Judiciary Committees to be considered under Suspensions of the Rules. All required a two-thirds majority to pass…
View in Congressional Chronicle374 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle395 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,055 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,473 views