The House considered several bills under suspension of the rules, including a bill to reauthorize the Coast Guard program and a bill to expand educational and professional exchange programs …
View in Congressional Chronicle934 viewsThe House approved the final House-Senate version of H.R. 5515, the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,695 viewsThe House passed two bills concerning health care costs. One expands health savings accounts. The other expands access to low-premium health insurance plans.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,567 viewsThe House passed H.R. 6237, the Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019. The bill covers 16 agencies in total, including the CIA, FBI, and the Def…
View in Congressional Chronicle528 viewsDuring this portion of House Armed Services Committee consideration of the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, one of the approved amendments included the creation of a comm…
650 viewsDuring this portion of House Armed Services Committee consideration of the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, members debated amendments concerning the Iran nuclear agreeme…
596 viewsDuring this third portion of House Armed Services Committee consideration of the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, members voted on several amendments to the proposals fro…
283 viewsJoint Chief of Staff Chair General Joseph Dunford and Defense Secretary James Mattis testified before the House Armed Services Committee on the military’s fiscal year 2019 budget request. Se…
2,659 viewsThe House debated and voted on two bills. One concerns the Columbia River power system, and the other relates to modernizing music copyrights.
View in Congressional Chronicle838 viewsMilitary commanders testified at a hearing on the capabilities of U.S. missile defense systems, the fiscal year 2019 budget request, and threats from North Korea, Iran and Russia. Among thos…
593 viewsGeneral Thomas Waldhauser, the U.S. Africa commander, testified at a hearing on military operations in the region. He talked about working with regional partners to counter violent extremist…
3,308 viewsGeneral John Raymond, the Commander of the Air Force Space Command, testified before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces. Joined by two other Defence department officia…
586 viewsGeneral Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. Central Command, testified before the House Armed Services Committee about the operations of his combatant command, including ongoing missions in Iraq…
3,709 viewsNavy Secretary Richard Spencer and Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson testified at a House Armed Services joint subcommittee hearing focusing on surface warfare and combat rea…
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