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 Chronicle1,515 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 Chronicle1,515 viewsThe House considered 32 bills under suspension of the rules, including several dealing with transportation and veterans issues. They also debated a rule for measures on school-based mental…
View in Congressional Chronicle867 viewsThe House approves a bill to ensure the right to access to contraceptives. The final vote was 228-195, with two Republicans voting “present” and eight others supporting the measure.
View in Congressional Chronicle4,877 viewsThe House approved a bill to limit the cost a one month’s supply of insulin to $35. Members also approved a measure to instruct House conferees who were negotiating with the Senate on a…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,481 viewsHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), and other Democrats unveiled their investigative results into high pharmaceutical drug…
863 viewsThe House in a 222-190 vote passed a bill to create a 13-member select committee to investigate the January 6, 2021, attack on U.S. Capitol. All Democrats voted in favor of the resolution,…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,306 viewsThe House passed four bills. One bans religion-based travel bans, and the second requires that all individuals entering the U.S. have access to legal counsel if stopped by immigration…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,510 viewsThe House worked on three measures, dealing with Medicaid block grants, labor union rights, and disaster relief for Puerto Rico after recent earthquakes. Members also voted to block a resolution…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,363 viewsThe House debated legislation that would change the nation’s credit reporting system and give consumers more power over what is in their credit reports.
View in Congressional Chronicle774 viewsThe House approved a resolution appointing and authorizing managers for the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Members also debated a bill to strengthen anti-discrimination…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,885 viewsThe House passed the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle3,922 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 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 Chronicle11,446 viewsThe House speaker held a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony with newly-elected representatives. The event happens at the start of each Congress. The official swearing-in ceremony took place…
4,914 viewsThe House passed a bill that allows mineral mining while restoring mining leases on certain federal lands in northern Minnesota. Lawmakers also approved legislation that requires a two-year…
View in Congressional Chronicle797 viewsThe House passed a bill that would ease water use restrictions in California, and give farmers more access to water. Members also worked on legislation to combat human trafficking, and…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,350 viewsThe House passed a bill that authorizes the interior secretary to coordinate the federal and state permitting process relating to the construction of surface water storage projects.
View in Congressional Chronicle982 viewsThe House debated the rule governing two bills, followed by consideration of three resolutions to repeal Labor Department rules from the Obama administration
View in Congressional Chronicle768 viewsThe House convened for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on a variety of topics.
View in Congressional Chronicle341 viewsThe House debated the rule governing two bills dealing with retirement investment advice and a Washington, D.C., school voucher program.
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