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Members considered a resolution on the immediate withdrawal of military forces from Iraq. The resolution was brought to the floor by Representative Hunter to clarify the House’s position on …
View in Congressional Chronicle207 viewsMembers considered a resolution on the immediate withdrawal of military forces from Iraq. The resolution was brought to the floor by Representative Hunter to clarify the House’s position on …
View in Congressional Chronicle207 viewsUndersecretary Hughes testified about her recent travels to Indonesia and Malaysia where she visited some of the areas affected by the December 2004 tsunami. She also talked about the goals …
105 viewsThe House approved the conference report to H.R. 2744, a $100 billion agriculture appropriation for fiscal year 2006. Among the items agreed to in the conferenced version of the bill was a h…
View in Congressional Chronicle318 viewsAmbassador Bolton testified about reform efforts at the United Nations and the outcome of the recent high-level event, or summit meeting, of approximately 150 heads of state that resulted in…
118 viewsA hearing was held titled “The U.S. and India: An Emerging Entente?” State Department officials testified about U.S.-India relations, focusing on recent agreements on civil nuclear coopera…
113 viewsThe House considers HR 3199, Patriot Act reauthorization.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,142 viewsThe House plans to finish work on HR 2601, Foreign Relations authorization bill; possibly work on HR 3070, NASA authorization bill; take the postponed vote on a suspension bill debated Monda…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,020 viewsThe House takes up the Foreign Relations Authorization bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle815 viewsVotes are not scheduled to allow members to attend the return to flight of the space shuttle launch in Florida.
View in Congressional Chronicle486 viewsThe House International Relations Committee held a hearing on the Darfur situation in Sudan. Deputy Secretary Zoellick testified about consolidating peace while confronting genocide.
85 viewsThe House will consider H.R. 2520 - Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, H.R. 810 - Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005, and H.R. 2419 - Energy and Water Development, and R…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,222 viewsUnited Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s chief of staff testified about U.N. budget and management issues. State Department officials and others also testified about U.N. reform. Topics…
96 viewsThree former ambassadors to the United Nations testified about reforming the United Nations. Topics included the Iraq oil-for-food scandal, reorganization of staffing and programs, loss of c…
126 viewsSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice testified before the House International Relations Committee. She talked about the fiscal year 2006 foreign operations budget as well as U.S. internationa…
101 viewsThe committee heard testimony about tsunami relief programs to help victims in the devastated areas bordering the Indian Ocean, international cooperation in providing monetary and physical a…
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