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The House approved legislation that limits agency rulemaking authority. (H.R. 357). Later, during special order speeches, a bipartisan group of members spoke in favor of passing aid to suppo…

A statue of educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune was dedicated as part of Congress’s National Statuary Hall. She is the first African American to be represented in the coll…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and others participated in the unveiling of a portrait of the late Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD) at the U.S. Capitol. Representative Cummings repres…

In a 220-207 vote, the House approved the Democratic tax, health care and climate change bill, called the Inflation Reduction Act and which passed the Senate 51-50 the previous Sunday. The p…

The House approved two abortion-related bills in response to the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The first measure, the Women’s Health Protection Act, turns the 1973…

Congressional Democrats held a news conference to discuss the recent mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, in which 10 people were killed and three others injured.

The House debated three bills dealing with: preventing domestic terrorism, addressing the current baby formula shortage; and investments in low-income communities, which was also passed duri…

During their annual retreat, House Democratic leaders told reporters the party was focused on President Biden’s agenda and helping to end the war in Ukraine.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), and others speak at the unveiling of the Joseph Rainey Room on Capitol Hill. Mr. Rainey, who was born into slavery, was…

The House approved a measure that combines two bill that were previously passed by the House in the first session of the 117th Congress. The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would…

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other House Democratic leaders held a news conference to react to the House passage of its version of President Biden’s Build Back Better social spending plan…

The House passed a resolution to censure Representative Paul Gosar (R-AZ) for posting an animated video on social media depicting himself killing Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N…

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) spoke to reporters before House votes on a rule for President Biden’s social spending proposal and a final vote on a bipartisan infrastructure bill. “We had hoped…

The House approved several suspension bills. Members also concluded debate on the Senate-passed infrastructure bill. The legislation would fund roads, bridges, rail, and mass transit progra…

The House took the first step in the budget reconciliation process by approving the Senate-passed $3.5 trillion budget resolution that congressional committees would use to draft legislation…

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other House Democratic leaders held a news conference to discuss their legislative accomplishments ahead of the August recess, including the child tax credit.

The House debated the rules governing four bills, approved suspension bills debated the previous day, and then passed two bills. In a 285-120 margin on the first measure, members voted to re…

The House voted 268-161 to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002, originally approved after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

The House passed the Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) and Disclosure Simplification Act, which requires public companies to disclose executive pay increases, corporate political con…

The House approved the Senate-passed COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which addresses the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans, and members also considered several other suspension bills. La…