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The House debated the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement. Members also debated the rule for consideration of H.R. 5377, the Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act, whic…

The House approved two spending packages to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year on September 30, 2020. The eight-bill domestic package passed 297-120, and the four-bill na…

Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX), a member of the House Appropriations committee, talked about impeachment and the December 20, 2019, government funding deadline.

House Republicans offered a resolution to censure Democratic House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff for his actions in the impeachment inquiry against President Trump. Several Republ…

The House passed a continuing resolution to fund the government for seven weeks beyond the end of the budget year on September 30, 2019. Members then considered several bills under suspensio…

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Matthew Albence testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee regarding oversight of his agency. Committee members quest…

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee regarding oversight of her agency. Chief Provost responded to a ProPublica report that exposed a F…

The House began work on the fiscal year 2020 defense authorization bill.

In a 230-195 vote, the House passed a $4.5 billion bill providing emergency spending for humanitarian aid and security at the U.S. southern border. Four Democrats voted against the measure, …

The Wilson Center in Washington, DC, held a day-long conference on improving border management between the U.S. and Mexico, and how that could strengthen economic competitiveness for both co…

Appropriations Committee member Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX) talked about a planned vote in the House on a $1 trillion spending package and efforts to reach a broader spending agreeme…

The House considered several homeland security-related suspension bills.

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan testified on the agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. Also testifying before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense were Joint Chiefs…

Peter Gaynor, the acting Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator, testified before the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee on his agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget r…

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan testified before a House subcommittee regarding President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget request for the agency. He talked about and answe…

The House fell short of the two-thirds majority (268) needed to override President Trump’s veto of a resolution blocking his national emergency declaration on U.S.-Mexico border. The final v…

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Democrats held a bill signing ceremony in the Speaker’s Ceremonial Office. The ceremony came after the House passed a bill to fund border security and t…

In a vote of 300-128, the House passed a bill funding the government through September 30, 2019, to avoid another government shutdown. The measure includes $1.375 billion for a 55-mile U.S.-…

Members of Congress reacted to President Trump’s Second state of the Union address.

Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) and Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX), appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” talked about border security. Both are members of the conference committee tasked with rea…