House Session
The House passed a number of suspension bills related to veterans and land measures. Members passed another suspension bill that designates Pulse nightclub site in Orlando, Florida, as the N…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,144 viewsThe House passed a number of suspension bills related to veterans and land measures. Members passed another suspension bill that designates Pulse nightclub site in Orlando, Florida, as the N…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,144 viewsThe House considered a number of homeland security and financial services suspension bills. Votes on those bills were likely to occur throughout the week as the House Freedom Caucus continue…
View in Congressional Chronicle834 viewsFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the semiannual monetary policy report. Committee members questioned Mr. Powell on the impact of…
1,184 viewsRobinhood CEO Vlad Tenev and investment firm executives testified before the House Financial Services Committee on GameStop’s rapid stock price increase and Robinhood’s decision to halt cust…
47,932 viewsThe House Financial Services Committee held a virtual hearing on the need for coronavirus pandemic economic aid. Members debated the proposed $15 minimum wage increase, funding for state and…
333 viewsThe House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance held a virtual hearing to consider the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act (PRIA) proposed by Representative…
597 viewsFederal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mark Calabria testified before the House Financial Services Committee on housing and mortgages during the coronavirus pandemic. Committee membe…
931 viewsKathleen Kraninger, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), testified before the House Financial Services Committee on what the agency is doing to protect consumers duri…
676 viewsThe House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on the HEROES Act, which the House of Representatives passed in May 2020, and the next round of legislation for coronavirus aid. Economi…
542 viewsThe House debated two bills, including one that would repeal President Trump’s 2017 travel ban on certain countries and limit the president’s authority to issue new entry bans. The other was…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,334 viewsThe House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance held a virtual hearing on efforts to assist renters impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Witnesses …
290 viewsFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified before the House Financial Services Committee on monetary policy and the state of the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic. Chair Powell took q…
5,270 viewsTreasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified before the House Financial Services Committee about their respective agencies' pandemic response and the o…
2,766 viewsThe House debated amendments to a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle785 viewsSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Jay Clayton testified before a House Financial Services subcommittee on capital markets and emergency lending during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cha…
936 viewsFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified on the economy and monetary policy before the House Financial Services Committee. He told members that the impact of the coronavirus on the U.S.…
1,335 viewsThe House debated and voted on several suspension bills dealing with such issues as veterans health, water infrastructure, and the naming of post offices.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,311 viewsBrian Montgomery, the commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), testified before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance abo…
354 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 viewsTreasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria testified at a House Financial Services Commi…
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