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President Obama and congressional leaders spoke at a ceremony in Emancipation Hall to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 13th Amendment, which formally abolished sl…

Former Vice President Dick Cheney was honored for his service as Senate president. Speakers included Former President George W. Bush, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and House…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) spoke at a Politico Playbook Breakfast. Senator McConnell was interviewed by Anna Palmer. Then Representative…

The House voted 316-113 to pass the omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government until September 30, 2016.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) briefed reporters and responded to questions on his party’s legislative agenda. Hhe discussed his efforts to empower individual members and the committees over…

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) spoke to reporters on his party’s legislative agenda following their weekly conference meeting. Topics included a tax package and an omnibus spending bill to f…

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) briefed reporters and responded to questions on his party’s legislative agenda. Topics included the looming budget deadline to avert a government shutdown.

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and other House Republican leaders spoke to reporters following their weekly conference meeting. Speaker Ryan condemned Republican presidential candidate Donald Trum…

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) detailed his top priority for House Republicans over the coming years in remarks delivered at the Library of Congress in Washington. Included in his pla…

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and other House Republican leaders spoke to reporters on their party’s legislative agenda following their weekly conference meeting. Speaker Ryan focused votes…

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) briefed reporters and responded to questions on his party’s legislative agenda. He focused on efforts to pause the intake of Syrian refugees following the Nove…

The House approved two bills. One would ease mortgage lending standards under the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory law, and the other deals with auto lending regulation.

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and other House Republican leaders spoke to reporters about their party’s legislative agenda following their weekly conference meeting. Speaker Ryan called for a pau…

House Speaker Paul Ryan (D-WI) held an enrollment ceremony to sign the revised Defense Authorization bill in preparation for sending it to the president. Speaker Ryan and Armed Services Comm…

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) briefed reporters and responded to questions on his party’s legislative agenda. This was Representative Ryan’s first briefing as speaker. He talked about a new…

House Republican leaders spoke with reporters following a meeting at the Republican National Committee Building on Capitol Hill. Most of the briefing focused on the up coming highway funding…

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) spoke about the House agenda, including the presidential election and immigration. He was interviewed by Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” This i…

The House elected Paul Ryan (R-WI) as its new speaker, the 54th person to be in the position and the youngest since 1869. Prior to the vote, the day began with a quorum call followed by a fa…

Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) spoke to reporters in the Longworth House Office Building after members of his party selected him to be their candidate to replace Representative John Boehner…

The House approved legislation to reauthorize the expired charter of the Export-Import Bank. Members also reauthorized federal highway and transit programs through November 20, 2015, and leg…