Attorney General Loretta Lynch testified on the Justice Department’s fiscal year 2016 budget request. This was her first appearance before Congress since her confirmation as attorney general…
2,031 viewsThe director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the heads of several medical research institutes testified on the NIH fiscal year 2016 budget request. The witnesses outlined some…
744 viewsSecretary Robert McDonald testified on the Department of Veterans Affairs' budget requests for fiscal years 2016 and 2017. The proposed budget was $168.8 billion, including funding to expand…
976 viewsThe Senate continued debate on its fiscal year 2016 budget resolution. The Senate voted on a continuous “vote-a-rama” procedure on amendments to S. Con. Res 11, the chamber’s budget resoluti…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,186 viewsMembers resumed debate and voting on amendments to S.Con.Res. 11, the Senate Republican budget resolution for fiscal year 2016.
View in Congressional Chronicle684 viewsThe Senate Appropriations Committee held a hearing about ongoing federal government efforts to protect Americans from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Witnesses included Health and Human S…
1,847 viewsAttorney General Eric Holder and Inspector General Michael Horowitz testified on their department’s fiscal year 2015 budget request, which totaled $27.4 billion, including $25.3 billion for …
1,061 viewsAttorney Justice Eric Holder testified on the Justice Department’s fiscal year 2014 budget request. He also discussed his department’s seizure of Associated Press phone records and the IRS t…
358 viewsSenate Appropriations Committee Member Mark Kirk (R-IL) talked about what Congress had and had not accomplished in 2011. Topics included the Social Security payroll tax cut, the prospects fo…
3,120 viewsInternal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman testified on his agency’s 2012 budget.
254 viewsSenator Mark Kirk talked about congressional efforts to reach an agreement on a continuing resolution to fund the federal government through for the remainder of fiscal year 2011, and he res…
220 viewsSecretary Geithner testified before the committee about the 2011 Treasury Department budget request. Topics included the President Obama’s economic recovery proposals, the use of Troubled As…
329 viewsA hearing was held on the fiscal year 2009 appropriations for international assistance programs and U.S. contributions to international financial institutions. Members asked how the U.S. can…
410 viewsChairman Martin testified about funding, jurisdiction, and operations of the Federal Communications Commission for fiscal year 2006.
73 viewsFBI Director Robert Mueller testified about funding requests for bureau operations. Among the topics he addressed were homeland security operations, proposed improvements in information tech…
106 viewsRepresentative Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL) talked about the war with Iraq, its related costs, and his military experience. The House was scheduled to take up the supplemental war budget later th…
69 viewsAttorney General John Ashcroft testified about the proposed fiscal year 2004 appropriations for the Department of Justice, as well as the role of the department and Justice Department progra…
70 viewsIn an evening portion of a day-long meeting, committee members considered various amendments and changes to the fiscal year 2003 federal budget resolution.
114 viewsCommittee members made opening statements and considered amendments and changes to the fiscal year 2003 budget resolution. The proposal was labeled as a “wartime” budget and relied on White …
99,250 viewsThe House passed a $40 billion emergency spending bill for New York City, Washington, D.C., and national security amid the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Representatives th…
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