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The House Small Business Committee held a hearing to discuss efforts to rebuild the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast. Members of the committee considered whether policy changes were needed to he…

Chairman Greenspan presented to the committee the Federal Reserve Board’s semiannual report on monetary policy. He said the Federal Reserve would keep raising interest rates. He gave a posit…

The House takes up the Foreign Relations Authorization bill.

Julian Bond delivered the keynote address at the NAACP convention in Milwaukee. Prior to his speech several lawmakers made remarks and talked about policies affecting black communities. In h…

Representative Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced legislation to amend section 215 of the Patriot Act, which deals with the federal government’s ability to obtain sales and lending records fro…

The House will consider: H.Con.Res. 159 - Recognizing the sacrifices being made by the families of members of the Armed Forces and supporting the designation of a week as National Militar…

The House will consider H.R. 1815 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, sponsored by Rep. Hunter of the Armed Services Committee. The rule provides for one hour of gener…

The House will work on the First Responders Funding Bill.

The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on data security and privacy issues. Witnesses focused on recent security breaches involving unauthorized access to online user records,…

House members elected in November re-enacted their swearing-in and brought their families in to greet and pose for pictures with Speaker Dennis Hastert in his office at the Capitol.