House Session
The House passed the fiscal year 2020 defense authorization bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle4,243 viewsThe House passed the fiscal year 2020 defense authorization bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle4,243 viewsThe House debated the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement. Members also debated the rule for consideration of H.R. 5377, the Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act,…
View in Congressional Chronicle4,586 viewsThe House passed the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle3,926 viewsThe House voted on and passed a rule governing two bills to be voted on later in the week. One bill would reverse Trump administration changes to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau…
View in Congressional Chronicle714 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 viewsThe House passed a resolution to terminate President Trump’s emergency declaration at the U.S.-Mexico border. Members also voted to table a resolution offered by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy…
View in Congressional Chronicle5,407 viewsOn day 19 of a government shutdown, the House in a 240-188 vote passed a bill to re-open the Department of the Treasury, the IRS, and more than 20 independent agencies. Eight Republicans…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,560 viewsThe House approved a disaster relief bill for areas recovering from hurricanes, wildfires, and other natural disasters. The legislation includes hurricane relief for Puerto Rico and recent…
View in Congressional Chronicle4,866 viewsThe House considered several bill under suspension of the rules, all from the Judiciary Committee, including a measure on protections for victims of human trafficking. Members also started…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,384 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle988 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on the difficulties in caring for aging Americans, including the lack of reasonably-priced long term care for senior citizens and their…
1,660 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle11,450 viewsThe House debated the rule for H.R. 729, the Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act of 2019, which seeks to protect U.S. coastal and Great Lakes communities impacted by climate…
View in Congressional Chronicle745 viewsOn Day 26 of a government shutdown, the House debated and passed a bill that provides over $12 billion in emergency funding for those recently affected by natural disasters, including…
View in Congressional Chronicle11,187 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee convened a hearing to discuss the high rate of mothers dying due to causes related to pregnancy or childbirth in the U.S. Olympian and gold medalist track…
9,921 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle810 viewsThe House debated and passed several suspension bills, including one that reauthorizes the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program for seven years.
View in Congressional Chronicle683 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to consider the nation’s infrastructure needs. In panel one, the committee heard from Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Sam Graves…
856 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to discuss legislative that would require the release of the president and vice president’s tax returns.
2,616 viewsTreasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on President Trump’s fiscal 2020 budget request. Republican committee members praised President Trump for the…
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