House Session
The House approved the Senate-passed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. The vote was 220-211, with all Republicans and one Democrat voting against the measure. President Biden signed the le…
View in Congressional Chronicle7,682 viewsThe House approved the Senate-passed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. The vote was 220-211, with all Republicans and one Democrat voting against the measure. President Biden signed the le…
View in Congressional Chronicle7,682 viewsThe House passed the Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act, which would expand and improve consumer, student, service member, and small business protections against abusive debt coll…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,034 viewsThe House voted 219-209 in favor of the Senate-passed budget resolution containing President Biden’s COVID-19 pandemic response plan. Lawmakers also voted to reauthorize a national apprentic…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,829 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,151 viewsIn a vote of 223-205, the House passed the 25th Amendment resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to remove President Trump from office. Representative Kinzinger (IL) was the only Re…
View in Congressional Chronicle6,934 viewsThe House passed four bills. One bans religion-based travel bans, and the second requires that all individuals entering the U.S. have access to legal counsel if stopped by immigration offici…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,608 viewsThe House passed a bill to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state. The margin was 216-208, along party lines.
View in Congressional Chronicle5,482 viewsThe House passed the Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act (H.R. 803). It combines eight measures designating wilderness areas and scenic rivers in California, Colorado, and W…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,948 viewsThe House passed the rule for three bills: a District of Columbia statehood measure, a bill to provide legal counsel for anyone detained at the U.S. border, and legislation to try to address…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,112 viewsThe House began work on two bills. The first would add LGBTQ anti-discrimination protections to the Civil Rights Act. The second would increase protected wilderness and scenic river areas in…
View in Congressional Chronicle863 viewsThe House considered 17 suspension bills dealing with such issues as food allergies and scams targeting senior citizens. Julia Letlow (R-LA), who won a special election in March, was sworn i…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,218 viewsThe House voted 217-210 to approve the Paycheck Fairness Act. The bill changes the 1963 Equal Pay Act to eliminate different reasons businesses can give for different pay for men and women d…
View in Congressional Chronicle760 viewsThe House completed work on amendments to H.R. 1, the For the People Act, which makes changes to campaign finance, voting, and ethics laws.
View in Congressional Chronicle898 viewsThe House approved a bill to create and require national standards for workplace violence prevention plans at facilities where health care and social service workers do business.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,597 viewsThe House voted on a suspension bill debated earlier in the day.
View in Congressional Chronicle489 viewsThe House passed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 pandemic economic relief bill that included a $15 minimum wage increase.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,917 viewsThe House passed the Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) and Disclosure Simplification Act, which requires public companies to disclose executive pay increases, corporate political con…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,232 viewsThe House passed a bill that would ensure the same burden of proof in age discrimination claims as in other discrimination cases. The measure would reverse a 2009 Supreme Court ruling on age…
View in Congressional Chronicle493 viewsThe House approved the Senate-passed COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which addresses the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans, and members also considered several other suspension bills. La…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,227 viewsThe House agreed to waive spending cuts that would have been triggered by the recent $1.9 coronavirus pandemic relief bill. Members also voted to condemn the recent military coup in Myanmar,…
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