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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…

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

Energy Secretary Steven Chu testified on the Energy Department’s decision to back over half a billion dollars in loan guarantees to solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra, which later went into b…

Energy Secretary Steven Chu testified on the Energy Department’s decision to back over half a million dollars in loan guarantees to solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra, which later went into b…

Witnesses testified on a bill that would loosen restrictions on unsolicited phone calls to mobile devices. Supporters say the legislation is designed to make it easier for cell phone users t…

The House considered legislation on business and financial regulations.

The House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee met to vote on issuing a subpoena for White House communications related to solar energy panel maker …

Witnesses testified on the cancellation of Community Living Assistance Service and Supports (CLASS) program. CLASS, which was part of the 2010 health care law, was slated to be a voluntary, …

Witnesses testified on the issue of online gambling, focusing on the legal restrictions of Internet gambling and the impact on consumers and states if restrictions are lifted. Among the issu…

Treasury Department officials testified at a hearing on the investigation of loans to the failed solar panel company Solyndra. Gary Burner in his testimony said he had never encountered a lo…

Solyndra executives invoked their Fifth Amendment rights at a House Energy Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing. Solyndra, a solar panel manufacturing company that recently f…

Doctors and officials from Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration testified on the effects of drug shortages on cancer patients.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson testified on her agency’s decision-making process and regulatory activity to comport with President Obama’s regulatory review an…

A House oversight subcommittee held a hearing on an Energy Department loan to a Solyndra, a solar panel manufacturing company that recently filed for bankruptcy. The $535 million dollar loan…

House Republican leaders spoke to reporters and answered questions about the president’s job proposal set to be laid out in an address to a joint session of Congress later in the evening.

The House took up House Speaker John Boehner’s plan to lift the debt ceiling.

Representative Marsha Blackburn talked about ongoing budget and debt talks and the looming August 2, 2011, deadline for raising the debt ceiling. She responded to telephone calls and electro…

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