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The House convened for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on a variety of topics.

After two recorded votes, members of the Congressional Black Caucus came to the House floor to deliver special order speeches on the grand jury decision handed down in Ferguson, Missouri, la…

Witnesses testified at a House Education and Workforce Committee hearing on the consequences of unionizing student athletes. On April 25, 2014, student athletes at Northwestern University vo…

The House convened for a legislative session. The House passed a bill allowing a parcel of land in Virginia to be used for a child care center under suspension of the rules. A two-thirds maj…

Representatives Xavier Becerra (D-CA) and John Lewis (D-GA) joined legal advocates to examine the impact of voting and the state of Black America ahead of the 2014 midterm elections. They al…

Attorney General Eric Holder addressed the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference just one day after his announcement that he was stepping down from his post. He…

Following one-minute speeches, the House began debate on H.J.Res. 124, a continuing resolution funding the federal government through December 11th. The bill included an amendment to authori…

The House voted on bills previously debated. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus delivered special order speeches on lessons learned from the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, following th…

John D. Ryan testified on his National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s organization ongoing efforts to find missing children and investigate violent crimes against children. Ques…

The House voted on a several bills under suspension of the rules. A two-thirds majority was needed for passage.

House and Senate leaders posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights A…

Following One Minute Speeches, the House began an hour of general debate on the Transportation-Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill. The open rule, which provides for ger…

Secretary Arne Duncan testified on the Department of Education’s fiscal year 2015 budget request. He talked about the increase in high school graduation in 2012 and his department’s effort t…

The House convened for a legislative session.

The House met for Morning Hour, during which members spoke on a variety of topics.

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

The House debated a rule governing two bills: H.R. 3189, the Water Rights Protection Act; and H.R. 4015, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act. The House also voted …

The House considered a number of bills, including H.R. 3826, which would restrict the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation of carbon emissions by coal-fired power plants. H.R. 2641, …

The U.S. House of Representatives convenes for a legislative session. One Minute Speeches Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2642 - Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (Con…