House Session, Part 1
The House voted 316-113 to pass the omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government until September 30, 2016.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,823 viewsThe House voted 316-113 to pass the omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government until September 30, 2016.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,823 viewsState Department Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Olson testified at a hearing on the future of U.S.-Pakistan relations. He said Pakistan was becoming a more const…
2,561 viewsThe House convened for one-minute speeches.
View in Congressional Chronicle247 viewsThe House voted 289-137 to approve H.R. 4038, a bill to limit the number of Syrian refugees admitted to the U.S. until increased security checks are in place.
View in Congressional Chronicle5,014 viewsThe House passed H.R. 511, the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act, which aims to clarify labor rights of Native Americans in Native American tribes. The chamber also appointed conferees to negotia…
View in Congressional Chronicle580 viewsThe House approved 363-64 a six-year highway and transportation funding bill. Members also voted in favor of a motion to instruct conferees in negotiations with the Senate. The House also pa…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,456 viewsAssistant Secretaries of State Anne Patterson and Victoria Nuland testified at hearing on U.S. policy in Syria, and how that policy has adapted to the exacerbating factor of Russian military…
2,427 viewsRepresentatives from the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Homeland Security Department testified at a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee heari…
3,043 viewsThe House voted 240-189 to pass H.R. 3762, a budget reconciliation bill that would repeal several aspects of the Affordable Care Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle776 viewsTwo former NASA associate administrators testified at a hearing on the effects on deep space exploration efforts of the space agency’s budget reduction. Topics included how budgeting issues …
730 viewsRepresentative Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) reacted to Representative Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) announcement he would no longer run for Speaker of the House.
33 viewsHouse Republicans spoke to reporters about House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) decision to drop his bid to be House speaker following a party conference meeting on the upcoming lea…
548 viewsThe House voted 270-156 to pass a defense authorization bill, and 251-173 to pass a bill dealing with Iran sanctions.
View in Congressional Chronicle815 viewsPolicy analysts from the American Enterprise Institute and Harvard and George Mason Universities testified at a hearing on the growing threat of growing Islamic extremism inside Russia, and …
886 viewsThe House considered a number of bills, including ones dealing with “frivolous” lawsuits and another seeking to defund Planned Parenthood. Darin LaHood (R-IL) was sworn in to replace former …
View in Congressional Chronicle1,223 viewsSecretary of State John Kerry, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz testified at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the Iran nuclear agreement and its enf…
14,705 viewsRepresentatives Dan Kildee (D-MI), Mike Pompeo (R-KS), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Mac Thornberry (R-TX), and Jim Himes (D-CT) spoke briefly to reporters about the deal over Iran’s nuclear prog…
485 viewsWitnesses testified at a hearing on on the future of the European Union (EU) and U.S.-EU relations. Discussion was focused on the consequences of Greek financial crisis on the EU and eventua…
512 viewsWitnesses testified at a hearing on the implications of an agreement with Iran over the country’s nuclear program that was announced that day. Former Senator Joe Lieberman and former CIA Dir…
3,702 viewsA former NASA astronaut and officials from NASA, Boeing, and the Government Accountability Office testified at a hearing on challenges facing the International Space Station (ISS). Much of t…
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