House Session
The House approved legislation to provide relief to borrowers who consolidated federal student loan debt with a spouse and need to separate it due to divorce or domestic violence. Members al…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,035 viewsThe House approved legislation to provide relief to borrowers who consolidated federal student loan debt with a spouse and need to separate it due to divorce or domestic violence. Members al…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,035 viewsThe House debated more than two dozen bills under suspension of the rules, including measures to reauthorize the Peace Corps, increase penalties for human trafficking, and establish national…
View in Congressional Chronicle753 viewsThe Inter-Parliamentary Task Force to Combat Online Antisemitism, chaired by Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and comprising politicians from around the world, convened its fir…
2,089 viewsThe Inter-Parliamentary Task Force to Combat Online Antisemitism, chaired by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and comprised of politicians from around the world, convened their first in-…
The House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle946 viewsGovernment officials testified at a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing on efforts to support European energy security amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The witnesses spoke about the…
630 viewsThe House passed a Democratic bill intended to reduce gun violence in response to a recent spate of mass shootings. The legislation includes measures that would raise the age to buy a semi-a…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,514 viewsThe House Judiciary Committee debated and voted on the “Protecting Our Kids Act,” a package of gun control proposals meant in part as a response to a series of mass shootings, most recently …
6,565 viewsThe House Judiciary Committee debated and voted on the “Protecting Our Kids Act,” a package of gun control proposals meant in part as a response to a series of mass shootings, most recently …
711 views“Pro-choice” and “pro-life” advocates testified at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on access to abortions and the impact overturning Roe v. Wade would have on that access. This hearing c…
17,752 viewsSecretary of State Antony Blinken testified at House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the agency’s foreign policy priorities and fiscal year 2023 budget request. Secretary Blinken defend…
1,491 viewsHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended himself against Republican committee members, who assailed his record on immigration policy and called for his resignation as he testi…
7,081 viewsDeputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman testified at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on U.S. policy in the Indo-Pacific region. Topics included the U.S. competition with China, the…
731 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle861 viewsThe House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe held a hearing on suspected war crimes and other human rights abuses allegedly committed by Russia during its invasion of Ukraine. Experts wi…
915 viewsThe House approved a bill that would impose sanctions on foreign persons for human rights violations, targeting those who identify as LGBTQI. Members also voted on two post office naming sus…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,365 viewsMusician Gloria Estefan and broadcasting and recording executives testified before the House Judiciary Committee about compensating recording artists for their work. The hearing focused on t…
487 viewsHistorians testified on the global rise of authoritarianism before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. They spoke about the threat to democracy around the world as well as in the U.S.
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