IRS Oversight Hearing
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel testified at an oversight hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee. Topics included child tax credit implementation, child support enforcement, dispar…
1,341 viewsIRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel testified at an oversight hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee. Topics included child tax credit implementation, child support enforcement, dispar…
1,341 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 …
486 viewsThe House approved two immigration policy bills. One would allow the deportation of migrants who have been convicted of, or admitted to, Social Security fraud. The other would deny any forei…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,355 viewsAdvocates and activists testified at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war and free speech on college campuses. Topics included safety on college…
9,341 viewsThe House debated two bills that would prohibit the Health and Human Services Department from restricting pregnancy resource centers from receiving federal under Temporary Assistance to Need…
View in Congressional Chronicle505 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 Chronicle300 viewsThe House worked on fiscal year 2024 spending legislation for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and related agencies. Members also passed legislation provi…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,199 views“I believe we have reached a defining moment. Our fiscal affairs are completely off track … we are off in the weeds, and we’ve got to get back on track,” said former Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND, …
907 viewsWays and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) spoke to reporters following a closed-door executive session by the panel to discuss information fro…
689 viewsThe House considered several bills under suspension of the rules, including a pair calling for sanctions on Iran.
View in Congressional Chronicle473 viewsThe House debated the first rule for consideration of the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
View in Congressional Chronicle466 viewsBy a party-line 213-209 vote, the House voted to censure former Select Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) for his claims about former President Trump’s ties to Russia. Six Repub…
View in Congressional Chronicle4,078 viewsInternal Revenue Service Commissioner Daniel Werfel testified on IRS accountability and oversight before the House Ways and Means Committee. Commissioner Werfel stressed the agency’s promise…
1,403 viewsThe House approved a bill to prohibit the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) from using federal funds to regulate gas stoves as banned hazardous products. Members also passed a resolu…
View in Congressional Chronicle942 viewsThe House considered legislation to prohibit the Consumer Product Safety Commission from using federal funds to regulate gas stoves as a banned hazardous product.
View in Congressional Chronicle886 viewsIn a 314-117 vote, the House debated and passed legislation to increase the nation’s debt limit until January 2025 ahead of the June 5, 2023, deadline. The measure, which would next go to th…
View in Congressional Chronicle5,448 viewsThe House approved legislation to permanently classify all fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I controlled drugs.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,000 viewsThe House debated two measures. One would repeal a Department of Education rule on federal student loan forgiveness. The other would override President Biden’s veto of a resolution repealing…
View in Congressional Chronicle481 viewsThe House debated the rules for three measures, including a Senate-passed resolution to repeal an Environmental Protection Agency rule on emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks.
View in Congressional Chronicle354 viewsThe House debated and passed (219-213) the Republican border security and immigration bill. Republicans Thomas Massie (KY) and John Duarte (CA) voted against the measure. Members also debate…
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