Hearing on Slavery Reparations
Actor Danny Glover, author Ta-Nehisi Coates, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and others testified on slavery reparations before a House Judiciary subcommittee. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee …
38,745 viewsActor Danny Glover, author Ta-Nehisi Coates, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and others testified on slavery reparations before a House Judiciary subcommittee. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee …
38,745 viewsThe House impeached President Donald Trump for abuse of power (230-197) and obstruction of Congress (229-198), with Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) voting “present” on both articles of i…
View in Congressional Chronicle46,541 viewsThe House debated and voted on amendments to a near-$1 trillion spending package covering four of the 12 annual appropriations bills that fund the government and related agencies. This speci…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,069 viewsThe House passed a bill reauthorizing the U.S. Export-Import Bank’s charter for 10 years, through September 30, 2029, and renaming the agency the United States Export Finance Agency.
View in Congressional Chronicle5,727 viewsThe House worked on three public lands bill, including passage of two measures that ban oil, gas, and mineral leases in parts of Arizona and New Mexico: H.R. 1373, the Grand Canyon Centennia…
View in Congressional Chronicle842 viewsThe House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a hearing on the Voting Rights Act and the 2013 Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder …
1,254 viewsThe House debated the rule for H.R. 729, the Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act of 2019, which seeks to protect U.S. coastal and Great Lakes communities impacted by climate …
View in Congressional Chronicle768 viewsThe House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the evidence in the ongoing impeachment inquiry of President Trump. Several Republican members on the committee called for points of order, pr…
1,547 viewsThe House debated the rule for the fiscal year 2020 defense authorization bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,681 viewsThe House passed bills aimed at reopening part of the federal government, which was in day 20 of a partial shutdown, funding the Departments of Agriculture, Transportation, and Housing and U…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,367 viewsThe House debated and passed several bills under suspension of the rules, including one that prevents the sale of e-cigarettes to children by requiring online age verification for purchasing…
View in Congressional Chronicle880 viewsThe House Judiciary Committee held the third in a series of hearings to review the conclusions of Special Consel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elec…
3,177 viewsThe House Judiciary Committee debated two articles of impeachment against President Trump: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The second day of the hearing included further debate o…
481 viewsThe House Judiciary Committee met to consider a resolution on the guidelines and scope for an impeachment investigation into President Trump. The resolution was adopted along party lines by …
9,344 viewsThe House Judiciary Committee considered a series of gun violence prevention bills. The three bills debated were H.R.1236, the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019; H.R.1186, the Keep A…
1,632 viewsThe House continued work on a five-bill spending package, H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science (1); Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (2); Interior, Environme…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,724 viewsThree constitutional law experts and the owner of a home along the U.S.-Mexico border were the witnesses at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the 1976 National Emergencies Act and Pr…
3,501 viewsFollowing a short break, House Judiciary Committee members returned to continue examining the evidence in the ongoing impeachment inquiry against President Trump. Ranking Member Representati…
710 viewsThe House Judiciary Committee met to mark up two articles of impeachment against President Trump: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The first day of the hearing included opening st…
13,278 viewsThe House passed a bill intended to combat money laundering by curbing the use of shell companies while requiring corporations to report ownership information to the Treasury Department. Mem…
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