Morning Hour
The House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,384 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,384 viewsThe House began work on the National Apprenticeship Act, a bill that seeks to expand apprenticeship opportunities.
View in Congressional Chronicle921 viewsThe House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a virtual hearing to assess the use of cameras by federal law enforcement officials, specifically by the U.S. Pa…
416 viewsA House Agriculture subcommittee held a hearing on wildfire response and recovery efforts. Members discussed actions that could be taken to prevent future unprecedented wildfires like the on…
448 viewsActing U.S. Park Police Chief Gregory Monahan testified on the agency’s role in clearing protesters in Lafayette Square in June 2020 so that President Trump could pose for a photograph at St…
3,344 viewsThe House debated the rule covering the fiscal year 2021 spending measure that funds the Departments of Agriculture, State, Veterans Affairs, and Interior as well as military construction. …
View in Congressional Chronicle18,950 viewsThe House debated two bills, including one that would repeal President Trump’s 2017 travel ban on certain countries and limit the president’s authority to issue new entry bans. The other was…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,334 viewsThe House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the incident between U.S. Park Police and protesters near the White House at Lafayette Square on June 1, 2020. Law enforcement officia…
3,188 viewsThe House debated two bills: H.R. 1425, which makes make changes to the Affordable Care Act, and H.R. 7301, the COVID-19 housing relief bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,271 viewsIn a 217-189 vote, the House passed H.Res. 965, allows proxy voting on the chamber floor and committees to conduct business remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Members also passed, 208-19…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,670 viewsThe House debated and passed H.Res. 935, which establishes a Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis as a select investigative subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Refo…
View in Congressional Chronicle9,767 viewsThe House debated and passed by voice vote a $2 trillion Senate-passed coronavirus economic aid package, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Lawmakers had hoped to pass t…
View in Congressional Chronicle10,636 viewsThe House debated H.R. 1140, the Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020, which overhauls the TSA personnel system by providing the same rights and protections as other feder…
View in Congressional Chronicle4,429 viewsThe House passed H.R. 2339, the Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019, legislation seeking to reduce youth vaping by banning the sale of all flavored…
View in Congressional Chronicle8,743 viewsThe House passed a joint resolution to overturn a Department of Education rule on student loan forgiveness. The resolution was brought up under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), which give…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,175 viewsIn a 232-196 vote, the House debated and passed a resolution laying out the rules in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump, including public hearings, and rights for the president and m…
View in Congressional Chronicle24,283 viewsThe House passed a measure that sanctions Turkish officials and banks in relation to military operations in Syria, debated and passed a resolution that recognizes and remembers the Armenian …
View in Congressional Chronicle4,060 viewsThe House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy held a hearing on the relationship between e-cigarettes and an outbreak in lung disease. The committee heard testi…
4,289 viewsBill Northey, Department of Agriculture undersecretary for farm and conservation programs, testified at a joint House subcommittee hearing on federal farm and disaster programs. Several of t…
533 viewsThe House voted on several bills debated previously under suspension of the rules.
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