House Session, Part 3
The House debated and passed a number of suspension bills.
View in Congressional Chronicle736 viewsThe House debated and passed a number of suspension bills.
View in Congressional Chronicle736 viewsCandidates in Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District race, U.S. incumbent Representative Scott Perry (R-) and challenger George Scott (R), took part in a debate. The state’s 10th Congres…
1,382 viewsThe House debated and passed several homeland security measures and a trade bill that aims to reduce or suspend tariffs on imported raw materials used for the production of footwear and spor…
View in Congressional Chronicle776 viewsThe House continued work on H.R. 6147, a fiscal year 2019 bill to fund the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the IRS among other agencies. Members also pas…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,988 viewsHomeland Security Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) Christopher Krebs testified before the House Homeland Security Committee about the nation’s elec…
618 viewsSecretary of State Mike Pompeo testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on his agency’s budget request for the 2019 fiscal year. Topics included U.S. diplomatic strategy, the pro…
3,290 viewsThe House voted down a five-year extension of the farm bill that would have required all Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients work at least 20 hours per week.
View in Congressional Chronicle3,148 viewsThe House continued work on the farm bill, with members considering approximately 50 amendments.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,688 viewsHomeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testified before the House Homeland Security Committee on her department’s fiscal year 2019 budget request, along with other border security and …
1,271 viewsState Department officials testified at a hearing on U.S. policy in the Middle East. The witnesses talked about the Trump administration’s strategy in Syria, the Iran nuclear agreement, Russ…
1,120 viewsThe House voted on bills debated previously under suspension of the rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle351 viewsFederal and state officials testified at a hearing on lessons learned from 2017 disasters resulting from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgi…
1,266 viewsThe House approved several suspension bills, including legislation to improve state home health care for disabled veterans. Members did not, however, approve a suspension bill to allow termi…
View in Congressional Chronicle690 viewsThe House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence held a hearing on combating transnational gangs. Witnesses from the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (IC…
990 viewsThe House passed a six year Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) reauthorization, 256-164.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,866 viewsThe House debated and passed several suspension bills, including a resolution supporting Iranian protests against their government.
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