House Session
The House convened for a legislative session. The House has voted 286-138 to approve an African trade and Trade Adjustment Assistance bill. They are now debating a fiscal year 2016 Interior …
View in Congressional Chronicle2,726 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session. The House has voted 286-138 to approve an African trade and Trade Adjustment Assistance bill. They are now debating a fiscal year 2016 Interior …
View in Congressional Chronicle2,726 viewsFollowing one minutes speeches, the House debated under suspension of the rules H.R. 431, which authorizes a Congressional Gold Medal for civil rights supporters who participated in the 1965…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,344 viewsMembers of both parties read the Constitution.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,870 viewsPanelists talked about the reasons they believe education opportunities are important for success of students and the nation. Topics included charter schools, accountability, and the role of…
720 viewsHouse Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Republican leaders discussed their plans for new legislation and answered questions. They discussed legislation in the House dealing with human traffick…
157 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session to consider a short-term extension of the Highway Funding bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle752 viewsHouse Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and other members of the House Republican leadership briefed reporters on their party’s legislative agenda following their weekly caucus meeting. Representa…
395 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session. House members debated H.R.3460, a bill to prevent President Obama from lifting sanctions against Iran (approved 247-186), and H.R. 3461, a bill …
View in Congressional Chronicle2,072 viewsThe House voted on H.R. 538, which would expedite environmental reviews and limit judicial reviews of energy projects on Indian lands.
View in Congressional Chronicle680 viewsHouse Republican leaders spoke to reporters about their party’s legislative agenda following a weekly conference meeting. Topics included taxes and an invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Be…
1,021 viewsThe House debated H.R. 2822, the fiscal year 2016 Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,964 viewsMembers of Congress and anti-abortion activists spoke at the annual “March for Life” rally, marking the 42th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion in th…
2,659 viewsHouse Republicans held a news conference to discuss a variety of issues, including the trade legislation that the House passed at the end of last week and the potential fallout from the “Kin…
62 viewsMembers of House Republican leadership spoke to reporters following their meeting on the Iran nuclear agreement.
442 viewsThe House passed two bills under suspension of the rules: H.R. 1557, the Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act, and H.R. 2256, the Veterans Information Modernization Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle353 viewsWitnesses testified about menu labeling guidelines set forth by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as mandated in the Affordable Care Act. The guidelines require restaurants and retail f…
847 viewsHouse Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and his Republican leadership colleagues spoke to reporters after the weekly meeting of their party conference about the bipartisan budget deal. The two-yea…
3,591 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session. The House debated and voted on amendments to H.R. 2577, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Spending bill for fiscal year 2016. Me…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,015 viewsThe House adopted a rule governing debate on H.R. 351, a bill expediting the federal permitting process for natural gas exports, and passed two bills under suspension of the rules. They deli…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,205 viewsHouse Republican leaders and Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) spoke to reporters about a Senate-passed bill that would authorize construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which the House was d…
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