The House Intelligence Committee held a hearing to discuss the lessons learned from Volume I of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elect…
10,648 viewsThe House Intelligence Committee held its sixth open hearing of the impeachment inquiry against President Trump. Lawmakers heard testimony from Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russ…
16,500 viewsRepublicans, led by Representative Elise Stefanik (NY), offered a procedural motion seeking to extend the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) only until 2020 so a “clean” version, without amen…
330 viewsThe House passed H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019. The bill extends from three to as many as 20 days the amount of time the FBI would have to complete a background check…
View in Congressional Chronicle27,551 viewsThe House Intelligence Committee held a hearing on the implications of climate change on national security. Intelligence analysts from the National Security Council, the Office of Naval Inte…
2,389 viewsKurt Volker, the former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine, and Tim Morrison, a National Security Council aide, publicly testified before the House Judiciary Committee as part of impeachment inqu…
22,265 viewsThe commanders of U.S. Northern Command and Southern Command testified before the House Armed Services Committee on security challenges and military activity in North and South America. Most…
1,054 viewsIn this portion of the House Armed Services Committee’s consideration of the defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2020, Committee Chair Adam Smith (D-WA) and Ranking Member Mac Thornbe…
1,377 viewsThe House completed work on the reauthorzation of the Violence Against Women Act. Lawmakers also voted to end U.S. involvement in Yemen.
View in Congressional Chronicle890 viewsThe House Armed Services Committee heard testimony from Defense Department officials about active duty troop deployment and military support along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Pentagon repres…
2,982 viewsThe House passed two bills. One would provide a path for undocumented farm workers to get green cards. The other was the final version of a fiscal year 2020 defense policy and programs bill.…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,419 viewsJoint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford and Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan testified at a House hearing on President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 defense budget request. Witnesse…
1,618 viewsHouse Republican leadership members, female political experts, and former campaign staffers participated in panel discussions at the launch event for Representative Elise Stefanik’s (R-NY) p…
1,018 viewsArmy Chief of Staff General Mark Milley and Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson were among the witnesses at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budg…
1,660 viewsEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos testified before the House Education and Labor Committee. She fielded questions on a range of topics, including the president’s fiscal year 2020 budget propos…
3,348 viewsThe House continued work on the fiscal year 2020 defense authorization bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle3,979 viewsA House Education and Labor subcommittee held a hearing to examine the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, a bill requiring employers to make accommodations for pregnant workers. Among the witnes…
1,017 viewsFollowing a short break, the House Armed Services Committee resumed consideration of the defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2020 before voting it out of committee for consideration b…
1,216 viewsHouse Intelligence Committee members reacted to testimony from Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent in the impeachment inquiry…
2,798 viewsIn this portion of the House Armed Services Committee’s consideration of the defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2020, members debated a substitute amendment offered by Representative…
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