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The House passed a disapproval resolution on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) emissions rule for new power plants. They also approved another resolution that disapproves an EPA ru…

Following their weekly conference meeting, House Republicans responded to House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) decision to resign as speaker and step down from his House seat on October 30, 2…

The House gaveled in and then went into recess before Pope Francis' address to a joint meeting of Congress.

The House convened for a legislative session. House members debated H.R.3460, a bill to prevent President Obama from lifting sanctions against Iran (approved 247-186), and H.R. 3461, a bill …

The House passed a bill to expand the Veterans Affairs Department’s authority to fire or demote VA employees based on performance. It also approved a three-month extension of highway funding…

The House convened for a legislative session and started debating H.R. 427, which would require Congress to approve all federal agency regulations deemed to be "major rules".

The House convened with members giving one minute speeches.

The House convened for a legislative session. Members debated 11 bills under suspension of the rules. The House voted on three bills. H.R. 2722 was pulled from consideration.

The House voted on amendments to H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, which reauthorizes National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for three years and seeks to promote the development of me…

Keith Hall testified on the Congressional Budget Office’s fiscal year 2016 budget request. Among the issues he addressed were tax policy, the budget deficit and national debt, Social Securit…

The House voted on several bills under suspension of the rules. A two-thirds majority is required for passage on each vote.

The House convened following a two-week recess. The chair announced to the House that, in light of the resignation of the gentleman from Illinois, Mr. Schock, the whole number of the House w…

Justices Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer testified on the Supreme Court fiscal year 2016 budget and the federal judiciary system. By law, the judicial branch assembles its own budget, whi…

The House Budget Committee met to mark up its fiscal year 2016 budget proposal. The proposal aimed to cut $5.5 trillion in projected spending over the next decade and balance the budget in t…

The House Budget Committee met to mark up its fiscal year 2016 budget proposal. The proposal aimed to cut $5.5 trillion in projected spending over the next decade and balance the budget in t…

The House Budget Committee met to mark up its fiscal year 2016 budget proposal. The proposal aimed to cut $5.5 trillion in projected spending over the next decade and balance the budget in t…

National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins and several heads of constituent institutes testified at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2016 budget…

The House passed, 257-167, H.R. 240. The bill funds the Department of Homeland Security without the policy rider that blocks President Obama’s executive action on immigration.

The House convened for opening procedures, and then members giving one minute speeches on a variety of topics.

Members voted on three bills under suspension of the rules, including H.R. 26, an extension of the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Program.