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The House met for a legislative session. Later in the evening the House considered and voted to approve a federal budget agreement for fiscal year 2014. The measure passed on a vote of 332 t…

Members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees held their first public meeting to consider the 2013 farm bill.

The House considered a rule and amendments to the farm bill allowing the House to go to conference with the Senate.

Committee members debated a rule for consideration of amendments to the farm bill.

The U.S. House of Representatives convened for a legislative session.

The House Rules Committee met to debate rules and the amendment process on H.J. Res. 59, a continuing resolution to fund the federal government through December 15 and defund the Affordable …

Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke testified on the U.S. economic outlook for the year and the future of economic growth. In his testimony he said he was not ready to declare “too big to fai…

The House considered H.R. 2632, a bill that reauthorizes only farm programs.

The House voted 195-234 against its version of the farm bill, H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013.

Continue Consideration of H.R. 1947 - Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (Structured Rule) (Sponsored by Rep. Frank Lucas / Agriculture Committee) The Rule provides f…

Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules: 1) H.R. 1896 - International Child Support Recovery Improvement Act of 2013 (Sponsored by Rep. David Reichert / Ways and Means Committee…

Begin Consideration of H.R. 3 - Northern Route Approval Act, Rules Committee Print (Structured Rule) (Sponsored by Rep. Lee Terry / Transportation and Infrastructure Committee / Energy and C…

The House Agriculture Committee began markup of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (FARRM) Bill. This portion of the hearing was joined approximately 5 minutes after the …

The House Agriculture Committee began markup of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (FARRM) Bill.

The U.S. House of Representatives convened for a legislative session.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified on the the state of the rural U.S. economy. The majority of the hearing was focused on the furloughs resulting from sequestration budget cuts and …