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The House Rules Committee met to discuss its oversight plan for the 112th Congress and debate a continuing resolution to extend federal government funding for fiscal year 2011 that began in …

The House considered conference report to 1st minibus spending package and rules for debate to a balanced budget amendment

Members debated changes to patent and trademark Law. Vote number 484 was vitiated and replaced by vote 485.

The House passed an extension through the end of fiscal year 2011 highway and mass transit spending programs. Members also began debate on the small business paperwork bill, which would repe…

Highlighted portions of House debate over a proposal offered by Speaker Boehner to raise the debt ceiling through deficit reduction were shown.

Van Jones spoke at the NetRoots convention. He called for for progressive political activists to unify under a single banner he named “Rebuild the Dream,” citing the tea party movement as an…

House members voted on repealing the health care law.

The House began consideration of a bill dealing with leasing for offshore drilling off the coast of Virginia and in the Gulf of Mexico.

The House Rules Committee met and considered Speaker of the House John Boehner’s revised proposal for the Debt Ceiling and Deficit Reduction Bill.

The House Rules Committee considered the rule for floor debate on the fiscal year 2012 budget. The hearing was joined in progress just after getting underway.

Members debated a measure on concealed weapons.

Participants debated the legalization of marijuana. They assessed the “war on drugs,” the impact of Prohibition, potential revenues from taxation, rates of drug use, incarceration rates for …

The House continued consideration of fiscal year 2011 spending.

The House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee held a hearing on Republican efforts to repeal 2010 health care legislation. Patients who would benefit from the new law talked about the l…