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The House took a series of four votes, including passage of S. 2244, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, 417-7, with 10 members not voting.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,417 viewsThe House took a series of four votes, including passage of S. 2244, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, 417-7, with 10 members not voting.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,417 viewsWitnesses testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about enrollment issues with the Affordable Care Act’s Healthcare.gov website. Jonathan Gruber, a former consul…
60,149 viewsDonald Norcross (D-NJ), Alma Adams (D-NC), and David Brat (R-NC) were expected to be sworn in. Each won special elections to serve out the remaining terms of three former members until the e…
View in Congressional Chronicle621 viewsOfficials with the Defense and Health and Human Services Departments testified at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the federal response to the Ebola outbreak in A…
5,688 viewsFederal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen presented her semiannual report on monetary policy to the House Financial Services Committee. The report looks at the current and future economic condition…
9,326 viewsBusiness, finance, and government officials, including Export-Import testified on the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. The hearing focused on on the role of the export credit agenc…
1,835 viewsTreasury Secretary Jack Lew testified on the annual report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), which oversee the implementation of the Dodd-Frank financial regulations law.
759 viewsCommissioner John Koskinen testified at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) recordkeeping practices and the loss of an unknown n…
16,739 viewsThe House debates six suspension bills, including one condemning the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram, for the abduction of 276 schoolgirls.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,730 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, during which members spoke on a variety of topics.
View in Congressional Chronicle537 viewsThe House Oversight and Government Reform Committee convened for a business meeting to consider a resolution holding Lois Lerner, former IRS director of Exempt Organizations, in contempt of …
10,710 viewsOfficials from California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Oregon testified on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s health care insurance exchanges in their indivi…
1,246 viewsThe House resumed work on five amendments to HR. 2804 that would require federal agencies to issue monthly reports on the status of proposed regulations. Members continued work on H.R, 31…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,512 viewsFederal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen continued her testimony on the U.S. economic outlook for the year and the future monetary policy.
1,517 viewsFederal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen gave her semi-annual report on the U.S. economic outlook for the year and the future monetary policy. Chair Yellen said that while the economy was improvin…
5,249 viewsA group of Republican House members under the age of 40 held a press conference at the party’s retreat at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, Maryland. They discussed next steps on immigration l…
372 viewsRichard Cordray testified on the details of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s semiannual report.
1,087 viewsRepresentatives from home buyer associations and lender groups testified on the “ability to pay” rule mandated by the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulations law. The intent of the rule was to…
602 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, during which members spoke on a variety of topics.
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