Pipeline Safety
Government and energy industry officials testified about pipeline safety and improvements to safety regulations. The hearing was held in response to a recent pipeline explosion in San Bruno,…
679 viewsGovernment and energy industry officials testified about pipeline safety and improvements to safety regulations. The hearing was held in response to a recent pipeline explosion in San Bruno,…
679 viewsThe House considered a number of bills, including ones on surface transportation and aid for Haiti.
View in Congressional Chronicle7,682 viewsPast and present Department of the Interior secretaries testified on the department’s role in BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. They also addressed past government regulation and oversig…
548 viewsThe House approved a five-year extension of the national flood insurance program with higher caps on both premiums and policy coverage.
View in Congressional Chronicle3,364 viewsThe House voted 237-192 for the Dodd-Frank financial regulations law, which makes changes to financial market regulations. The legislation creates a panel of regulators chaired by the treasu…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,686 viewsThe House considered several bills and resolutions.
View in Congressional Chronicle8,499 viewsOil company executives spoke about the safety and security of offshore drilling operations, as well as the causes of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the ability of the energy indu…
5,208 viewsThe Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on proposals that would revise the national flood insurance program. Witnesses tes…
1,083 viewsThe House took up the Senate changes to the Health Care Reconciliation bill, and voted to approve the measure by 220 to 207.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,132 viewsFederal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Julius Genachowski and other FCC members testified an an oversight hearing of the commission. The focused on proposals to expand broadband acces…
306 viewsThe House passed the Senate version of health care legislation by a vote of 219 to 212. The House passed both the Senate health care legislation and the reconciliation bill. The reconciliati…
View in Congressional Chronicle156,838 viewsThe House Rules Committee has cleared the way for the full House to take up health care legislation. The committee rejected 80 possible amendments, and passed a rule allowing for separate vo…
975 viewsThe House Rules Committee met to consider a rule for House consideration of the budget reconciliation/health revision package. Part 3 of 4
445 viewsThe House Rules Committee met to consider a rule for House consideration of the budget reconciliation/health revision package. Part 2 of 4.
687 viewsThe House Rules Committee met to consider a rule for House consideration of the budget reconciliation/health revision package. Part 1 of 4.
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