House Session
The House was expected to debate the rule governing a dealing with congressional oversight of international insurance industry standards. Members also considered 14 bills under suspension of…
View in Congressional Chronicle909 viewsThe House was expected to debate the rule governing a dealing with congressional oversight of international insurance industry standards. Members also considered 14 bills under suspension of…
View in Congressional Chronicle909 viewsRepresentatives Marsha Blackburn (R_TN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Elise Stefanik (R_NY) and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, and White House officials Lisa …
1,274 viewsThe House debated the rule governing the $618.7 defense authorization conference report, as well as a bill rolling back a provision on the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory law.
View in Congressional Chronicle652 viewsThe House passed a bill that changes the federal medical research process as well as makes policy changes to Medicare, Medicaid, and federal foster care programs. They also approved several …
View in Congressional Chronicle1,805 viewsThe House debated several bills under suspension of the rules, including bills dealing with crude oil spill preparedness and forensic evidence backlogs.
View in Congressional Chronicle472 viewsTwo House Energy and Commerce subcommittees held a joint hearing about the cybersecurity of various everyday electronic and internet-connected devices. Committee members heard from technolog…
2,534 viewsMark Rosekind, administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), testified on self-driving cars. He addressed the benefits of automated vehicles saying this techno…
953 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle502 viewsFederal officials testified at a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing examining a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the oversight of dangerous pathogens at high-cont…
632 viewsThe House began work on the Water Resources Development Act, which authorizes $5 billion for Army Corps of Engineers water projects. Members also passed a bill that exempts from the Affordab…
View in Congressional Chronicle752 viewsRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump spoke to reporters in the media center “spin room” following the first presidential debate hosted by Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. I…
2,168 viewsTwo House Energy and Commerce subcommittees held a hearing on the implementation and sustainability of the Affordable Care Act. Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, and Humana announced plans to leave h…
610 viewsThe House approved a number of bills under suspension of the rules, including a resolution honoring Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize-winning author Elie Wiesel, who died in July 2016; a me…
View in Congressional Chronicle887 viewsWitnesses testified at a hearing reviewing federal laws guaranteeing parity of coverage for physical and mental health. Witnesses included behavioral health experts who discussed mental heal…
1,094 viewsThe House convened for one-minute speeches.
View in Congressional Chronicle357 viewsRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump officially accepted his party’s nomination on the final day of the convention in Cleveland, Ohio, and pledged to fix what he sees as America’s …
15,631 viewsRepresentative Marsha Blackburn (R=TN) discussed the future of the Republican Party and the 2016 presidential campaign at an event hosted by The Atlantic on women and politics. She talked ab…
511 viewsTelephone lines were open for viewer calls and social media comments before day two of the Republican National Convention.
1,968 viewsRepresentatives Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), internet celebrities “Diamond and Silk,” and others participated in a discussion urging women to support Donald Trump for president. The event was he…
1,662 viewsThe House debated several bills, including one that bars discrimination against health insurance providers who do not provide abortion coverage, and an Interior Department spending bill.
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