House Session, Part 2
May 16, 2022The House will consider several bills under suspension of the rules on veterans' benefits.
The House will consider several bills under suspension of the rules on veterans' benefits.
The Senate votes 81-9 to advance the House-passed $40 billion Ukraine aid bill. A vote to begin formal debate on the measure is expected around 4:00 p.m. ET during Tuesday’s session, with a vote on final passage to follow later in the week.
President Biden hosts a reception at the White House for Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
President Biden meets with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the Oval Office.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas discussed racial inequality and judicial philosophy at the Old Parkland Conference in Dallas, co-hosted by the American Enterprise Institute, Hoover Institution, and Manhattan Institute.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds her first briefing on the Biden administration’s agenda. Topics include the mass shooting in Buffalo, mental health, and gun violence, and the redeployment of troops to Somalia.
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Former President Donald Trump holds a rally in Austin, Texas.
The House will host a joint meeting of Congress to hear an address by the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
View More Joint Meetings of CongressIrwin Gellman re-examines the 1960 presidential campaign, candidates Richard Nixon and John Kennedy, and the close outcome of the election.
View More American History TVFormer Secretary of Defense Mark Esper talks about his time serving in the Trump Administration. He’s interviewed by National Defense Industrial Association chairman Arnold Punaro.
View More After WordsWilliam Neuman, former New York Times Times Andes Region Bureau Chief, talks about the collapse of Venezuela under Hugo Chavez.
View More Book TVJuliette Kayyem, a former Obama administration official and chair of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government Homeland Security and Global Health Projects offers her thoughts on how the government can better address natural and manmade disasters.
View More Book TVThe National Park Service and United States Military Academy West Point mark the bicentennial of Ulysses Grant’s 1822 birth in a ceremony held at his New York City tomb.
View More American History TVFormer NARAL political director Nicole Brener-Schmitz and former Americans United for Life President Charmaine Yoest discuss how the debate over abortion rights might impact the midterm elections.
Former NARAL political director Nicole Brener-Schmitz and former Americans United for Life President Charmaine Yoest discuss how the debate over abortion rights might impact the midterm elections.
State Department officials testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on aid to help Ukraine against Russian aggression.