Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Dir. Shalanda Young appeared before the House Budget Committee to testify on President Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget proposal and priorities.…
641 viewsTreasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on President Trump’s fiscal year 2021 budget proposal. The secretary serves on the administration’s coronavirus task…
2,048 viewsHealth and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee to testify on the president’s 2021 budget request. Although the secretary fielded members' questions on a…
1,935 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…
4,915 viewsThe House began debate on H.R. 88, the Retirement, Savings, and Other Tax Relief Act, a Republican tax package, and also worked on extending the National Flood Insurance Program, which was…
View in Congressional Chronicle775 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 House Foreign Affairs Committee considered legislation requesting the White House and Secretary of State to turn over all documents and records regarding the meeting between President…
1,065 viewsThe House passed two bills concerning health care costs. One expands health savings accounts. The other expands access to low-premium health insurance plans.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,472 viewsNew Democracy hosted a symposium with current and former elected officials and strategists on the future of the Democratic Party leading up to the 2018 and 2020 elections. In this portion,…
411 viewsThe House debated a bill setting fishery conservation and management policy for the upcoming five years.
View in Congressional Chronicle664 viewsThe House Budget Committee met for the second of two days of scheduled meetings to consider legislation for the fiscal year 019 federal budget. The Republican leadership said the resolution…
1,493 viewsThe House Budget Committee resumed its debate on amendments to the resolution for the fiscal year 2019 federal budget. They were offered by Democratic members involving issues such as…
221 viewsC-SPAN presented live coverage from the annual congressional baseball game between Republicans and Democrats. Radio commentary courtesy of Federal News Radio. The Democrats won the game,…
5,508 viewsThe House passed the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act. The vote was 351-66.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,425 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 debated and voted on two bills. One concerns the Columbia River power system, and the other relates to modernizing music copyrights.
View in Congressional Chronicle763 viewsThe House debated a constitutional amendment that would require the federal government to operate under a balanced budget each year.
View in Congressional Chronicle788 viewsRepresentative Brendan Boyle (D-PA), a member of the Foreign Affairs and Budget Committees, talked about some of the news of the day. Topics included Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian…
306 viewsThe House passed a bill creating separate Environment Protection Agency emissions standards for coal-waste power plants.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,287 viewsThe House approved a bill that would suspend certain Environmental Protection Agency emission standards for brick and clay kilns and wood heaters.
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