House Session
The House passed the Red River Private Property Act, which would require the Bureau of Land Management to sell land to individuals who own property on the Texas river.
View in Congressional Chronicle785 viewsThe House passed the Red River Private Property Act, which would require the Bureau of Land Management to sell land to individuals who own property on the Texas river.
View in Congressional Chronicle785 viewsThe House passed two bills. The first is a rewrite and reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act. The second is an energy infrastructure bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,676 viewsThe House voted 289-137 to approve H.R. 4038, a bill to limit the number of Syrian refugees admitted to the U.S. until increased security checks are in place.
View in Congressional Chronicle5,019 viewsThe House debated and voted on amendments to a multi-year highway and transportation funding bill. Several amendments involve reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,096 viewsAir Force officials testified at a hearing on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program. F-35 Joint Program Executive Director Lieutenant General Christopher Bogdan and F-35 Integration Office D…
1,892 viewsThe House convened for one-minute speeches before beginning debate on the rule governing a two-year, $80 billion federal budget and debt ceiling increase.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,222 viewsThe House approved two bill. One, H.R. 692, the Default Prevention Act, deals with federal debt repayments dealt with prioritizing federal debt payments. The other reauthorizes school vouche…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,114 viewsThe House voted 242-184 to establish a panel to investigate Planned Parenthood. Members also voted 240-183 to defeat a privileged resolution introduced by Representative Louise Slaughter (D-…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,455 viewsThe House considered a number of bills, including ones dealing with “frivolous” lawsuits and another seeking to defund Planned Parenthood. Darin LaHood (R-IL) was sworn in to replace former …
View in Congressional Chronicle1,229 viewsThe House began debate on a series of bills dealing with the Iran nuclear agreement.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,731 viewsSecretary Tom Vilsack testified at an oversight hearing on Department of Agriculture programs. Much of the hearing was focused on a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) clean water rule…
789 viewsThe House passed a bill to expand the Veterans Affairs Department’s authority to fire or demote VA employees based on performance. It also approved a three-month extension of highway funding…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,554 viewsThe House debated and approved H.R. 5, the Student Success Act, and resumed debate on a fiscal year 2016 Interior Department, Environmental Protection Agency, and related agencies spending b…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,440 viewsThe House voted 236-189 to extend the revote deadline to July 30 for trade assistance authority (TAA), which failed the previous week. Members also debated H.R. 2596, the Intelligence Author…
View in Congressional Chronicle965 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session. The House debated and voted on amendments to H.R. 2577, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Spending bill for fiscal year 2016. Me…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,017 viewsThe House debated H.R. 1335, Fisheries Management.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,096 viewsThe House approved H.R. 2028, a $36.1 billion water and energy appropriations bill, by a vote of 240-177. Ten Democrats voted for the measure and seven Republicans voted against it. Fourteen…
View in Congressional Chronicle643 viewsThe House Armed Services Committee met to mark up a fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill. Following opening remarks from the committee chair and ranking member, members voted on an e…
706 viewsThe House Armed Services Committee met to mark up a fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill. Members debated amendments on defense funding for technology developments, missile defense fu…
201 viewsThe House voted 240-179 to pass a repeal of the federal estate tax. Members also voted to make the deduction of state and local sales taxes permanent. Members spoke on a variety of subjects.
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