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The House passed a bill reauthorizing the U.S. Export-Import Bank’s charter for 10 years, through September 30, 2029, and renaming the agency the United States Export Finance Agency.

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…

Seventeen of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates spoke at the Polk County Democrats Steak Fry in Des Moines, Iowa. Each candidate took the stage for about 10 minutes to make their ca…

Representatives Grace Meng (D-NY) and Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH) spoke at the New Hampshire Democratic Party Convention.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Matthew Albence testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee regarding oversight of his agency. Committee members quest…

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee regarding oversight of her agency. Chief Provost responded to a ProPublica report that exposed a F…

The House voted 417-3 to pass a bill to increase the flexibility of 401(k) retirement savings plans, making it easier for employers to offer retirement plans to their employees.

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…

Peter Gaynor, the acting Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator, testified before the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee on his agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget r…

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 …

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan testified before a House subcommittee regarding President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget request for the agency. He talked about and answe…

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…

The House considered the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which expired in February 2019. The legislation contains funding for grants and programs to help domestic violence…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on the agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. Members pressed Secretary Pompeo over steep cuts to sever…

The House voted 407-23 to approve a resolution condemning anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim discrimination, and bigotry. All of those who voted against the resolution were Republicans, and Represen…

The House Rules Committee approved along party lines a set of rules for debate and consideration of H.R. 1, the “For the People Act of 2019” on the full floor. The bill addresses campaign fi…

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…