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The House voted to increase the debt limit by $2.5 trillion until 2023. Along a party-line vote, members also passed a measure holding former Representative Mark Meadows (R-NY), who was form…

The House approved a continuing resolution to fund the government through February 18, 2022, as funding was set at midnight on December 3. The Senate later in the evening also passed the mea…

The CEOs of Exxon, BP, Shell, and Chevron testified at a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on climate change. The witnesses faced accusations from lawmakers that their industry ha…

The House voted on three veterans-related suspension bills.

The House passed the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021, a measure that extends a family violence protection law for five years and adds new programs to address …

Daniel Foote, former U.S. special envoy for Haiti, testified at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing U.S. policy toward Haitian migrants. Ambassador resigned from his special envoy posi…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee for more than five hours on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Lawmakers pressed him on several topi…

Representatives Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Maxine Waters (D-CA), and Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), and other U.S. House members spoke with reporters about Haitians at the U.S.-Mexico border and rece…

The House considered 20 bills under suspension of the rules, including a measure to compensate CIA personnel who suffered brain injuries while serving in Havana, Cuba.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona testified about the department’s priorities during a House Education and Labor Committee hearing. The secretary responded to a variety of questions regardi…

The House passed a bill that would ensure the same burden of proof in age discrimination claims as in other discrimination cases. The measure would reverse a 2009 Supreme Court ruling on age…

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield testified on foreign policy and U.S. global leadership before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield answered a…

The House debated more than 20 bills under suspension of the rules, including legislation by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) awarding four congressional gold medals to the U.S. Capitol Police an…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the department’s fiscal year 2022 budget request and foreign policy priorities. Members asked Secret…

The House passed the rule for three bills: a District of Columbia statehood measure, a bill to provide legal counsel for anyone detained at the U.S. border, and legislation to try to address…

Foreign policy experts testified before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on U.S. policy toward China, Taiwan, and other Indo-Pacific countries. Among the witnesses were Council on Foreig…

The House passed two immigration bill. H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, would provide a pathway to citizenship for “DREAMers,” undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as child…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Biden administration’s foreign policy agenda. Members asked a range of questions on future relat…

The House approved the Senate-passed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. The vote was 220-211, with all Republicans and one Democrat voting against the measure. President Biden signed the le…

The House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.