House Session
The House approved legislation concerning school-based mental health services, corporate merger filing fees, and voting access for the disabled. Members also approved 25 suspension bills.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,518 viewsThe House approved legislation concerning school-based mental health services, corporate merger filing fees, and voting access for the disabled. Members also approved 25 suspension bills.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,518 viewsThe House worked on bills dealing with abortion rights, veterans' benefits, and defense programs. They also worked on legislation that would establish an “Amber Alert” system for active…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,790 viewsNASA officials, including Administrator Bill Nelson and Maryland lawmakers, spoke ahead of the release of new images from the James Webb telescope.
435 viewsThe House passed two bills. The first measure addresses mental health and opioid abuse treatment. The second establishes the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, focused on…
View in Congressional Chronicle625 viewsThe House debated three bills dealing with: preventing domestic terrorism, addressing the current baby formula shortage; and investments in low-income communities, which was also passed…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,480 viewsThe House approved several suspension bills. Members also concluded debate on the Senate-passed infrastructure bill. The legislation would fund roads, bridges, rail, and mass transit…
View in Congressional Chronicle721 viewsThe House began work on federal spending for the fiscal year 2022 budget year, a package of seven of the dozen bills that set annual spending. More than 200 amendments were allowed, and a…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,334 viewsThe House debated the rules governing four bills, approved suspension bills debated the previous day, and then passed two bills. In a 285-120 margin on the first measure, members voted to…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,126 viewsThe House passed two immigration bill. H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, would provide a pathway to citizenship for “DREAMers,” undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, and…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,084 viewsThe House approved the House-Senate compromise on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which sets defense programs and policy for fiscal year 2021. President Trump had vowed to…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,377 viewsThe House considered a number of suspension bills concerning human rights, including a resolution condemning the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
View in Congressional Chronicle789 viewsThe House considered more than 20 bills under suspension of the rules, including one reaffirming the House of Representative’s commitment to the orderly and peaceful transfer of power…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,223 viewsThe House debated amendments to a $1.5 trillion Infrastructure bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle509 viewsThe House debated two bills: H.R. 1425, which makes make changes to the Affordable Care Act, and H.R. 7301, the COVID-19 housing relief bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,141 viewsThe House debated and passed by voice vote a $2 trillion Senate-passed coronavirus economic aid package, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Lawmakers had hoped to pass…
View in Congressional Chronicle10,365 viewsThe House passed H.R. 1140, the Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020, which overhauls the TSA personnel system by providing the same rights and protections as other…
View in Congressional Chronicle583 viewsThe House passed a measure that would prohibit funding for military action against Iran without congressional approval. Lawmakers also passed another measure including a resolution to…
View in Congressional Chronicle9,121 viewsThe House voted on a bill debated earlier under suspension of the rules. Members from both parties came to the floor to reflect on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.…
View in Congressional Chronicle412 viewsIn a vote of 224-194, the House passed a war powers resolution seeking to limit the Trump administration’s military action against Iran without first getting congressional approval. All but…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,571 viewsIn a 232-196 vote, the House debated and passed a resolution laying out the rules in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump, including public hearings, and rights for the president and…
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