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The 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 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 viewsGoogle and Reddit officials testified before two House Energy and Commerce subcommittees about internet privacy and consumer protection. The hearing focused on Section 230 of the Communicati…
1,436 viewsMembers debated the rules for two bills to be debated later in the week. Then, in a 354-60 vote, the House adopted a joint resolution opposing President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. tro…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,897 viewsThe House passed H.R. 1146, the Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act, which would repeal a 2017 bill allowing oil and gas drilling in the Alaska Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,340 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing to examine high prescription drug prices. In the first panel, lawmakers heard from pharmaceutical companies Pfizer, Amgen …
2,329 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing on the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act Reauthorization (STELAR) legislation, which …
6,620 viewsThe House passed the fiscal year 2020 defense authorization bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle4,328 viewsThe House continued work on the fiscal year 2020 defense authorization bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle3,981 viewsThe House voted on amendments to and passed the Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act (HR 987), which addresses health care and prescription drug costs.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,118 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing to examine high prescription drug prices. In panel two, lawmakers heard from representatives from Walgreens, Blue Cross Bl…
1,082 viewsThe House passed a bill requiring the president to keep the U.S. in the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. President Donald Trump had said he would pull the U.S. out of the agreement in…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,320 viewsThe House worked on a bill requiring the president to keep the U.S. in the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. President Donald Trump had said he would pull the U.S. out of the agreement…
View in Congressional Chronicle11,585 viewsHealth and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar testified at a hearing on President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget request for his department. Committee members' questions addressed a range o…
1,282 viewsThe House passed two suspension bills, the Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2019 and the Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2019. Members also obser…
View in Congressional Chronicle416 viewsThe House considered several bills under suspension of the rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle568 viewsT-Mobile and Sprint executives testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology on the proposed merger between the two wireless companies. T-Mobil…
3,609 viewsTwo former Federal Communications Commission chairs, Tom Wheeler (D) and Michael Powell (R), testified at a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on revising the FCC’s 2017 repeal of the Ob…
2,857 viewsOn Day 27 of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history over President Trump’s demand for money to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall, the House passed by voice vote a Democratic bill to f…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,994 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,102 viewsOn the 18th day of a government shutdown, the House considered suspension bills, including legislation reauthorizing public emergency health programs.
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