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The House considered 32 bills under suspension of the rules, including measures on renaming post offices and replacing masculine pronouns in the National Archives with gender-neutral terms.

The House began work on the Senate-passed marriage equality bill. Members planned to work on the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) but were delayed over floor talks …

The House approved a suspension bill that increases funding for home visitation programs that serve pregnant women, new mothers, and their children. The bill was named after the late Represe…

The House approved a couple of criminal justice-related bills. One would improve the treatment of pregnant inmates, and the other would create community reentry centers to support formerly i…

House Republicans spoke to reporters after a closed-door election for party leaders on Capitol Hill. They elected Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA) to be speaker in the next Congress, Mino…

The House approved legislation concerning school-based mental health services, corporate merger filing fees, and voting access for the disabled. Members also approved 25 suspension bills.

Matthew Olsen, assistant attorney general for the National Security Division of the Justice Department, testified at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on national security threats. He answ…

The House passed legislation for grant programs for heart health outreach in the U.S. South Asian community, changes to monthly benefits for certain participants in the Delphi Corporation pe…

House Republican leaders held a news conference to discuss the legislative agenda.

The House voted 220-207 to approve a six-bill $405 billion federal spending package for fiscal year 2023. It includes spending for agriculture, energy, financial services, the environment, m…

The House approved a bill (267-157) protecting same-sex and interracial marriages. Forth-seven Republicans and all Democrats voted for the measure. Members also worked on a six-bill federal …

House Republican Conference Vice Chair Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA) talked about abortion access and the law, gun violence, defense and spending bills, January 6th Committee developmen…

The House passed the fiscal year 2023 defense programs and policy bill (NDAA) on a 329-101 vote. Thirty-nine Democrats and 62 Republicans voted against the measure. Members also approved eig…

“If you do not protect marriage equality, you are saying that we do not belong in "We the "people,” said Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in the case that legalized same-sex marriage natio…

In a 234-193 vote, the House approved a Senate-passed measure that expands background checks for gun buyers 21 or younger, provides grants to states for “red flag” laws that enable firearms …

The House approved a package of 13 measures promoting diversity and inclusion in the financial sector. More specifically, it includes provisions intended to increase access to banking servic…

House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) and other leadership colleagues spoke with reporters about their legislative agenda.

The House approved another gun violence measure. The bill would enact a federal “red flag” law, allowing courts to keep guns away from people who may endanger themselves or others. The measu…

The House Judiciary Committee debated and voted on the “Protecting Our Kids Act,” a package of gun control proposals meant in part as a response to a series of mass shootings, most recently …

The House Judiciary Committee debated and voted on the “Protecting Our Kids Act,” a package of gun control proposals meant in part as a response to a series of mass shootings, most recently …