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The House Rules Committee met to establish rules for debate on a 12-part spending bill that would fund through the end or fiscal year 2015 all federal government operations except the Depart…

Brett McGurk, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq and Iran testified at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the Obama administration’s strategy against Islamic State* m…

Witnesses testified about immigration policy and unaccompanied immigrant children illegally crossing the southern U.S. border.

A subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on Mexico’s imprisonment of U.S. Marine Sergeant Andrew Tahmooressi, who had been held for more than six months after cro…

Secretary John Kerry testified at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on President Obama’s announced strategy for battling Islamic State* militants in Syria and Iraq. He announced that…

The House convened for a legislative session. Republican leaders cancelled a vote on emergency supplemental funding legislation to address the influx of Central American immigrant children a…

The House debated several bills under suspension of the rules, including legislation to prevent human trafficking, and was expected to work on a bill to direct the Department of Education se…

House Republicans and veterans' groups leaders held a press conference on the Department of Veterans Affairs health system.

The House passed H.R. 4660, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015.

State Department officials testified at a hearing on U.S.-Mexico security and trade cooperation. Topics included the high rates of weapons smuggled from the U.S. to Mexico, and drug traffick…

The House Foreign Affairs Committee marked up pending legislation intended to condemn the abduction of Nigerian girls, help combat human trafficking, protect children from exploitation, and …

The House convened for a legislative session.

Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Robert Papp, U.S. Southern Commander John Kelly, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Luis Arreaga testified on U.S. anti-drug trafficking efforts. The hear…

Secretary Arne Duncan testified on the Department of Education’s fiscal year 2015 budget request. He talked about the increase in high school graduation in 2012 and his department’s effort t…

The House considered a closed rule governing debate on H.R. 2575, a bill that would change a provision in the health care law defining a full-time employee from one who averages 30 hours per…

The House Foreign Affairs Committee marked up three pieces of legislation: H. R. 418, regarding Burma; H, Res. 494, a resolution affirming the importance of the Taiwan Relations Act; and H.R…

Secretary of State John Kerry appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss the fiscal year 2015 budget proposal for his department and current foreign policy challenges, in…

The House Foreign Affairs Committee marked up Resolution 499, which condemns the violation of Ukrainian sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity by military forces of the Russian …

Members of Congress, activists, and tea party leaders gathered to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the movement. Speakers included Representative Michele Bachmann (R-MN), radio tal…

Representative Matt Salmon (R-AZ) spoke about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs. In his speech he pushed for increased openness and privacy safeguards in those programs Af…