White House Dinner Security Breach
Michaele and Tareq Salahi testified on their attendance at a White House State Dinner on November 24, 2009. The Salahis, who were uninvited to the dinner, invoked their Fifth Amendment right…
2,427 viewsMichaele and Tareq Salahi testified on their attendance at a White House State Dinner on November 24, 2009. The Salahis, who were uninvited to the dinner, invoked their Fifth Amendment right…
2,427 viewsThe House passed a bill to restore expired unemployed benefits. Members also voted to bar lobbyists from foreign nations accused of being state sponsors of terrorism from contributing or att…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,196 viewsIn a three-hour portion members debated forcing withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan in accordance with the War Powers Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle4,992 viewsTreasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on President Obama’s proposed fiscal year 2011 budget. Among the topics he addressed were economic sti…
528 viewsRepresentative Bill Pascrelli talked about Congress and tax breaks, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Representative Pascrell is pushing for a compromise on …
154 viewsSecretary Janet Napolitano testified before the committee about the fiscal year 2011 Homeland Security Department budget. In her testimony she spoke about a number of issues including the de…
478 viewsThe House approved a fiscal year 2011 spending bill for the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development. Another bill, which guarantees health care for first responders t…
View in Congressional Chronicle34,475 viewsThe House considered bills that included a Haiti earthquake recovery and a tele-working program allowing federal employees to work from home at least 20 percent of the time.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,301 viewsRepresentative Bill Pascrell discussed his views on the the deal struck between President Obama and congressional Republican leaders on tax cuts and unemployment benefits, which he opposes. …
186 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 passed a bill to fund the federal government through December 3, 2010.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,727 viewsThe House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing on pending legislation to reduce and more safely manage concussions in student athletes. Witnesses testified that student concussions h…
593 viewsThe House continued work on a bill that creates a new program to provide medical services and health monitoring for 9/11 first responders.
View in Congressional Chronicle3,609 viewsHouse Democrats spoke to reporters about House Democratic leadership elections.
313 viewsMembers vote 406-19 to repeal the antitrust exemption for health insurance companies.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,522 views