U.S. Senate Passes Energy and Water Spending Bill
May 12, 2016The Senate votes to pass H.R.2028, a $37.5B energy and water projects spending bill for 2017. This is the first appropriations bill passed this year.
The Senate votes to pass H.R.2028, a $37.5B energy and water projects spending bill for 2017. This is the first appropriations bill passed this year.
The House convenes for a legislative session, with members expected to debate H.R. 5046, a bill to authorize funding for Justice Department grants for opioid abuse prevention and addiction treatment programs.
Spokesman Josh Earnest responds to reporters' questions on a variety of topics, including calls for White House adviser Ben Rhodes to testify on the Iran nuclear agreement following his comments in a New York Times Magazine profile.
As Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump meets with Republican congressional leaders, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) criticizes GOP support for his candidacy. He draws parallels between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's…
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) briefs reporters and responds to their questions on a variety of topics, including her party’s legislative agenda and Donald Trump’s candidacy for president.
The House votes on amendments to H.R. 5046, a bill to authorize funding for Justice Department grants for opioid abuse prevention and addiction treatment programs.
CQ Roll Call Health Care Reporter Andrew Siddons discusses legislation being considered in the House related to opioid abuse prevention and addiction treatment.
Spokesman Josh Earnest responds to reporters' questions on a variety of topics, including calls for White House adviser Ben Rhodes to testify on the Iran nuclear agreement following his comments in a New York Times Magazine profile.
Representative Steve King (R-IA) discusses his experience as a national co-chair for Senator Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign, as well as his work on the congressional Task Force on Executive Overreach.
View More with Representative Steve KingRepresentative Tim Ryan (D-OH) discusses the House’s consideration of a $575 billion dollar defense spending bill, his recent trip to the Middle East, and his call to deploy more U.S. special operations personnel to Iraq to train Iraqi forces.
View More about the Defense BudgetDon Watkins discusses income inequality and argues that a minimum wage is harmful to the individuals it proposes to help. He is interviewed by Diana Furchtgott-Roth of the Manhattan Institute.
View More After WordsWitnesses testify at two November 1975 Church Committee hearings on FBI intelligence activities, including spying, bugging, and attempted intimidation of figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr.
View More about the Church CommitteeAuthor Adam Hochschild discusses his book Spain In Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939.
View More Q&A;The Senate votes to change its filibuster rules allowing a majority to approve all executive nominations other than that of the Supreme Court.
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As Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump meets with Republican congressional leaders, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) criticizes GOP support for his candidacy. He draws parallels between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's…
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Congressman Leonard Lance (NJ-07), member of the Congressional Combat Heroin Taskforce, today hailed passage of a major legislative package that will address the drug abuse problem facing the United States. Lance's own measure, H.R. 4976, the Opioid…
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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) holds a conference call with reporters to discuss Donald Trump’s candidacy following his win in Indiana, as well as Judge Merrick Garland’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The House Armed Services Committee meets to mark up H.R. 4909, the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017.
Julie Pace talks about the campaign strategy of presumptive 2016 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.