House Session
The House revoted and passed the Republican tax reform bill, which was been stripped of three provisions that were determined to be in violation of Senate rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle4,604 viewsThe House revoted and passed the Republican tax reform bill, which was been stripped of three provisions that were determined to be in violation of Senate rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle4,604 viewsThe House Rules Committee met to consider a rule for legislation to extend government funding through January 19, 2018, as well as disaster relief funding for states struck by wildfires and …
1,121 viewsThe House Rules Committee met to consider a rule governing debate on legislation funding the military through the remainder of fiscal year 2018 and the rest of the federal government through…
487 viewsThe House Rules Committee approved debate rules for the House-Senate Conference Committee report on the Republican tax reform bill. The 9-4 vote was along party lines.
876 viewsThe House debated the rules for three bills, including a continuing resolution to fund the federal government for two weeks.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,245 viewsFDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Dr. Francis Collins testified on implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act. The law was signed by President Obama in December 2016 with the aim of acce…
497 viewsThe House Rules Committee debated and approved rules governing debate for three pieces of legislation: two banking regulation bills and an extension of federal government funding through Dec…
437 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health met to hear testimony from many House members on their recommendations for combating the opioid epidemic. Some of the topics included tre…
1,097 viewsThe House began initial debate on the Republican tax reform bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,971 viewsThe House voted 242-174 to extend for five years the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). It also continues community health centers and other health programs and provides for more Me…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,288 viewsThe House debated the rules of consideration for two bills. The first bill was H.R. 849, to repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for the Independent Paymen…
View in Congressional Chronicle740 viewsRepresentatives Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and Michael Burgess (R-TX) talked about changes in Congress during the first year of the Trump administration. Topics included health care, border securi…
160 viewsFollowing one-minute speeches, Representative Al Green (D-TX) unveiled articles of impeachment against President Trump in an effort to force a House vote on removing him from office. Members…
View in Congressional Chronicle5,086 viewsThe House passed a bill that bans abortions after 20 weeks with the exceptions of rape, incest against minors, and saving the life of the mother. Members also considered several other measur…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,237 viewsThe House considered a measure to reauthorize an early childhood home visiting program at current funding levels through 2022, and another bill that would deny access to Social Security bene…
View in Congressional Chronicle750 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing to examine ideas to modernize the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulation of over-the-counter drugs. Dr. Janet Woo…
761 viewsThe House debated and passed several Department of Homeland Security bills. One requires DHS to conduct an annual homeland security assessment on the terrorist threat to the U.S. Members als…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,642 viewsThe House Rules Committee met for a second day to consider amendments and vote on a rule for next year’s remaining spending bills. In this part, committee members considered amendments offer…
337 viewsThe House Rules Committee met for a second day to consider amendments and vote on a rule for fiscal year 2018 remaining spending bills. In this part, committee members heard from the leaders…
253 viewsThe House Rules Committee, along party lines, 9-4 reported a rule out of committee for remaining fiscal year 2018 spending bills.
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