House Session
The House failed to pass a bill containing new federal land management rules, new wilderness areas, new recreation areas, and a number of other public land bills. It failed by two votes.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,533 viewsThe House failed to pass a bill containing new federal land management rules, new wilderness areas, new recreation areas, and a number of other public land bills. It failed by two votes.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,533 viewsThe House considered a spending bill for the Departments of Justice and Commerce. Lawmakers also approved the final agreement on $106 billion in additional spending for the wars in Iraq and…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,244 viewsThe House approved a bill expanding the Department of Homeland Security’s authority over chemical and water plant safety. Members also made speeches in honor of the victims of the…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,200 viewsThe House passed a bill to authorize the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for 2010 and 2011, which included an amendment to prohibit the use of whole-body imaging machines for…
View in Congressional Chronicle4,282 viewsThe House passed Defense Department appropriations, the final of the 12 appropriation bills for fiscal year 2010. Members also a bill setting new food safety regulations requiring more…
View in Congressional Chronicle4,175 viewsThe House debated H.R. 1, an economic stimulus bill
View in Congressional Chronicle3,467 viewsA press conference was held for the release of the report Saving America’s Future: A Challenge to the American People, the first report from the Strengthening America’s Future Initiative (SAFI).…
306 viewsThe House debated several bills and passed a measure that calls on the president and the secretary of state to oppose a recent United Nations report on the Gaza conflict, calling it biased…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,897 viewsWitnesses testified about the Tienanmen Square crackdown in 1989. They talked about the events leading up to the crackdown, the actual crackdown, and the trends of human rights and…
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