The House has refused to vote on several landmark bills that have passed the Senate, including immigration reform and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act -- making the exploration of alien life puzzling given the few remaining workdays for the House this session.
With only seven workdays left between now and Jan. 7, when the second session of the 113th Congress begins, a full House committee hearing is scheduled for Wednesday to investigate extraterrestrial life.
The Committee on Science, Space and Technology, chaired by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), will conduct a full committee hearing called “Astrobiology: Search for Biosignatures in our Solar System and Beyond” for two hours Wednesday to “investigate what methods are being used to determine if any of these planets may harbor life,” according to the hearing charter.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) was on the defensive earlier Tuesday amid criticism that the current Congress is the most unproductive in modern history. He told reporters, "Whether it's the economy, whether it's jobs, whether it's protecting the American people from Obamacare -- we've done our work."
"The House continues to do its job," he said. "It's time for the Senate to get serious about doing theirs."
As the least productive Congress in recent history, lawmakers have managed to pass 55 bills into law this year -- seven fewer than the 112th Congress had passed at this time last year. The Senate is currently scheduled to work through most of the month.
With only seven workdays left between now and Jan. 7, when the second session of the 113th Congress begins, a full House committee hearing is scheduled for Wednesday to investigate extraterrestrial life.
The Committee on Science, Space and Technology, chaired by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), will conduct a full committee hearing called “Astrobiology: Search for Biosignatures in our Solar System and Beyond” for two hours Wednesday to “investigate what methods are being used to determine if any of these planets may harbor life,” according to the hearing charter.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) was on the defensive earlier Tuesday amid criticism that the current Congress is the most unproductive in modern history. He told reporters, "Whether it's the economy, whether it's jobs, whether it's protecting the American people from Obamacare -- we've done our work."
"The House continues to do its job," he said. "It's time for the Senate to get serious about doing theirs."
As the least productive Congress in recent history, lawmakers have managed to pass 55 bills into law this year -- seven fewer than the 112th Congress had passed at this time last year. The Senate is currently scheduled to work through most of the month.
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