House Session, Part 1
The House convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,700 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,700 viewsOfficials from the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and the University of Michigan Medical School testified on the state of biomedical innovation and the sear…
1,038 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session. Republican leaders cancelled a vote on emergency supplemental funding legislation to address the influx of Central American immigrant children a…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,779 viewsThe House debated several bills under suspension of the rules, including legislation to prevent human trafficking, and was expected to work on a bill to direct the Department of Education se…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,382 viewsCongress posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg for saving tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust. He was detained by Soviet…
1,662 viewsThe House debated under suspension of the rules H.R. 803, a bill that would reauthorize and overhaul a 1998 federal job training programs law that expired in 2003. Members then began general…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,505 viewsHouse and Senate leaders awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to outgoing Israeli President Shimon Peres at a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda. It is the highest civilian honor bestowed by th…
1,232 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle467 viewsHouse Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) spoke to the press following a House Republican Conference meeting the day after he was defeated in the Virginia Republican primary election. Represe…
2,272 viewsRepresentative Eric Cantor (R-VA) talked about his position on immigration reform on CNN’s “State of the Union.” This is a brief potion of the interview.
70 viewsHouse Majority Leader Eric Cantor gave his concession speech to supporters gathered at the Westin Hotel after losing to tea party challenger David Brat in the Virginia Republican primary rac…
4,976 viewsThe House debated two bills under suspension of the rules. Later, members resumed debate on the Transportation-Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,684 viewsHouse Republicans and veterans' groups leaders held a press conference on the Department of Veterans Affairs health system.
1,013 viewsSpeaker John Boehner (R-OH) and other House Republican leaders spoke with reporters following their conference meeting. Regarding NBC News' Brian Williams' interview with National Security A…
1,539 viewsThe House reconvened for legislative business including votes and the beginning of debate on H.R. 4660, the fiscal year 2015 Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,205 viewsCongressional Republicans talked about their plans to help the middle class, grow the economy, and help the poor and working poor by finding solutions to poverty other than the welfare state…
348 viewsThe House approved H.R. 3361 by a vote of 303 to 121. The bill overhauls the National Security Agency’s collection of telephone records.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,098 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 Chronicle1,314 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 a closed rule for H.Res. 567, establishing a select committee to investigate the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi
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