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The House passed a $2.2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, 214-207. Eighteen Democrats joined all Republicans in voting against the measure. Democrats brought the bill to the floor despite the l…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,878 viewsThe House passed a $2.2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, 214-207. Eighteen Democrats joined all Republicans in voting against the measure. Democrats brought the bill to the floor despite the l…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,878 viewsFederal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mark Calabria testified before the House Financial Services Committee on housing and mortgages during the coronavirus pandemic. Committee membe…
928 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,098 viewsThe House Financial Services Committee held a virtual hearing on providing federal financial aid for states and territories to help mitigate economic pressures and budgetary shortfalls cause…
613 viewsThe House considered several suspension bills, including a measure requiring all annual federal agency budget and appropriations requests to be made public.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,140 viewsKathleen Kraninger, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), testified before the House Financial Services Committee on what the agency is doing to protect consumers duri…
676 viewsThe House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on the HEROES Act, which the House of Representatives passed in May 2020, and the next round of legislation for coronavirus aid. Economi…
541 viewsThe House began work on the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual defense programs and policy bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,432 viewsThe House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance held a virtual hearing on efforts to assist renters impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Witnesses …
288 viewsFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified before the House Financial Services Committee on monetary policy and the state of the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic. Chair Powell took q…
5,265 viewsTreasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified before the House Financial Services Committee about their respective agencies' pandemic response and the o…
2,760 viewsThe House debated two bills: H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act of 2019, and H.J.Res. 90, a disapproval resolution of a rule issued in May 2020 by the Office of the Comptroller …
View in Congressional Chronicle655 viewsA House Financial Services subcommittee held a virtual hearing with financial regulators on their response efforts to the coronavirus pandemic. Witnesses included Federal Reserve Board Super…
248 viewsMembers of Congress testified before the House Small Business Committee on the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and other measures intended to provide economic relief to small businesses im…
855 viewsFormer Wells Fargo board members testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the results of the committee’s investigation into the bank’s consumer abuses that led to the execu…
2,830 viewsWells Fargo CEO Charles Scharf testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the results of the committee’s investigation into the bank’s consumer abuses. Committee members ques…
4,090 viewsThe House worked on eight suspension bills, including anti-lynching legislation that increases penalties for federal crimes connect to lynching. Another bill would create a national women’s …
View in Congressional Chronicle10,778 viewsFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified on the economy and monetary policy before the House Financial Services Committee. He told members that the impact of the coronavirus on the U.S.…
1,330 viewsThe House worked on the Protecting America’s Wilderness Act of 2019, a bill to designate wilderness and scenic rivers on federal lands in California, Colorado, and Washington state.
View in Congressional Chronicle740 viewsThe House began debate on two Iran-related bills. The first would repeal the 2002 congressional authorization for the use of military force against Iraq. The second aims to block federal fun…
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