Gun Violence Prevention
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and leaders of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force hosted a forum on reducing gun violence The panel, all Democrats, took testimony and ask…
1,259 viewsHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and leaders of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force hosted a forum on reducing gun violence The panel, all Democrats, took testimony and ask…
1,259 viewsThe House passed two bills. The first is a rewrite and reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act. The second is an energy infrastructure bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,672 viewsThe House voted on bills under suspension of the rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle252 viewsThe House passed H.R. 511, the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act, which aims to clarify labor rights of Native Americans in Native American tribes. The chamber also appointed conferees to negotia…
View in Congressional Chronicle580 viewsThe House debated and voted on amendments to a multi-year highway and transportation funding bill. Several amendments involve reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,092 viewsThe House debated and voted on amendments to a a multi-year highway and transportation funding bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,786 viewsThe House voted on several bills under suspension of the rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle257 viewsThe Senate approved by a 266-167 vote a two-year, $80 billion budget agreement that also raises the debt ceiling.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,834 viewsThe House approved legislation to reauthorize the expired charter of the Export-Import Bank. Members also reauthorized federal highway and transit programs through November 20, 2015, and leg…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,347 viewsThe House voted 240-189 to pass H.R. 3762, a budget reconciliation bill that would repeal several aspects of the Affordable Care Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle777 viewsThe House approved two bill. One, H.R. 692, the Default Prevention Act, deals with federal debt repayments dealt with prioritizing federal debt payments. The other reauthorizes school vouche…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,112 viewsGeneral John Campbell, commander of U.S. Forces - Afghanistan, testified before the House Armed Services Committee on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, as well as the Doctors Without Borders hos…
5,855 viewsThe House voted on several bills under suspension of the rules, including a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration through March 2016.
View in Congressional Chronicle336 viewsSchool administrators and policy experts testified at a hearing on combating sexual assaults on college campuses. One of the topics discussed centered on whether cases should be handled by t…
1,070 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session and started debating H.R. 427, which would require Congress to approve all federal agency regulations deemed to be "major rules".
View in Congressional Chronicle1,063 viewsSecretary Sylvia Burwell testified at a hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services' priorities and policies. Some committee members' questions dealt with reports that consumers w…
814 viewsRepresentative Bobby Scott (D-VA) talked about the passage of a House bill to rewrite the No Child Left Behind law and other education issues. Other topics included President Obama’s planned…
327 viewsThe House debated and approved H.R. 5, the Student Success Act, and resumed debate on a fiscal year 2016 Interior Department, Environmental Protection Agency, and related agencies spending b…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,436 viewsAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified on rules and regulations for child nutrition programs. The Health, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 was set to expire on September 30, 2015. The commi…
462 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session, with members debating the rule for H.R. 2578, a Commerce, Justice, and Science Spending bill.
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