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“I’m pleased to report that we saw a strong 2024 tax season for the nation - one of our best in history,” said IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel during his opening testimony before a House Appr…
612 views“I’m pleased to report that we saw a strong 2024 tax season for the nation - one of our best in history,” said IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel during his opening testimony before a House Appr…
612 viewsThe House voted to table Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) motion to vacate the chair, thus defeating her effort to remove Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA) as speaker. The vot…
View in Congressional Chronicle4,100 viewsThe House considered 17 bills under suspension of the rules, including legislation concerning veterans' benefits, weather forecasting, wildfire detection, and child online safety protections…
View in Congressional Chronicle357 viewsIn a rare Saturday session, the House of Representatives debated and passed four foreign aid bills. Three of those bills provide aid to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, and the fourth is a packa…
View in Congressional Chronicle16,500 viewsCongressional Budget Office Director Phillip Swagel testified before the House Budget Committee on the U.S. budgetary and economic outlook. He said the federal deficit was projected to grow …
555 viewsOffice of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jared Bernstein testified on President Biden’s fiscal year 20…
619 viewsThe House convened for one-minute speeches.
View in Congressional Chronicle319 viewsThe House approved the rule for two upcoming bills and then debated those measures. The first would reduce unused federal office space with the goal of requiring federal workers to the offic…
View in Congressional Chronicle251 viewsThe House debated the Laken Riley Act, which would detain migrants for theft-related crime. The bill is named after a 22-year-old nursing student who was murdered, allegedly by a Venezuelan …
View in Congressional Chronicle494 viewsThe House continued consideration of several bills under suspension of the rules, including extending until March 8, 2024, Federal Aviation Administration programs set to expire at the end o…
View in Congressional Chronicle306 viewsTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testified on oversight of his department before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. He discussed how the Infrastructure Investment …
3,014 viewsThe House voted to expel Representative George Santos (R-NY). He became the sixth House member and first Republican to be expelled in the history of the chamber, and the first House member e…
View in Congressional Chronicle8,411 viewsJudson Independent School District (JISD) in Texas and University of Vermont (UVM) Health Network officials told lawmakers ransomware attacks cost both entities in total nearly $70 million t…
1,295 viewsThe House Oversight and Accountability Committee held its first hearing on an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Republicans alleged President Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, profite…
3,581 viewsThe House debated the rules for two bills. One measure provides fiscal year 2024 funding for the Commerce and Justice Departments, and the other would freeze freezing $6 billion in Iranian h…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,925 viewsThe House continued work on a fiscal year 2024 Department of the Treasury and White House spending bill. Members had been expected to complete work on the measure; however, it was pulled fro…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,941 viewsOfficials with the White House, Defense, and Homeland Security departments testified on how they’re using artificial intelligence (AI) technology during a hearing before a House Oversight an…
144 viewsOfficials from the Social Security Administration, National Archives, and State Department testified on post-COVID-19 pandemic services backlogs before the House Oversight and Accountability…
693 viewsTwo IRS whistleblowers, special agent Joseph Ziegler and his supervisor Gary Shapley, testified on the ongoing investigation into the Biden family before the House Oversight Committee. The h…
1,912 viewsU.S .Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testified on oversight of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) before a House Oversight and Accountability subcommittee. He responded to various concerns raised…
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