House Session
The House voted to repeal the “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” policy by a 250-175 vote.
View in Congressional Chronicle3,141 viewsThe House voted to repeal the “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” policy by a 250-175 vote.
View in Congressional Chronicle3,141 viewsThe House considered several suspension bills including a suspension bill re-designating the Longfellow National Historic Site as the Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Hist…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,035 viewsThe House considered bills that included a Haiti earthquake recovery and a tele-working program allowing federal employees to work from home at least 20 percent of the time.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,300 viewsSecretary Sebelius testified about the fiscal year 2011 Health and Human Services budget. Questions focused on implementation of recently passed health care legislation, hospital infections,…
391 viewsThe House considered several measures under suspension of the rules, including a a bill remembering the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing of the Murrah Federal Building.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,576 viewsThe House passed the Senate version of health care legislation by a vote of 219 to 212. The House passed both the Senate health care legislation and the reconciliation bill. The reconciliati…
View in Congressional Chronicle156,838 viewsThe House worked on several measures, including a number of water and land protection programs.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,256 viewsThis LIVE program was joined in progress. This program is a continuation of program #292526-3. The House Budget Committee began markup of the Reconciliation Act of 2010. Earlier in the day m…
276 viewsThe House Budget Committee began markup of the Reconciliation Act of 2010. Members approved a “shell” measure on a 21 to 16 vote and continued with motions to instruct the Rules Committee to…
2,158 viewsPeter Orszag testified on President Obama’s fiscal year 2011 budget proposal. In his remarks he talked about future budget deficits and proposals for a debt commission. He also focused on Pr…
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