Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testified on her department’s student loan debt forgiveness program before the House Education and Labor Committee. The hearing largely focused on the Educati…
9,315 viewsThe House passed two bills. One would provide a path for undocumented farm workers to get green cards. The other was the final version of a fiscal year 2020 defense policy and programs bill.…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,419 viewsThe House debated the rule governing H.R. 1309, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle441 viewsThe House considered a number of suspension bills, mostly dealing with ways to improve veteran benefits.
View in Congressional Chronicle868 viewsThe House debated and passed several bills under suspension of the rules, including one that prevents the sale of e-cigarettes to children by requiring online age verification for purchasing…
View in Congressional Chronicle881 viewsJames Jeffrey, the State Department’s Special Representative on Syria, testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee regarding U.S. troop withdrawal from northern Syria, Turkey’s infl…
2,142 viewsThe House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on U.S. policy in Afghanistan, featuring testimony from two officials from the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Devel…
1,401 viewsThe House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education held a hearing to examine the effects of trauma on children and their development. The commi…
1,068 viewsRepresentative Susan Wild (D-PA) talked about her push for mental health care legislation in the wake of her partner’s suicide earlier this year.
2,392 viewsThe House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment held a hearing on the role community colleges, historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) and…
768 viewsThe House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Global Health held a hearing on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to the World Health Organization and local off…
3,599 viewsIn a vote of 284-149, the House passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019. It would increase discretionary spending caps for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 to prevent sequester cuts, adding nearl…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,207 viewsThe House passed a number of bills, including one that establishes a pension rehabilitation trust fund within the Treasury Department for multi-employer benefit plans. Another one sets human…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,953 viewsThe House approved a bill that would increase the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025.
View in Congressional Chronicle5,383 viewsThe House continued work on the fiscal year 2020 defense authorization bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle3,981 viewsIn a 230-195 vote, the House passed a $4.5 billion bill providing emergency spending for humanitarian aid and security at the U.S. southern border. Four Democrats voted against the measure, …
View in Congressional Chronicle2,932 viewsThe House continued work on a five-bill spending package, H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science (1); Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (2); Interior, Environme…
View in Congressional Chronicle153 viewsAssistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs R. Clarke Cooper testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Trump administration’s decision to invoke an emergenc…
1,130 viewsC-SPAN spoke with two freshman members of the House in the 116th Congress: Representatives Susan Wild (D-PA) and Cindy Axne (D-IA). The 116th Congress is one of the most diverse in history, …
123 viewsJames Jeffrey, the Trump administration’s special envoy for Syria, testified about the president’s strategy in the region before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Ambassador Jeffrey outli…
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