House Session
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…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,371 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,371 viewsThe House approved a measure that restricts robocalls, and members started work on a bill that bans illegal insider trading, making exchanges to the Securities Exchange Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle701 viewsThe House considered nine suspension bills, including banning the sale of shark fins and renaming the Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Long Island, New York, after former member of…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,011 viewsCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma testified before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on health care policy. Democratic members pressed the…
5,080 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…
1,289 viewsThe House considered several bills under suspension of the rules. Members also debated a resolution to terminate President Trump’s emergency declaration at the U.S.-Mexico border, and they…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,152 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,855 viewsEnergy and and electric grid officials testified before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on cybersecurity threats to the U.S. electric grid. Topics covered included…
2,014 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle958 viewsA House Energy and Commerce subcommittee held a hearing on efforts to protect children and consumers from hazardous products. Among the witnesses were Consumer Reports Home and Products…
405 viewsThe House debated and voted on amendments to a near-$1 trillion spending package covering four of the 12 annual appropriations bills that fund the government and related agencies. This…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,869 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee held a hearing on dangers facing drivers in the summer vacation season and ways new technology could reduce…
256 viewsMedical experts and health care trade association leaders testified at a hearing on efforts to protect patients from surprise medical bills. Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)…
1,053 viewsThe House debated a rule governing two bills. One bill would reverse Trump administration changes to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ((CFPB). The other measure would provide more…
View in Congressional Chronicle335 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,508 viewsSeveral members came to the chamber floor to celebrate the 100th anniversary of House passage of the 19th Amendment, which acknowledged women’s right to vote.
327 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 Chronicle1,032 viewsThe House continued work on a bill to restore net neutrality rules that require internet service providers to offer equal access to all web content. The legislation comes less than two…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,257 viewsThe House passed a non-binding resolution opposing the Trump administration’s policy that bars some transgender people from serving in the military
View in Congressional Chronicle2,792 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
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