Overclassification of Government Documents
Information, data, secrecy. and transparency experts testified at a hearing on the classification rules and procedures related to national security and intelligence documents. Members asked …
1,440 viewsInformation, data, secrecy. and transparency experts testified at a hearing on the classification rules and procedures related to national security and intelligence documents. Members asked …
1,440 viewsThe House passed a bill that changes the federal medical research process as well as makes policy changes to Medicare, Medicaid, and federal foster care programs. They also approved several …
View in Congressional Chronicle1,805 viewsThe House passed a bill extending sanctions on Iran for another ten years, and another bill requiring the State Department to impose sanctions on people and entities found to be responsible …
View in Congressional Chronicle660 viewsThe House passed a temporary spending bill to fund the government until December 9, 2016.
View in Congressional Chronicle606 viewsThe House voted to override President Obama’s veto of a bill allowing family members of the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to sue Saudi Arabia.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,715 viewsThe House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing examining allegations of sexual harassment and other misconduct at the National Park Service. Members heard from agency emp…
4,158 viewsThe House convened for one-minute speeches, debated the rule for a bill dealing with cash payments to Iran, and then considered of a bill related to tax deferrals for employee stockholders a…
View in Congressional Chronicle351 viewsThe chief executive officer of Mylan testified at a hearing on her company’s price increase on its EpiPen, an anti-anaphylaxis injection medication. Lawmakers from both parties questioned He…
33,040 viewsThe House passed legislation that would make it easier to demote or fire employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs for poor performance or misconduct. Members also approved a bill to r…
View in Congressional Chronicle299 viewsA House oversight hearing examined the health care law since its March 2010 enactment and its effects on the insurance market including rising health care premiums. Also discussed were alleg…
2,079 viewsThe House approved legislation that changes provisions in the Affordable Care Act dealing with tax deductions for medical care, a bill extending technical education programs, and a resolutio…
View in Congressional Chronicle895 viewsThe House passed a bill that changes Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requirements for small businesses when they sell stock.
View in Congressional Chronicle419 viewsThe House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing on the State Department’s response to Freedom of Information requests dealing with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinto…
6,152 viewsThe House voted 231-196 to pass an Interior Department Spending bill. Following the completion of legislative work ahead of the House’s seven-week recess, Democrats delivered speeches on gun…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,669 viewsInspectors general from the State Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) testified at a hearing on Hillary Clinton’s use of private email servers while ser…
14,441 viewsThe House debated the fiscal year 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,894 viewsFBI Director James Comey testified at a hearing on the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of private email servers, as well as the decision to not recommend criminal charges agai…
107,497 viewsThe House debated H.R. 2646, a mental health care bill, and H.R. 1270, a bill dealing with health savings accounts.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,352 viewsSecretary John King and other education professionals testified at a hearing on the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act. Members questioned witnesses on the rule-making process …
480 viewsThe House debated amendments to H.R. 5293, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2017.
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