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Witnesses testified at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on whether President Obama had the legal authority to issue executive action changing the country’s immigration laws.

Representatives Steve King (R-IA) and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) testified at a hearing on H.R. 917, their bill that would allow judges to permit photography and videography in federal courts and pr…

The House convened for a legislative session. They passed H.R. 5759, a bill that would nullify President Obama’s immigration executive order, as well as a Senate amendment to H.R. 3979, the …

The House debated 10 bills under suspension of the rules, as well as a bill requiring the Homeland Security Department to consider electromagnetic pulse events in planning.

The House convened for a legislative session.

Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Alma Adams (D-NC), and David Brat (R-NC) were expected to be sworn in. Each won special elections to serve out the remaining terms of three former members until the e…

House Judiciary Committee Chair Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) spoke about President Obama’s use of presidential powers. He argued that President Obama was not fully executing laws by his use of execu…

Inspector General Michael Horowitz testified before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on for a hearing on whether or not his office has enough access to the Justice Department in order to …

House Judiciary Committee Chair Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) talked about various issues in the news. He discussed immigration and border security; Attorney General Holder’s program to reduce mistru…

The House debated a combined rule for H.R. 2 and H.R. 4, two anti-regulatory bills, following a vote in favor of a rule governing the debate. Final votes on the legislation are expected shor…

Following one-minute speeches, the House began debate on H.J.Res. 124, a continuing resolution funding the federal government through December 11th. The bill included an amendment to authori…

he House convened for its first legislative session following its August recess. They debated bills under suspension of the rules.

The House convened for a legislative session.

Music recording and broadcasting industry representatives testified at a hearing on performed music licensing laws. They talked about the patchwork of licensing laws outdated by the myriad w…

Legal academics and advocates testified on criminal penalties. They appeared before the House Judiciary Committee Over-Criminalization Task Force, created in 2013 to assess current statutes …

Leon Rodriguez testified about Citizenship and Immigration Services policies regarding deportation, immigration benefits, and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program. The hearing …

The House approved (216-192) a bill that would limit expansion of the Deferred Action on Child Arrivals (DACA) program. It also approved (223-189) H.R. 5230, the $694 million border security…

The House Rules Committee met to consider an emergency supplemental spending bill addressing security issues at the U.S.-Mexico border. The House delayed its August 2014 recess in order to d…

The House convened for a legislative session. Republican leaders cancelled a vote on emergency supplemental funding legislation to address the influx of Central American immigrant children a…

The House took up H. Res. 676, which authorizes a lawsuit against President Obama for executive actions he took to delay the employer mandate in the Affordable Care Act. GOP Reps. Broun-GA, …