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The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing to consider legislation to protect mortgage borrowers and to reduce risks in the housing market. The ten witnesses included mortgage len…

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held an oversight hearing on the management of the nation’s federal prisons. The Justice Department inspector general and the Bureau of Pr…

The House began debate on H.R. 88, the Retirement, Savings, and Other Tax Relief Act, a Republican tax package, and also worked on extending the National Flood Insurance Program, which was s…

The National Action Network (NAN) and its founder Reverent Al Sharpton concluded a two-day legislative and policy conference on Capitol Hill. The event focused on the Democratic legislative …

The House Oversight Committee conducted a hearing to examine the U.S. Forest Service’s response to allegations of misconduct, sexual assault, discrimination and retaliation.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David Pekoske testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on allegations of TSA employee misconduct. The c…

Senate and House Democrats spoke to reporters after they walked out a Judiciary Committee hearing where Republicans rejected their motion to call Mark Judge to testify on Professor Christine…

The House debated and passed a non-binding resolution saying that the House of Representatives does not approve of illegal immigrants voting in U.S. elections. Lawmakers also completed work …

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing with federal and state officials about ongoing efforts to secure U.S. election systems. Homeland Security Under Secretary f…

The House passed two bills concerning health care costs. One expands health savings accounts. The other expands access to low-premium health insurance plans.

The House passed 14 bills dealing with foreign affairs, federal lands, and armed forces issues. Members ended the day by debating H.R. 6147, a fiscal year 2019 bill to fund the Department of…

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the state of the international financial system. He addressed members' questions on several issue…

FBI Agent Peter Strzok, who was removed from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian involvement in the 2016 U.S. elections, testified before a joint hearing of two House c…

The House debated a bill setting fishery conservation and management policy for the upcoming five years.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Jay Clayton testified at a House Financial Services oversight hearing of his agency. He was asked about several issues, including updates to the Volc…

Justice Department’s inspector general Michael Horowitz testified at a hearing on the watchdog’s investigation of how the FBI and Justice Department handled its investigation in 2016 of form…

The House debated a compromise immigration bill to the Goodlatte-McCaul immigration bill, which was defeated earlier in the day.

The House passed bills dealing with the nation’s opioid epidemic, including housing for recovering addicts, shipments of illegal drugs, and the effect of opioid addiction on families.

Randal Quarles, the Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision, appeared before the House Financial Services Committee to talk about the central bank’s role in the supervision and regulati…

Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights John Gore testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on preparations for the 2020 Census. He was asked by several…