Debate on COVID-19 Health Emergency Declaration Bill
January 31, 2023House lawmakers debate a measure that ends the COVID-19 national public health emergency declared by the Health & Human Services Department in January 2020.
House lawmakers debate a measure that ends the COVID-19 national public health emergency declared by the Health & Human Services Department in January 2020.
The House considers two COVID-19 related bills. One ends the COVID-19 public health emergency and passes 220-210. The other ends COVID vaccine requirement for staff at healthcare facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid and passes 227-203.
Rep. George Santos (R-NY) speaks to the press on Capitol Hill after stepping down from his committee assignments amid investigations into his campaign finances.
Vice President Harris awards the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken during a ceremony in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C.
President Biden delivered remarks on raill infrastructure investments at the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel located in Maryland. His remarks highlighted the $6 billion dollar investment into the 150-year-old tunnel as a part of the bipartisan…
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee met to adopt its new rules package in a party line vote of 25-19. The new rules included ending remote participation in public hearings for members and witnesses. Chair James Comer (R-KY) said he will…
House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik and Majority Leader Steve Scalise speak to reporters about their legislative agenda for the week. They also announce that Rep. George Santos has voluntarily stepped down from his committee assignments.
2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced the leadership of his South Carolina campaign team, which is headed by Governor Henry McMaster (R). The former president also weighed in on the incidents of classified documents being found at his and…
The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on the influx of migrants and security concerns at the southern border as well as arguments to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the border situation.
View More about border securityOfficials from the Agriculture Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) testify before the Senate Agriculture Committee on the 2023 Farm Bill.
View More about the Farm BillFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks about new monetary policy actions and the economic outlook during a news conference in Washington, DC.
View More about the EconomyPresident Biden attends the 71st annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC.
View More National Prayer BreakfastLaw Professor Kermit Roosevelt explains how modern America traces its political sentiments to Abraham Lincoln and the Reconstruction era, rather than the Founding Fathers and the Revolution. The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco hosted this event.
View More Book TVAuthor Saket Soni retells the story of how a group of men from India came to the U.S. as guest workers and became trapped in forced labor.
View More After WordsRepresentatives Adam Schiff (D-CA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) criticized House Republican leadership’s efforts to keep them off certain key committees. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has the sole power to remove members from…
Mayor of Bucha, Ukraine, Anatolii Fedoruk and others talked about the destruction from the Russian invasion and alleged war crimes. Bucha is a suburb of Kyiv. Other topics included reconstruction and private sector investments in Ukraine. The Wilson…