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The House debated the rule governing a bill dealing with Justice Department settlement agreement funds. Members also debated several bills under suspension of the rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle619 viewsThe House debated the rule governing a bill dealing with Justice Department settlement agreement funds. Members also debated several bills under suspension of the rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle619 viewsState and Defense Department special envoys for Guantanamo detention closure testified at a hearing on the detainee release process from the detention facility in Cuba. The two men were ques…
756 viewsDeputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified at a hearing on U.S. foreign policy toward Asia. He responded to questions on China’s aggression in the South China Sea, sanctions against …
841 viewsLee Wolosky and Paul Lewis, both special envoys for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, testified at a hearing on President Obama’s plan to close the prison in Cuba and rel…
1,313 viewsThe House passed a bill that exempts certain small business broadband internet access providers from the enhanced disclosure requirements of the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) 2015…
View in Congressional Chronicle354 viewsExperts on Asia testified at a hearing on North Korea’s claim it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. The witnesses spoke in favor of sanctions on North Korea and increased pressure by China…
1,139 viewsRepresentative Matt Salmon (R-AZ) talked to reporters following a closed-door briefing from Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey and other federal law enforcement offic…
109 viewsRepresentative Matt Salmon (R-AZ) talked to reporters after a closed-door briefing for House members by federal officials after the Paris terrorist attacks. He talked about the dearth of inf…
59 viewsThe House debated several bills under suspension of the rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle549 viewsThe House voted 242-184 to establish a panel to investigate Planned Parenthood. Members also voted 240-183 to defeat a privileged resolution introduced by Representative Louise Slaughter (D-…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,453 viewsSchool administrators and policy experts testified at a hearing on combating sexual assaults on college campuses. One of the topics discussed centered on whether cases should be handled by t…
1,070 viewsGroups including the Tea Party Patriots held a “Stop the Iran Deal Rally” on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol to voice their opposition to the Iran nuclear agreement. Republican presidentia…
9,595 viewsSecretary of State John Kerry, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz testified at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the Iran nuclear agreement and its enf…
14,706 viewsThe House debated a bill to revoke federal funding for “sanctuary cities.” "Sanctuary cities" are jurisdictions around the country that have polices to shelter illegal immigrants and do not …
View in Congressional Chronicle1,961 viewsWitnesses testified at a hearing on the implications of an agreement with Iran over the country’s nuclear program that was announced that day. Former Senator Joe Lieberman and former CIA Dir…
3,702 viewsThe House debated and approved H.R. 5, the Student Success Act, and resumed debate on a fiscal year 2016 Interior Department, Environmental Protection Agency, and related agencies spending b…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,436 viewsAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified on rules and regulations for child nutrition programs. The Health, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 was set to expire on September 30, 2015. The commi…
462 viewsWitnesses from the Departments of State and Defense and U.S. Agency for International Development testified at a hearing on the response to the two major earthquakes in Nepal since April 201…
448 viewsA House Foreign Affairs subcommittee marked up H.R. 1853, to direct the President to develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan in the International Criminal Police Organization…
126 viewsRetired General John Allen, the special presidential envoy for the global coalition to counter ISIS, was joined by two Defense Department officials in testifying before the House Foreign Aff…
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