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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 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 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…

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 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 met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.

The House continued work on a five-bill spending package, H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science (1); Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (2); Interior, Environme…

The House passed a spending package covering four of the 12 annual appropriations bills that fund the government and related agencies. This specific package includes money for Labor, Health …

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…

U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham and other government officials testified on the agency’s preparations for the 2020 Census before a House Appropriations subcommittee. Questions …

Attorney General William Barr testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee regarding the the fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Justice Department. Many lawmakers asked the atto…

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…

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…

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

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…

On day 33 of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, the House passed a bill to reopen the government, excepting the Department of Homeland Security, through the end of fiscal year …

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…