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The House Modernization of Congress Committee held a hearing on improving the budget and appropriations process in Congress. The panelists shared their views on the current state of the budg…

The House Modernization Committee held a hearing on congressional mailing rules and heard from experts on how social media and technology will impact the way members of Congress communicate …

The House considered nine suspension bills, including banning the sale of shark fins and renaming the Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Long Island, New York, after former member of Con…

The House passed a short-term continuing resolution (CR) extending government funding through December 20, 2019. Members also passed a bill debated the previous day under suspension of the r…

The House debated and passed several suspension bills, including one that reauthorizes the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program for seven years.

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government held a hearing on oversight of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Testifying before the committee were FTC…

The House passed H.R. 1146, the Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act, which would repeal a 2017 bill allowing oil and gas drilling in the Alaska Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (…

The House Modernization of Congress Committee held a hearing on ways to support new congressional members as well as state legislators. Freshman members Representatives Mary Gay Scanlon (D-P…

The House passed a number of bills, including one that establishes a pension rehabilitation trust fund within the Treasury Department for multi-employer benefit plans. Another one sets human…

Two human resources executives and an author on workplace topics testified at a House Modernization of Congress Committee hearing on how to recruit and retain a diverse congressional staff. …

The House considered a bill providing annual funding for the Treasury Department, the Judiciary, the Executive Office of the President, and other independent agencies, including the Small Bu…

The House passed a five-bill spending package, H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science (1); Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (2); Interior, Environment (3); Mil…

The House continued work on a five-bill spending package, H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science (1); Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (2); Interior, Environme…

The House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress held a hearing on how technology can improve engagement with constituents. Witnesses included Congressional Management Foundation …

The House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress held a hearing to examine ways to increase public transparency and education regarding the legislative process. Witnesses included…

Attorney General William Barr testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee regarding the the fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Justice Department. Many lawmakers asked the atto…

FBI Director Christopher Wray testified about the agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget before a House Appropriations subcommittee. He talked about cyber crime and the challenge of keeping up wit…

IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on his agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. The hearing includes an approximate 45-minute recess …

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on his department’s fiscal year 2020 budget request.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on President Trump’s 2020 budget request for her department. Several topics were discussed including prop…