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The House Committee Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee held a hearing on the bankruptcy of financial firm MF Global. Former Governor Jon Corzine (D-NJ) denied ever …

The House of Representatives convened for the business of the day, one minute speeches, and special order speeches. The House disapproved of Senate amendments to bill H.R. 3630 to provide in…

Conference Report on H.R. 1540 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Conference Report Rule, One Hour of Debate) Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules: …

One Minute Speeches (15 per side) H.Res. 364 - Designating room HVC 215 of the Capitol Visitor Center as the “Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room” (Suspension, 40 Minutes of Debate) H.Res. 477 -…

The House took up work on 3 percent withholding as amended by the Senate with veterans jobs provisions and finished work on H.S. 822, the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act.

Raj Date, special adviser to the Treasury Department for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), testified the agency’s accomplishments in its first 100 days. Committee Chairman Spe…

Representative Representative Jim McGovern (R-MI) talked about the state of the economy, the work of and approaching deadline for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, and the Eur…

Assistant Treasury Secretary Collyns testified on the European Union debt crisis and its impact on the U.S. economy. He focused on meetings between European leaders to resolve the crisis, th…

LIVE U.S. House of Representatives 10a Morning Hour speeches Noon H.R. 1343 team.republicanwhip.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=176135-1049792 - To return unused or reclaimed funds …

The House resumed their session to debate the Reid proposal to raise the debt ceiling under suspension of the rules. The proposal was defeated.

First-term Republican Representative Nan Hayworth set up a meeting between House Republican members and representatives from the financial industry to discuss the ramifications of credit rat…

Freshmen Republican members spoke to reporters outside the White House about a letter they had written to the president asking him to put a budget deficit reduction plan in writing.

Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke presented to the committee the Federal Reserve Board’s semiannual report on monetary policy. In his remarks he said that if the U.S. defaulted on its debt …

The House debated and voted on legislation to raise the debt ceiling. The measure failed 97-318, with seven Democrats voting present.