House Session
The House passed a measure that permanently extends several tax provisions set to expire at the end of 2015. Members also debated the rule governing debate on the omnibus spending bill to fu…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,285 viewsThe House passed a measure that permanently extends several tax provisions set to expire at the end of 2015. Members also debated the rule governing debate on the omnibus spending bill to fu…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,285 viewsBy a vote of 407 to 19, the House approved H.R. 158, a bill that makes changes to the Visa Waiver Program affecting travelers from Iraq, Syria, and 36 other countries.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,596 viewsThe House passed a disapproval resolution on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) emissions rule for new power plants. They also approved another resolution that disapproves an EPA ru…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,263 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 Chronicle5,018 viewsThe House approved two bills. One would ease mortgage lending standards under the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory law, and the other deals with auto lending regulation.
View in Congressional Chronicle996 viewsAssistant Secretaries of State Anne Patterson and Victoria Nuland testified at hearing on U.S. policy in Syria, and how that policy has adapted to the exacerbating factor of Russian military…
2,430 viewsThe scene was shown outside the the Ways and Means Committee Hearing Room in the Longworth House Office Building where the House Republican Conference met to elect Representative Paul Ryan (…
203 viewsHomeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, FBI Director James Comey, and Director of National Intelligence Nicholas Rasmussen testified at a hearing on threats to national security. They told …
2,390 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 viewsEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy testified on the toxic river spill caused by the EPA and one of its contractors near the shuttered Gold King Mine in Silvert…
1,774 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session. House members debated H.R.3460, a bill to prevent President Obama from lifting sanctions against Iran (approved 247-186), and H.R. 3461, a bill …
View in Congressional Chronicle2,072 viewsSecretary of State John Kerry, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz testified at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the Iran nuclear agreement and its enf…
14,707 viewsThe House approved a bill that increases timber production on federal lands. House leadership pulled the fiscal year 2016 bill to fund the Department of Interior and the Environmental Protec…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,352 viewsThe House voted 218-208 to approve a motion allowing for fast-track trade promotion authority (TPA) legislation. It would allow Congress to approve or disapprove but not amend U.S. trade agr…
View in Congressional Chronicle4,397 viewsHomeland Security and Justice Department officials testified on the use of social media by ISIS* to recruit fighters, spread propaganda, and plot attacks. FBI Counterterrorism Assistant Dire…
939 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session. The House voted on amendments to and passed H.R. 2578, the Commerce, Justice and Sceince Spending bill on a 242-183 vote. The House started deba…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,792 viewsThe House debated H.R. 1335, Fisheries Management.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,096 viewsDr. Ben Carson spoke at the South Carolina Freedom Summit at the Peace Center in Greenville.
2,932 viewsFormer Ambassador to U.N. John Bolton spoke at the South Carolina Freedom Summit at the Peace Center in Greenville.
2,164 viewsFormer Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) spoke at the South Carolina Freedom Summit at the Peace Center in Greenville.
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