House Session, Part 2
In a 217-185 vote, the House passed a revised bill for government funding until February 8, 2019. The bill, which differed from a Senate-passed version, includes $5.7 billion for a…
View in Congressional Chronicle5,542 viewsIn a 217-185 vote, the House passed a revised bill for government funding until February 8, 2019. The bill, which differed from a Senate-passed version, includes $5.7 billion for a…
View in Congressional Chronicle5,542 viewsHomeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen appeared at an oversight hearing of her department’s border security actions and immigration enforcement policies. Secretary Nielsen expressed her…
7,208 viewsGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai testified at a hearing on his company’s use of consumer data. He answered lawmakers' questions on issues that included search results, algorithms, privacy policies,…
55,048 viewsThe House considered several bills under suspension of the rules, including a bill to reauthorize the Coast Guard program and a bill to expand educational and professional exchange programs with…
View in Congressional Chronicle858 viewsTreasury and State Department officials testified on the Trump administration’s sanctions policy. The witnesses discussed the implementation and effectiveness of sanctions on such countries…
855 viewsThe assistant secretary of state for African Affairs, foreign policy experts, and Ethiopian community leaders testified before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on recent developments in…
2,625 viewsRepresentatives of Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter testified at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on efforts by the social media companies to filter content from their users, and to answer…
3,974 viewsRepresentative Karen Bass (D-CA) talked about President Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
564 viewsOfficials from the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Trump administration’s foreign policy toward Latin…
990 viewsThe House considered several suspension bills, including one that expands services and benefits for Peace Corps volunteers.
View in Congressional Chronicle450 viewsDeputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray testified on the Justice Department’s inspector general report focused on the 2016 Clinton email investigation.
44,924 viewsThe House rejected in a 121-301 vote the Republican compromise immigration bill. Members then resumed debate on a fiscal year 2019 Defense Department spending bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,945 viewsThe House considered amendments to opioid-related legislation.
View in Congressional Chronicle4,009 viewsJustice Department’s inspector general Michael Horowitz testified at a hearing on the watchdog’s investigation of how the FBI and Justice Department handled its investigation in 2016 of former…
40,150 viewsThe House continued debate on amendments to the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,151 viewsSecretary of State Mike Pompeo testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on his agency’s budget request for the 2019 fiscal year. Topics included U.S. diplomatic strategy, the proposed…
3,268 viewsThe House approved several bills. One would change the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulations reform law. Another would allow terminally-ill patients to use experimental that do not yet have…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,203 viewsThe House passed a six-year re-authorization of the Federal Aviation Administration, updating programs and including new airline passenger rights provisions. Members also defeated a motion…
View in Congressional Chronicle561 viewsThe House debated and voted on two bills. One concerns the Columbia River power system, and the other relates to modernizing music copyrights.
View in Congressional Chronicle764 viewsThe House considered several bills under suspension of the rules, including measures to combat online stalking and increase the role of the financial industry in combating human trafficking.
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