Climate Change and the Economy
The House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on the Environment held a hearing on the economic effects of climate change. This was the fifth hearing from House Oversight in a series on climat…
646 viewsThe House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on the Environment held a hearing on the economic effects of climate change. This was the fifth hearing from House Oversight in a series on climat…
646 viewsThe House passed a bill that would allow the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services the authority to negotiate Medicare prescription drug prices.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,746 viewsThe House approved a measure that restricts robocalls, and members started work on a bill that bans illegal insider trading, making exchanges to the Securities Exchange Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle735 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,005 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 Chronicle5,723 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 Chronicle879 viewsExperts appeared before the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on National Security on the Trump administration’s Syria policy. The witnesses testified that President Trump’s decision t…
3,787 viewsThe House passed a bill that aims to prevent foreign interference in U.S. elections. The legislation requires candidates and campaigns to report illicit offers of elections assistance from f…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,536 viewsMembers debated the rules for two bills to be debated later in the week. Then, in a 354-60 vote, the House adopted a joint resolution opposing President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. tro…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,895 viewsTwo subcommittees of the House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing on confronting white supremacy.
37,145 viewsThe House passed two bills restricting oil and gas drilling in the U.S.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,586 viewsThe House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit held a hearing on U.S. roads and strategies to deal with traffic congestion and revenue needs. Among the witn…
470 viewsThe House Oversight and Reform Committee voted along party lines to approve a subpoena for personal emails and WhatsApp messages used by President Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-la…
9,463 viewsActing Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan testified before the House Oversight and Reform Committee about the agency’s family separation policy at the U.S. southern border. In his o…
12,220 viewsThe House blocked Representative Al Green’s (D-TX) resolution to impeach President Trump, 332-95, with 137 Democrats voting with Republicans to kill the measure. In a 230-198 vote, lawmakers…
View in Congressional Chronicle5,076 viewsThe House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing on the future of health care and the Affordable Care Act under the Trump administration. Panelists included two advocates of the healt…
2,890 viewsThe House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing regarding the Office of Special Counsel’s recommendation that President Trump fire White House counselor Kellyanne Conway for her alle…
5,568 viewsThe House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on the Environment held a hearing to assess climate change impacts and natural disaster preparedness efforts. Among the witnesses testifying on th…
2,720 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 Chronicle2,723 viewsThe House debated amendments to a spending package covering four of the 12 annual appropriations bills that fund the government and related agencies. This specific package includes money for…
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