House Session
The House passed two bills. The first is a rewrite and reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act. The second is an energy infrastructure bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,536 viewsThe House passed two bills. The first is a rewrite and reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act. The second is an energy infrastructure bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,536 viewsThe House passed a short-term highway funding bill that extends funding through December 7.
View in Congressional Chronicle858 viewsThe House voted 242-184 to establish a panel to investigate Planned Parenthood. Members also voted 240-183 to defeat a privileged resolution introduced by Representative Louise Slaughter…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,372 viewsThe House voted on a number of bills debated earlier under suspension of the rules, including H.R. 1553, the Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle270 viewsThe House voted 248-177 to pass H.R. 3504, a bill that extends legal protections to any baby born alive during an abortion procedure. Members earlier voted 241-187 to pass H.R. 3134, a bill…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,201 viewsHealth care policy and industry experts testified at a hearing on closing eligibility loopholes in the Medicaid program that allow individuals with significant resources to qualify for…
407 viewsThe House began debate on a series of bills dealing with the Iran nuclear agreement.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,672 viewsThe House passed two bills under suspension of the rules: H.R. 1557, the Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act, and H.R. 2256, the Veterans Information Modernization Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle327 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session. Members debated 11 bills under suspension of the rules. The House voted on three bills. H.R. 2722 was pulled from consideration.
View in Congressional Chronicle846 viewsThe House voted on amendments to H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, which reauthorizes National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for three years and seeks to promote the development of…
View in Congressional Chronicle949 viewsThe House approved a bill that increases timber production on federal lands. House leadership pulled the fiscal year 2016 bill to fund the Department of Interior and the Environmental…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,275 viewsThe House debated H.R. 2822, the fiscal year 2016 Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,750 viewsJanet McCabe testified at a hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to revise national air quality standards for ground-level ozone. A final decision by the EPA was…
615 viewsNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Director John Howard testified at a hearing on the bill to reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th…
545 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session. The House debate H.R. 2685, a fiscal year 2016 Defense Appropriations bill and voted on amendments
View in Congressional Chronicle2,197 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session, with members debating the rule for H.R. 2578, a Commerce, Justice, and Science Spending bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,970 viewsThe House passed S. 178, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015, 420-3. Members voted 387-35 to adopt H.R. 2353, a bill to extend the Highway Trust Fund by two-months. Members…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,150 viewsThe House considered amendments to H.R. 1735.
View in Congressional Chronicle589 viewsThe House debated and voted on H. Res. 173, a bill to replace the Medicare reimbursement formula for doctors, also known as the “doc fix,” and to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,716 viewsHealth and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell testified before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on her department’s fiscal year 2016 budget request. Topics included access to health care,…
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