House Session
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 258 to 176 to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Bill Clinton.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,788 viewsThe U.S. House of Representatives voted 258 to 176 to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Bill Clinton.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,788 viewsThe House passed a bill requiring amateur sports organizations to report allegations of sexual abuse and another bill that criminalizes knowingly consents to the visual depiction or live tra…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,231 viewsThe House passed several bills dealing with child protections.
View in Congressional Chronicle605 viewsThe House voted 217-213 to approve the Republican replacement bill for the Affordable Care Act,. Members also voted down an exemption for members of Congress from the revised Republican heal…
View in Congressional Chronicle13,767 viewsThe House approved a bill allowing employers to offer compensatory time off instead of overtime pay. Members also debated a North Korea sanctions bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,435 viewsThe House resumed work on legislation dealing with class action lawsuits and fraud within the bankruptcy system.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,187 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session. debated and passed two disapproval resolutions. The first repealed a rule requiring contractors to provide notification of labor law violations.…
View in Congressional Chronicle444 viewsThe House began consideration of two bills dealing with regulations from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Members also approved legislatio…
View in Congressional Chronicle851 viewsThe House convened voted on several bills considered under suspension of the rules, including measures dealing with drug administration in medical emergencies and care for patients with diab…
View in Congressional Chronicle686 viewsThe House passed a bill that requires congressional approval of federal regulations with an economic impact of over $100 million. Members also passed a resolution opposing the U.S. decision …
View in Congressional Chronicle1,652 viewsThe House convened for one-minute speeches and then passed six bills debated under suspension of the rules. Members then debated H.R. 21, the Midnight Rules Relief Act, which would allow Con…
View in Congressional Chronicle858 viewsHouse Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI) hosted a forum with other Democratic members ib the possibility of replacing the Electoral College in favor of the popular vote. …
2,087 viewsThe House convened for general speeches and thereafter debated H.R. 5982, the Midnight Rules Relief Act, which would allow Congress to more easily overturn regulations issued at the end of a…
View in Congressional Chronicle581 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 viewsCongressional Black Caucus members spoke to reporters at the Department of Justice about a letter they wrote to Attorney General Loretta Lynch calling for an investigation into the deaths of…
1,528 viewsThe House debated a number of bills, including one to extend funding of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
View in Congressional Chronicle147 viewsA House-Senate conference committee met to consider a bill addressing opioid abuse treatment and prevention. S.524, the “Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016,” would authorize th…
770 viewsHouse Republicans had been planning to allow a vote on gun control legislation after the June 12, 2016, mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, but some majority party members objected to the bil…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,208 viewsThe House was expected to debate four bills debated under suspension of the rules, as well as the rule governing a bill dealing with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules governing …
View in Congressional Chronicle1,131 viewsThe House convened for legislative session. Members voted to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act and defund Planned Parenthood for one year.
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