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The House worked on an employment nondiscrimination bill and a U.S.-Peru free trade agreement.

Officials testified about an investigation into the use of private debt collection agencies by the Internal Revenue Service, taxpayer complaints about the practice, and public policy implica…

Tax preparation professionals and individual tax payers testified about the Alternative Minimum Tax, the impact of the tax system on a growing number of taxpayers, and proposals to either el…

House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on the direction and content of U.S. trade policy. Among the topics addressed were the status of free trade negotiations in several regions, tra…

For the third day, the House debated a non-binding Iraq War resolution saying that Congress would continue to support U.S. armed forces in Iraq, but it disapproves President George W. Bush’s…

The House considered several suspension bills.

The House approved a measure that makes changes to the House page program. Under the bill, the program would be fully bipartisan, with two majority and minority members, and it would add a f…

The House passed a bill that ends some tax breaks for oil and gas companies and dedicates revenue to renewable energy research. The measure was the sixth of the Democratic leadership’s prior…

House members debated an increase in the federal minimum wage. The bill would raise the current minimum of $4.25 per hour to $5.15 per hour.