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Doug Elmendorf testified before the House and Senate budget Conference Committee. He told members that even a short term agreement on spending levels would be better than no deal at all.

House and Senate negotiators held their first formal meeting on the 2014 federal budget. The conference committee was supposed to come up with a budget plan by mid December 2013, as called f…

Marilyn Tavenner testified about the problems with the release of the Healthcare.gov Web site for the federal health insurance exchange. Ms. Tavenner in her opening statement apologized to u…

The House considered a rule and amendments to the farm bill allowing the House to go to conference with the Senate.

Douglas Elmendorf testified on the latest Congressional Budget Office report on the long-term federal budget outlook. According to the report, the budget deficit will shrink to $378 billion …

Witnesses testified on the status of their agencies' implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

Mark Iwry testified on the Obama Administration’s decision to move the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate deadline from 2014 to 2015 and the legal justification for the decision. Committ…

House Republican leaders spoke to reporters about their legislative agenda which included efforts to block the IRS from enforcing or implementing the Affordable Care Act.

H.R. 2667 - Authority for Mandate Delay Act (Subject to a Rule) (Sponsored by Rep.*Tim Griffin / Ways and Means Committee) H.R. 2668 - Fairness for American Families Act (Subject to a Rule) …

Ethics policy experts and law academics testified on the Obama administration’s decision to delay the employer mandate and the employer information reporting requirements under the Affordabl…

Representative Tom Price (R-GA) described efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and the Obama administration’s decision to delay by a year the bill’s employer mandate provision requirin…

Daniel Werfel testified on the status of the investigation into the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and its reported targeting of tax-exempt status applicants for more stringent review based …

Members of Congress joined with tea party activists in an “Audit the IRS” rally at the West Front of the Capitol, to protest alleged abuses by the Internal Revenue Service. The opening speec…

Secretary Chuck Hagel and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Martin Dempsey testified on the Defense Department fiscal year 2014 defense budget request. The budget request included $527 billion in …

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on her department’s fiscal year 2014 budget request. She also discussed the implementation of the health care law.

Conservative activists testified on their claims that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had applied additional scrutiny to their tax-exempt status applications.

House Budget Committee Vice Chair Tom Price (R-GA) talked about the House Republican agenda at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast at the St. Regis Hotel. Topics included Republican effort…

Acting Commissioner Steven Miller and Inspector J. Russell George testified about revelations that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had applied additional scrutiny to groups applying for t…

The U.S. House of Representatives convened for a legislative session.