Federal Spending
Lawmakers on a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee heard testimony on “back door” spending by federal agencies. Representatives from the Government Accountability Office talke…
565 viewsLawmakers on a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee heard testimony on “back door” spending by federal agencies. Representatives from the Government Accountability Office talke…
565 viewsFormer Vice President Joe Biden spoke at a campaign rally for Democrats running in Pennsylvania’s 2018 federal and state elections, including U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright and U.S. Sen…
974 viewsThe House continued work on H.R. 6147, a fiscal year 2019 bill to fund the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the IRS among other agencies. Members also pas…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,988 viewsIn the weekly Democratic address, Representative Matt Cartwright (PA) talked about the Supreme Court’s recent decision on fees charged by public sector labor unions.
161 viewsDemocratic members of Congress and union leaders held a press conference on mandatory union fees following the 5-4 Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME which found that states cannot re…
5,912 viewsThe House debated and passed the fiscal year 2019 Defense Department spending bill. Members also approved a resolution insisting that the Justice Department provide House investigators acces…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,413 viewsThe House debated a compromise immigration bill to the Goodlatte-McCaul immigration bill, which was defeated earlier in the day.
View in Congressional Chronicle437 viewsThe House passed bills dealing with the nation’s opioid epidemic, including housing for recovering addicts, shipments of illegal drugs, and the effect of opioid addiction on families.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,135 viewsThe House voted down a five-year extension of the farm bill that would have required all Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients work at least 20 hours per week.
View in Congressional Chronicle3,148 viewsAttorney General Jeff Sessions briefed members of a House Appropriations subcommittee on what he called a “frugal budget” request for fiscal year 2019. He also received questions on his depa…
1,597 viewsThe House debated amendments to a six-year re-authorization of the Federal Aviation Administration. (FAA).
View in Congressional Chronicle3,062 viewsSecretary Mnuchin testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on the Treasury Department’s fiscal year 2019 budget request.
996 viewsThe House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a field hearing at Johns Hopkins Hospital on the opioid crisis. Testimonies were given by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R), the…
1,231 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle945 viewsThe House considered a number of suspension bills related to veterans affairs.
View in Congressional Chronicle280 viewsGovernment oversight and non-governmental organization officials testified at a hearing on efforts to modernize operations of the Census Bureau before the 2020 Census. Their testimony follow…
1,361 viewsLegal experts and trade association leaders testified at a hearing on the regulation of political advertising on social and traditional media. The witnesses analyzed disclosure rules for onl…
960 viewsThe House considered several bills under suspension of the rules, including sanctions bills against Iran and Hezbollah..
View in Congressional Chronicle956 viewsThe House debated and voted on amendments to a fiscal year 2018 “minibus” spending package.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,973 viewsBy a 235-192 vote, the House passed H.R. 3219, the Make America Secure Appropriations Act, which includes Defense, Energy and Water, Military Construction, and Legislative Branch appropriati…
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