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The House voted 217 to 215 for passage of the budget bill.

The House unexpectedly voted down the $142 billion appropriations conference report for the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Departments. The vote was 209 to 223. The House th…

Black leaders spoke to reporters about the urgency to stabilize, repair, and rebuild areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. They criticized the media’s change of focus to looting and vandali…

The House will consider H.R. 2520 - Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, H.R. 810 - Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005, and H.R. 2419 - Energy and Water Development, and R…

Committee members met to consider amendments, provisions, and potential alterations to the supplemental spending request by the Department of Defense for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Michael Leavitt, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, testified about the Fiscal Year 2006 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services. Among the issues h…

Mr. Tobias testified about fiscal year 2006 appropriations for foreign operations and funding for U.S. international HIV/AIDS assistance programs. Among the issues he addressed were the scop…

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice testified about funding requests for fiscal year 2006 foreign operations. Among the topics she addressed were U.S. policy in Palestinian lands and the Mid…

Participants talked about the future of the Democratic Party following losses in the 2004 general election, advocating a progressive agenda, party-building efforts, and resisting efforts to …

On the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Boston, MA, party officials, elected representatives, and delegates approved the party platform and talked about the Democratic par…

Members debated an objection raised to the Ohio Electoral College vote presented earlier to a joint session counting electoral votes to certify the presidential election.