House Rules Debate for Government Funding
The House debated legislation to fund the government through February 8, 2019.
335 viewsThe House debated legislation to fund the government through February 8, 2019.
335 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 Chronicle5,644 viewsHomeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen appeared at an oversight hearing of her department’s border security actions and immigration enforcement policies. Secretary Nielsen expressed he…
7,293 viewsThe House passed the final version of the House-Senate compromise of the farm bill. The legislation sets a five-year extension of farm subsidies, crop insurance, nutrition, and rural develop…
View in Congressional Chronicle4,206 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,112 viewsThe House considered several suspension bills, including ones that condemns the Assad regime in Syria and Russian aggression against Ukraine.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,192 viewsGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai testified at a hearing on his company’s use of consumer data. He answered lawmakers' questions on issues that included search results, algorithms, privacy policies, …
57,097 viewsThe House considered bills under suspension of the rules including a bill designating former President George W. Bush’s childhood home in Midland, Texas as part of the National Park System. …
View in Congressional Chronicle727 viewsRepresentative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, spoke to reporters outside of a closed-door interview with former FBI Director Jame…
771 viewsThe House considered several suspension bills.
View in Congressional Chronicle493 viewsThe House began debate on H.R. 88, the Retirement, Savings, and Other Tax Relief Act, a Republican tax package, and also worked on extending the National Flood Insurance Program, which was s…
View in Congressional Chronicle837 viewsThe House convened for one-minute speeches. Brenda Jones (D-MI) was sworn in to complete the term of former Representative John Conyers (D). Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) gave his farewell speech…
View in Congressional Chronicle791 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,008 viewsThe House considered a bill removing the gray wolf from the endangered species list.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,563 viewsTop cyber officials at the Pentagon and Homeland Security Department testified on interagency coordination to combat cyber threats before two subcommittees on Capitol Hill. They talked about…
722 viewsRepresentative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) spoke to reporters about the future leadership and direction of the party in the 116th Congress. Leadership elections were scheduled for after Thanks…
369 viewsThe National Action Network (NAN) and its founder Reverent Al Sharpton concluded a two-day legislative and policy conference on Capitol Hill. The event focused on the Democratic legislative …
1,340 viewsSenate and House Democrats spoke to reporters after they walked out a Judiciary Committee hearing where Republicans rejected their motion to call Mark Judge to testify on Professor Christine…
4,144 viewsThe House approved a bill to make some of the individual tax cuts passed in December 2018 permanent. It was the last bill in a series of three Republican tax policy bills being called “Tax R…
View in Congressional Chronicle7,367 viewsThe House debated and passed a non-binding resolution saying that the House of Representatives does not approve of illegal immigrants voting in U.S. elections. Lawmakers also completed work …
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