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On Day 26 of a government shutdown, the House debated and passed a bill that provides over $12 billion in emergency funding for those recently affected by natural disasters, including hurric…

On day 34 of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, the House debate a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security through February 28, 2019. The measure includes no funds for…

President Trump met in the Oval Office with manufacturers and talked about jobs, trade issues with China and border security.

A House Appropriations subcommittee held a hearing on the budget funding NASA’s push for a 21st century manned landing on the moon. Testifying before the panel was NASA Administrator Jim Bri…

The House Rules Committee met to consider two bills, H.R. 648 and H.J. Res. 31, that provide appropriations for the Homeland Security Department and several other agencies for fiscal year 20…

On Day 27 of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history over President Trump’s demand for money to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall, the House passed by voice vote a Democratic bill to f…

The House worked on a bill requiring the president to keep the U.S. in the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. President Donald Trump had said he would pull the U.S. out of the agreement…

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan testified on the agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. Also testifying before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense were Joint Chiefs…

On day 21 of a government shutdown, the House passed a bill to fund national parks around the country. Members also began work on a bill to pay federal workers who have been furloughed once …

FBI Director Christopher Wray testified about the agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget before a House Appropriations subcommittee. He talked about cyber crime and the challenge of keeping up wit…

The House passed bills aimed at reopening part of the federal government, which was in day 20 of a partial shutdown, funding the Departments of Agriculture, Transportation, and Housing and U…

The House passed a bill intended to combat money laundering by curbing the use of shell companies while requiring corporations to report ownership information to the Treasury Department. Mem…

The House Rules Committee met to discuss rules governing debate for four appropriations bills that would provide fiscal year 2019 funding for the Departments of the Interior, Transportation,…

The House Rules Committee met to debate the $1.4 trillion dollar government spending bill. The first 10 minutes of the hearing concerned other committee business related to legislation d…

The House approved two spending packages to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year on September 30, 2020. The eight-bill domestic package passed 297-120, and the four-bill na…

The House passed a resolution to terminate President Trump’s emergency declaration at the U.S.-Mexico border. Members also voted to table a resolution offered by Minority Leader Kevin McCart…

The House passed a continuing resolution to fund the government for seven weeks beyond the end of the budget year on September 30, 2019. Members then considered several bills under suspensio…

The House speaker held a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony with newly-elected representatives. The event happens at the start of each Congress. The official swearing-in ceremony took place ear…

On day 25 of a government shutdown, the House debated a bill that would have reopened the government through February 1. The measure failed by a vote of 237-187, short of the 2/3 majority ne…

Thirteen Republicans and all 232 Democratic members passed a resolution to terminate President Trump’s national emergency declaration to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Under the terms of t…