House Session
The House passed the Red River Private Property Act, which would require the Bureau of Land Management to sell land to individuals who own property on the Texas river.
View in Congressional Chronicle783 viewsThe House passed the Red River Private Property Act, which would require the Bureau of Land Management to sell land to individuals who own property on the Texas river.
View in Congressional Chronicle783 viewsThe House passed two bills. The first is a rewrite and reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act. The second is an energy infrastructure bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,672 viewsRepresentatives from Google, Uber, and PricewaterhouseCoopers testified at a Republican Policy Committee hearing on the role of millennials in the economy. The witnesses outlined organizatio…
531 viewsThe House debated and voted on amendments to a a multi-year highway and transportation funding bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,786 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 viewsGeneral John Campbell, commander of U.S. Forces - Afghanistan, testified before the House Armed Services Committee on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, as well as the Doctors Without Borders hos…
5,855 viewsThree freshman members of the House of Representatives who were serving on the House Armed Services Committee talked about their views on military funding and foreign policy in a panel discu…
334 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 viewsSecretary Sylvia Burwell testified at a hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services' priorities and policies. Some committee members' questions dealt with reports that consumers w…
813 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session to consider a short-term extension of the Highway Funding bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle750 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session. Members debated 11 bills under suspension of the rules. The House voted on three bills. H.R. 2722 was pulled from consideration.
View in Congressional Chronicle932 viewsThe House voted on amendments to H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, which reauthorizes National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for three years and seeks to promote the development of me…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,036 viewsThe House debated and approved H.R. 5, the Student Success Act, and resumed debate on a fiscal year 2016 Interior Department, Environmental Protection Agency, and related agencies spending b…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,436 viewsDeputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work, Deputy Secretary of Energy Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, and Vice Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral James Winnefeld testified before the House…
602 viewsThe House voted down a resolution requiring U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq and Syria in the absence of a congressional vote on an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) resolution…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,532 viewsRepresentative Elise Stefanik (R-NY) talked about her role as a new member of Congress. She discussed being the youngest woman to ever be elected to Congress at age 30, her upbringing, and h…
965 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session. The House debate H.R. 2685, a fiscal year 2016 Defense Appropriations bill and voted on amendments
View in Congressional Chronicle2,862 viewsRepresentative Elise Stefanik (R-NY) answered the question “What are you reading this summer?” She was interviewed on Capitol Hill.
222 viewsThe House considered amendments to H.R. 1735.
View in Congressional Chronicle713 viewsThe House voted 242-184 to pass H.R. 36, a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks and in favor 338-88 on a bill to limit National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance. The House started debate o…
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