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Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen appeared at an oversight hearing of her department’s border security actions and immigration enforcement policies. Secretary Nielsen expressed he…

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) and other lawmakers spoke to reporters following a briefing with CIA Director Gina Haspel on the killing of Saudi journalist and Washington Post colu…

Government officials testified at a hearing on the enforcement of antitrust laws. Witnesses included Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Joseph Simons and Makan Delrahim, assistant attorney…

The House passed the final version of the House-Senate compromise of the farm bill. The legislation sets a five-year extension of farm subsidies, crop insurance, nutrition, and rural develop…

Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified at a hearing on his company’s use of consumer data. He answered lawmakers' questions on issues that included search results, algorithms, privacy policies, …

Tim Wu talked about his book, The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age, in which he questioned whether “big tech,” big pharma," and other corporations that are “too big to fail”…

The House Foreign Affairs Committee considered legislation requesting the White House and Secretary of State to turn over all documents and records regarding the meeting between President Tr…

The House approved H.R.6691, the Community Safety and Security Act of 2018. The bill further defines the term “crime of violence” in immigration law that may be used in determining whether a…

The House debated and approved a bill that expedites Department of Energy permit approvals for liquified natural gas. Members also voted to meet with senators to negotiate differences betwee…

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

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 Judiciary Committee held a hearing to examine the implications of the Supreme Court decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair regarding online sales taxes. The court ruled that states ca…

The House convened for one-minute speeches. Thereafter members debated 20 bills under suspension of the rules, including legislation to protect private property rights by prohibiting state a…

The House continued work on H.R. 6147, a fiscal year 2019 bill to fund the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the IRS among other agencies. Members also pas…

Representatives of Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter testified at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on efforts by the social media companies to filter content from their users, and to answer …

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.

Democratic members of Congress and union leaders held a press conference on mandatory union fees following the 5-4 Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME which found that states cannot re…

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray testified on the Justice Department’s inspector general report focused on the 2016 Clinton email investigation.

The House rejected in a 121-301 vote the Republican compromise immigration bill. Members then resumed debate on a fiscal year 2019 Defense Department spending bill.