House Session
On day 19 of a government shutdown, the House in a 240-188 vote passed a bill to re-open the Department of the Treasury, the IRS, and more than 20 independent agencies. Eight Republicans…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,817 viewsOn day 19 of a government shutdown, the House in a 240-188 vote passed a bill to re-open the Department of the Treasury, the IRS, and more than 20 independent agencies. Eight Republicans…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,817 viewsThe House speaker held a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony with newly-elected representatives. The event happens at the start of each Congress. The official swearing-in ceremony took place…
3,306 viewsThe House debated the rules for two health care bills: H.R. 6199, Restoring Access to Medication and Modernizing Health Savings Accounts Act, and H.R. 6311, Increasing Access to Lower…
View in Congressional Chronicle848 viewsA panel of farmers testified at a House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on the Trump administration’s recent tariffs. The witnesses described the impact the escalating…
657 viewsThe House debated two bills: the Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 (H.R. 6237), and the Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal…
View in Congressional Chronicle386 viewsThe House considered several suspension bills.
View in Congressional Chronicle287 viewsRepresentative Adam Schiff (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Intelligence Committee, discussed the Inspector General’s report and responded to comments from his Republican counterpart, Devin Nunes (CA) on the…
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer provided members of the House Ways and Means Committee with an update on the efforts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).…
1,260 viewsIn this portion of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes (R-CA) talked about the release of a memorandum written by…
860 viewsThe House passed a six year Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) reauthorization, 256-164.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,474 viewsIn a 227-203 vote, the House approved the Republican tax reform bill. Members also passed H.R. 3312, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 201, which reduces certain certain…
View in Congressional Chronicle4,370 viewsHouse and Senate conference committee members met to discuss reconciling the two Republican tax reform bills passed separately out of each chamber. Republicans praised the efforts of staffers who had…
4,769 viewsThe House Intelligence Committee considered legislation that reauthorizes Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Section 702 authorizes the intelligence community…
1,717 viewsThe House debated the House Republican tax reform bill, HR 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. No amendments were allowed to the legislation during floor debate.
View in Congressional Chronicle4,255 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee continued its fourth day of debate on the Republican tax reform bill. In this portion, Democrats offered amendments on tax subsidies for green energy…
2,296 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee continued for a third day marking up the Republican tax reform plan. In this portion, members considered several amendments including one to repeal the…
182 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee continued for a third day marking up the Republican tax reform plan. During this morning into the early afternoon portion, members debated and considered…
2,149 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee continued its second day marking up the Republican tax reform plan. During this part, committee members considered amendments from Democratic…
342 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee met for the second day of an anticipated four-day markup of the House Republican tax reform bill. In this portion, the committee considered an amendment from…
2,614 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee met to mark up the House Republican tax reform bill. In this second part of the first day of an anticipated four-day proceeding, members posed questions about…
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