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The House passed a bill that ends some tax breaks for oil and gas companies and dedicates revenue to renewable energy research. The measure was the sixth of the Democratic leadership’s prior…

The 109th Congress convened and House members were sworn in. Speaker of the House Hastert was re-elected and rules for the 109th Congress were debated and adopted.

The House passed a Medicare prescription drug bill.

The National Republican Congressional Committee met to honor retiring members of their caucus. Keynote remarks were offered by Vice President Dick Cheney. Speaker of the House, Representativ…

The House GOP Leadership had a press conference with reporters on the U.S. capitol grounds.

Bills Introduced: 37 public bills, H.R. 936-972; and 5 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 57-59, and H. Res. 85-86 were introduced. Pages H825-27 Reports Filed: No reports were filed today. …

Bills Introduced: 24 public bills, H.R. 5562-5585; and 2 resolutions, H. Res. 655-656, were introduced. Pages H11206-07 Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows. Supplementa…

Accompanied by three married couples in their wedding attire, House Republican leaders reacted to the failed vote to override President Clinton’s veto of the Marriage Tax Penalty bill. They …

House Republicans including Speaker of the House Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois), House Majority Leader Rep. Dick Armey (R-Texas) and Republican Conference Chairman Rep. J.C. Watts (R-Okla…

Republican leaders talked about their plan to eliminate the “marriage penalty.” This quirk in the tax code forces many married couples to pay more in taxes than they would have to if they h…