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The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on the difficulties in caring for aging Americans, including the lack of reasonably-priced long term care for senior citizens and their care…
1,741 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on the difficulties in caring for aging Americans, including the lack of reasonably-priced long term care for senior citizens and their care…
1,741 viewsThe House impeached President Donald Trump for abuse of power (230-197) and obstruction of Congress (229-198), with Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) voting “present” on both articles of i…
View in Congressional Chronicle46,505 viewsThe House debated the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement. Members also debated the rule for consideration of H.R. 5377, the Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act, whic…
View in Congressional Chronicle4,810 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee met to consider the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement. Members delivered opening statements on the legislation before taking a break for votes on …
2,233 viewsThe U.S. House of Representatives voted 258 to 176 to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Bill Clinton.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,773 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to examine paid family and medical leave. While members from both parties expressed support for paid family and medical leave, there was dis…
1,290 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee convened a hearing to discuss the high rate of mothers dying due to causes related to pregnancy or childbirth in the U.S. Olympian and gold medalist track …
10,275 viewsThe House voted 236-173 to approve the Equality Act (H.R. 5), legislation that would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ban discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,801 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to consider the nation’s infrastructure needs. In panel one, the committee heard from Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Sam Graves (R…
884 viewsTreasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on President Trump’s fiscal 2020 budget request. Republican committee members praised President Trump fo…
1,697 viewsU.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer updated members of the House Ways and Means Committee on ongoing U.S.-China trade negotiations. He reiterated that any deal must be enforceable an…
2,527 viewsThe House voted 240-190 in favor of H.R. 8, a bill expanding background checks for gun buyers to include private sales between individuals.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,776 viewsThirteen Republicans and all 232 Democratic members passed a resolution to terminate President Trump’s national emergency declaration to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Under the terms of t…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,433 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to discuss legislative that would require the release of the president and vice president’s tax returns.
2,641 viewsIn a 217-185 vote, the House passed a revised bill for government funding until February 8, 2019. The bill, which differed from a Senate-passed version, includes $5.7 billion for a U.S.-Mexi…
View in Congressional Chronicle5,641 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee met to debate and vote on several tax cut proposals dubbed "Tax Reform 2.0". President Trump in December 2017 signed into law the first round of tax reduct…
869 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee met to debate and vote on several tax cut proposals dubbed "Tax Reform 2.0". President Trump in December 2017 signed into law the first round of tax reduct…
251 viewsThe House continued work on H.R. 6147, a fiscal year 2019 bill to fund the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the IRS among other agencies. Members also pas…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,987 viewsThe House passed several tax policy-related bills, including a measure to punish people who impersonate IRS employees as well as a bill establishing a single point-of-contact for victims of …
View in Congressional Chronicle352 viewsHealth and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee to discuss President Trump’s fiscal year 2019 budget request for his department. He address a…
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