National Debt and the Economy
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on the national debt, which totaled more than $21 trillion at the end of 2018. Fiscal policy analysts from a variety of think tanks talk…
1,715 viewsThe House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on the national debt, which totaled more than $21 trillion at the end of 2018. Fiscal policy analysts from a variety of think tanks talk…
1,715 viewsThe House debated and passed a number of suspension bills.
View in Congressional Chronicle736 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 s…
View in Congressional Chronicle838 viewsThe House considered 21 bills under suspension of the rules, including the naming of several post offices.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,559 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,101 viewsPresident Donald Trump campaigned for Republican candidates at a “Make America Great Again” rally in Charlotte, North Carolina.
5,144 viewsThe House debated and passed a non-binding resolution saying that the House of Representatives does not approve of illegal immigrants voting in U.S. elections. Lawmakers also completed work …
View in Congressional Chronicle5,202 viewsThe House considered 38 bills under suspension of the rules, including reauthorizing programs that deal with flu outbreaks; a Senate-passed drug-pricing transparency measure allowing pharmac…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,455 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 Chronicle1,564 viewsThe House continued work on H.R. 6147, a fiscal year 2019 bill to fund the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the IRS among other agencies. Members also pas…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,990 viewsFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified before the House Financial Services Committee about monetary policy and the economy. He addressed several issues, including inflation, jobs, une…
2,795 viewsThe House passed 14 bills dealing with foreign affairs, federal lands, and armed forces issues. Members ended the day by debating H.R. 6147, a fiscal year 2019 bill to fund the Department of…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,602 viewsThe House approved a bill that would make changes to the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995. It would require federal agencies to perform more analysis on their regulations. The bill also …
View in Congressional Chronicle3,814 viewsTreasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the state of the international financial system. He addressed members' questions on several issue…
1,477 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,695 viewsSecurities and Exchange Commission Chair Jay Clayton testified at a House Financial Services oversight hearing of his agency. He was asked about several issues, including updates to the Volc…
1,359 viewsThe House debated two bills concerning the nation’s opioid crisis. The first would require electronic tracking of international mail shipments and the contents of those shipments and the con…
View in Congressional Chronicle502 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 Chronicle1,290 viewsRandal Quarles, the Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision, appeared before the House Financial Services Committee to talk about the central bank’s role in the supervision and regulati…
706 viewsThe House of Representatives debated and passed two financial services bills. The first would reform the stress test process in the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulations law. The other would…
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