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The House worked on an employment nondiscrimination bill and a U.S.-Peru free trade agreement.

Witnesses testified about a Congressional Budget Office report that indicated that counterterrorism efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan could reach $2.5 trillion over the next ten years. They al…

Federal officials testified about the Medicare Advantage Program Report, focusing on statutorily required audits of Advantage Plan bids. They reviewed their first oversight in six years on…

House Democratic leaders talked with reporters about President Bush’s veto of the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The veto was sustained in a vote in the House today. Topics included th…

The Trade Subcommittee and Oversight Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee held a joint hearing on import safety, focusing on current measures to ensure the safety of food and c…

Participants spoke on behalf of Democratic presidential election campaigns about the party’s stance on foreign policy issues. They focused on candidates' foreign policy positions, involvemen…

Representative Becerra spoke about immigration reform proposals and responded to telephone calls and questions on the issue. The Senate was expected to hold a cloture vote on proceeding with…

Officials testified about an investigation into the use of private debt collection agencies by the Internal Revenue Service, taxpayer complaints about the practice, and public policy implica…

Introduced by Rep. Becerra, Mr. Henigan talked about the statistics of death by firearms and about the prevention of gun violence. Mr. Horwitz and the inventor Mr. Lizotte explained the g…

The committee held a field hearing in the San Diego Administration Building on the topic, “Porous Borders and Downstream Costs: The Impact of Illegal Immigration on State, County and Local G…

In his first appearance before the committee, Chairman Bernanke testified about the fiscal challenges to the U.S. economy. Topics included the federal budget deficit, interest payments on th…

House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on the direction and content of U.S. trade policy. Among the topics addressed were the status of free trade negotiations in several regions, tra…