Jan 12 WATCH: House Agriculture committee hearing on electric vehicle investments for rural America By News Desk The House Committee for Agriculture held a hearing on Wednesday regarding electric vehicle investments in rural parts of the United States. Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch 5:55 Government shutdown, Build Back Better bill, bigotry and other issues at stake in Congress By Lisa Desjardins, Saher Khan Congress is back and facing a high stakes December on Capitol Hill. Funding for the government runs out on Friday, and lawmakers are scrambling to avoid a shutdown. On top of that, Senate Democrats have a long to-do list of… Continue watching
Oct 20 WATCH: House Small Business Committee holds a hearing on global supply chain issues By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press The Federal Reserve reports that the economy faced a number of headwinds at the start of this month, ranging from supply-chain disruptions and labor shortages to uncertainty about the delta variant of COVID. Continue reading
Sep 30 WATCH: Congress passes bill to avert partial government shutdown By Kevin Freking, Associated Press With only hours to spare, Congress passed legislation that would avoid a partial federal shutdown and keep the government funded through Dec. 3. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. Continue reading
Sep 27 House of Representatives begins debate on infrastructure bill By Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller, Associated Press With Republicans solidly opposed, Democrats are rushing to trim the total and finish up the big package — an enormous undertaking with consequences certain to shape Biden's presidency and the lawmakers' own political futures. Continue reading
Sep 23 House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump advisers, associates By Colleen Long, Zeke Miller, Associated Press The subpoenas are for former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Dan Scavino, former Defense Department official Kashyap Patel and former Trump adviser Stephen Bannon. Continue reading
Sep 23 House approves $1 billion for Israel’s Iron Dome defense system By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The vote was 420-9. Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLauro said the bill "demonstrates Congress's commitment to our friend and ally Israel is bipartisan and ironclad."… Continue reading
Sep 23 WATCH: Pelosi, Schumer say they have framework to pay for $3.5 trillion bill By Associated Press The White House and congressional Democrats have agreed to a “framework" to pay for their huge, emerging social and environment bill, top Democrats said Thursday, but they offered no details. Continue reading
Jul 28 WATCH: Pelosi holds weekly news briefing By News Desk and Associated Press Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a weekly news briefing Wednesday as a select committee of the House of Representatives moves forward with its investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Continue reading
Apr 22 D.C. statehood approved by House as Senate fight looms By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press A decades-long movement to reshape the American political map took a further step Thursday as the House of Representatives approved a bill to make the nation's capital the 51st state. Continue reading