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One Minute Speeches (15 per side) H.Res. 364 - Designating room HVC 215 of the Capitol Visitor Center as the “Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room” (Suspension, 40 Minutes of Debate) H.Res. 477 -…
View in Congressional Chronicle49,684 viewsOne Minute Speeches (15 per side) H.Res. 364 - Designating room HVC 215 of the Capitol Visitor Center as the “Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room” (Suspension, 40 Minutes of Debate) H.Res. 477 -…
View in Congressional Chronicle49,684 viewsThe House voted on H.J.Res. 2, the Balanced Budget Amendment.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,411 viewsThe House passed a bill that allows gun owners to carry concealed handguns across state lines.
View in Congressional Chronicle3,837 viewsThe House considered several free trade bills.
View in Congressional Chronicle998 viewsThe House took up House Speaker John Boehner’s plan to lift the debt ceiling.
View in Congressional Chronicle3,056 viewsThe House debated a bill to establish a special envoy for religious freedom in the Near East and South Central Asia.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,446 viewsThe House approved the Republican debt and deficit reduction plan, which they call the Cut, Cap, and Balance Bill. The legislation requires $111 billion in spending reductions and establishe…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,486 viewsWitnesses testified at the House Budget Committee oversight hearing on the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), which was created by the 2010 health care law to control costs.…
1,205 viewsMembers debated changes to patent and trademark Law. Vote number 484 was vitiated and replaced by vote 485.
View in Congressional Chronicle5,614 viewsCongressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf said that the nation’s fiscal outlook was “daunting” unless lawmakers made significant policy changes. He also talked about long-term f…
458 viewsThe House passed the fiscal year 2012 military construction and Veterans' Affairs spending bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,970 viewsIraq War veteran Daniel Hanson appeared at a hearing on war veterans' mental health care. He said in his testimony that he spent his disability check on “booze and strip clubs,” and that he …
1,039 viewsThe House debated and voted on legislation to raise the debt ceiling. The measure failed 97-318, with seven Democrats voting present.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,245 viewsHouse Speaker John Boehner gave his weekly legislative briefing to the press. He was joined by several other Republican House members as part of the unveiling of their job creation plan.
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