House Session, Part 2
The House considered 14 suspension bills.
View in Congressional Chronicle8,138 viewsThe House considered 14 suspension bills.
View in Congressional Chronicle8,138 viewsThe House approved legislation on veterans' access to child care. Members also paid tribute to former Representative John Dingell (D-MI), who died the previous day at age 92. Representative…
View in Congressional Chronicle4,458 viewsThe House passed H.R. 1. The bill would set up a publicly-financed matching fund program for small donations to congressional candidates. It also makes Election Day a federal holiday,…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,975 viewsOn Day 27 of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history over President Trump’s demand for money to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall, the House debated the rule governing a short-term…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,158 viewsThe House continued work on a five-bill spending package, H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science (1); Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (2); Interior,…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,206 viewsThe House Armed Services Committee held a hearing to examine U.S. military operations in Asia and the Pacific. Witnesses included U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander Admiral Philip Davidson, Assistant…
1,680 viewsIn this portion of the House Armed Services Committee’s consideration of the defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2020, Committee Chair Adam Smith (D-WA) and Ranking Member Mac Thornberry…
1,244 viewsFollowing a short break, the House Armed Services Committee resumed consideration of the defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2020 before voting it out of committee for consideration by the…
1,110 viewsThe House debated several bills, including one calling on financial institutions to work with customers who were affected by the recent 35-day government shutdown.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,090 viewsThe House passed H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act, which would reverse Trump administration changes to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ((CFPB).
View in Congressional Chronicle789 viewsThe House considered four small-business related suspension bills.
View in Congressional Chronicle783 viewsThe House continued work on a five-bill spending package, H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science (1); Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (2); Interior,…
View in Congressional Chronicle660 viewsIn this portion of the House Armed Services Committee’s consideration of the defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2020, members debated a substitute amendment offered by Representative…
554 viewsThe House Small Business Committee held a hearing to consider the impact of the 35-day partial government shutdown on America’s small businesses. Business owners, an economist, and a trade…
532 viewsA group of newly-elected members of the 116th Congress talked about their legislative agenda, including H.R. 1, an anti-corruption bill, at an event hosted by End Citizens United. Among the…
375 viewsIn this portion of the the House Armed Services Committee’s consideration of the defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2020, members debated an amendment offered by Representative Liz Cheney…
318 viewsThe House considered several bills under suspension of the rules, including a telecommunications security measure that would ban the use of federal funds to purchase communications…
View in Congressional Chronicle290 viewsIn this portion of the House Armed Services Committee’s consideration of the defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2020, members debated amendments offered by Representatives Jackie Speier…
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