House Session
The House approved the House-Senate compromise on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which sets defense programs and policy for fiscal year 2021. President Trump had vowed to vet…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,497 viewsThe House approved the House-Senate compromise on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which sets defense programs and policy for fiscal year 2021. President Trump had vowed to vet…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,497 viewsTreasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified before the House Financial Services Committee on their respective agencies' response to the coronavirus pan…
6,896 viewsThe House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance held a virtual hearing to consider the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act (PRIA) proposed by Representative…
592 viewsThe House considered several suspension bills, mostly veterans-related bills that seek to improve VA services for veterans including patient safety and quality of care at VA medical centers.
View in Congressional Chronicle990 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 viewsThe House considered the Extension of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act under suspension of the rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle423 viewsState Department officials testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the firing of the agency’s inspector general, Steve Linick. Witnesses included Undersecretary of State for …
2,082 viewsVice President Mike Pence was the keynote speaker on the third night of the 2020 Republican National Convention, at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland. Other speakers included: Karen Pence,…
37,077 viewsThe House debated amendments to a fiscal year 2021 spending package to fund the Departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services and other agencies.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,963 viewsThe House considered spending bills for fiscal year 2021 and two child care measures.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,459 viewsThe House debated two bills, including one that would repeal President Trump’s 2017 travel ban on certain countries and limit the president’s authority to issue new entry bans. The other was…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,330 viewsThe House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a virtual hearing to examine mortgage relief programs for homeowners during the coronavirus pandemic. Witnesses…
714 viewsThe House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on the Trump administration’s response to reports Russia offered bounties on U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Members focused on what actions sh…
782 viewsPresident Trump met with Republican lawmakers at the White House amid the coronavirus pandemic. The president discussed the administration’s response to the pandemic as well as the U.S. econ…
23,951 viewsRepresentatives Lee Zeldin (R-NY) and Matt Gaetz (R-FL) spoke to reporters outside the White House.
315 viewsThe House voted 278-136 to reauthorize the the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Lawmakers also passed the Iran War Powers bill, which calls for the removal of U.S. armed forces …
View in Congressional Chronicle933 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 debated the rule for H.R. 1140, the Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020, which overhauls the TSA personnel system by providing the same rights and protections a…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,017 viewsSecretary of State Mike Pompeo testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on U.S. policies regarding Iran and Iraq. Several Democrats on the committee pressed Secretary Pompeo on t…
5,563 viewsHouse Republicans spoke to reporters during the Senate impeachment trial vote of President Trump. The president was later acquitted of the two articles of impeachment for which he was on…
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