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The House passed a bill extending sanctions on Iran for another ten years, and another bill requiring the State Department to impose sanctions on people and entities found to be responsible …

The House convened for one-minute speeches, debated the rule for a bill dealing with cash payments to Iran, and then considered of a bill related to tax deferrals for employee stockholders a…

Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler and election cybersecurity experts testified before a House Science, Space, and Technology Committee hearing on efforts to prevent voting machines f…

The House convened for votes on bills debated earlier in the day, including measures to establish a sexual assault victims' bill of rights and to allow internet-based oil and gas lease sales…

State and Defense Department special envoys for Guantanamo detention closure testified at a hearing on the detainee release process from the detention facility in Cuba. The two men were ques…

The House debated amendments to H.R. 5293, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2017.

Leaders from a number of private weather forecasting and modeling firms testified at a hearing on the future of their industry and its impact on and potential contributions to the public sec…

Lead Coordinator for Iran Nuclear Implementation Stephen Mull and other officials from the State and Treasury departments testified at a hearing on the implementation of the Iran nuclear agr…

The House passed two bills. The first bill allocates $622 million for Zika virus research and prevention. Members also voted 277-147 in favor of H.R. 4909, the National Defense Authorization…

Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified at a hearing on U.S. foreign policy toward Asia. He responded to questions on China’s aggression in the South China Sea, sanctions against …

Lee Wolosky and Paul Lewis, both special envoys for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, testified at a hearing on President Obama’s plan to close the prison in Cuba and rel…

Secretary of State John Kerry testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on his department’s fiscal year 2017 budget, as well as current international challenges confronting the U.…

The House passed H.R. 2406, the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act, which expands opportunities for hunting, fishing, and shooting on federal lands.

Brett McGurk testified at a hearing on the threat posed by ISIS* in Iraq, Syria, and Libya. Mr. McGurk had recently returned from the region where he met with Syrian Kurdish groups in rebel-…

State Department Lead Coordinator for Iran Nuclear Implementation Stephen Mull and John Smith, acting head of the Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control, testified at a hearing…

The House approved legislation reducing Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations on small businesses. The bill also combines five different bills that make it easier for employee…

Experts on Asia testified at a hearing on North Korea’s claim it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. The witnesses spoke in favor of sanctions on North Korea and increased pressure by China…

The House passed H.R. 1927, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act, which deals with the federal class-action lawsuit process.