House Session
The House voted to increase the debt limit by $2.5 trillion until 2023. Along a party-line vote, members also passed a measure holding former Representative Mark Meadows (R-NY), who was form…
View in Congressional Chronicle7,134 viewsThe House voted to increase the debt limit by $2.5 trillion until 2023. Along a party-line vote, members also passed a measure holding former Representative Mark Meadows (R-NY), who was form…
View in Congressional Chronicle7,134 viewsRepresentative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and other Muslim House members held a news conference to speak out against Islamophobic behavior, including recent comments from Representative Lauren Boeber…
2,457 viewsDeputy Education Secretary Cindy Marten and Education Undersecretary James Kvaal testified at a joint House Education and Labor subcommittee hearing on the implementation of COVID-19 pandemi…
354 viewsThe CEOs of Exxon, BP, Shell, and Chevron testified at a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on climate change. The witnesses faced accusations from lawmakers that their industry ha…
4,717 viewsThe House passed a resolution to censure Representative Paul Gosar (R-AZ) for posting an animated video on social media depicting himself killing Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N…
View in Congressional Chronicle6,935 viewsTwo House Education and Labor subcommittees held a remote hearing on COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Witnesses and lawmakers addressed vaccine mandates, including their legality, and thei…
1,489 viewsSecretary of State Antony Blinken testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee for more than five hours on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Lawmakers pressed him on several topi…
9,044 viewsRepresentative Cori Bush (D-MO), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and several other congressional Democrats spoke at a news conference to discuss evictions prevention legislation.
455 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,157 viewsThe House continued work on the dozen bills that make up federal spending for the fiscal year 2022 budget year. In this session, members approved two bills: legislative branch spending, with…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,655 viewsThe House began work on federal spending for the fiscal year 2022 budget year, a package of seven of the dozen bills that set annual spending. More than 200 amendments were allowed, and a vo…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,547 viewsResearchers testified at a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on brain health research. Witnesses discussed the growing body of research around various neurological diseases, includi…
404 viewsEducation Secretary Miguel Cardona testified about the department’s priorities during a House Education and Labor Committee hearing. The secretary responded to a variety of questions regardi…
1,175 viewsU.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield testified on foreign policy and U.S. global leadership before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield answered a…
687 viewsThe House voted 268-161 to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002, originally approved after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,774 viewsThe House debated more than 20 bills under suspension of the rules, including legislation by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) awarding four congressional gold medals to the U.S. Capitol Police an…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,042 viewsSecretary of State Antony Blinken testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the department’s fiscal year 2022 budget request and foreign policy priorities. Members asked Secret…
2,537 viewsZalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Biden administration’s strategy in Afghanistan. …
1,557 viewsA House Education and Labor subcommittee held a virtual hearing to examine worker protections provided by the Fair Labor Standards Act. Among the witnesses testifying were National Employmen…
454 viewsThe House passed the Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act, which would expand and improve consumer, student, service member, and small business protections against abusive debt coll…
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