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The House considered several bills under suspension of the rules.

The witnesses testified about a report from the Government Accountability Office on testing the effectiveness of airport security checkpoints and locating vulnerabilities. Undercover mission…

Inspector General Krongard testified about accusations of insufficient oversight and interference with State Department investigations for political reasons. In a contentious hearing, the in…

Director Gerberding testified about the cause and spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a bacterium that can cause serious infection and death. It survives most antib…

Telephone lines were open for comments on news of the day.

Members offered amendments and debated various changes to the Foreign Intelligence Security Act. They spoke about proposals to limit the president’s ability to conduct warrantless wiretaps, …

Mr. Prince and a panel of government officials testified about the mission and performance of Blackwater USA and its affiliated companies in Iraq and Afghanistan and whether the reliance of …

Witnesses testified about Iraqi government operations, charges of widespread corruption in security and interior departments, the pace of political reform in Iraq, evaluating future performa…

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

Representative Darrell Issa talked about Congress’s questions about Blackwater. The Oversight and Reform Committee hearing would hold later in the day to investigate Blackwater’s protection …

Witnesses testified about the Foreign Intelligence Security Act (FISA) and extending legislation permitting wider use of warrantless wiretaps in conducting domestic surveillance. Among the t…

Ms. Goodling testified about her knowledge of plans to dismiss several U.S. attorneys at the Justice Department, the role the White House might have played in the decision, and her duties at…

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing to examine whether senior Defense Department officials knew about U.S. Army Corporal Patrick Tillman’s death by friendly…

Witnesses testified about U.S. Army reports and media accounts of two incidents involving personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan in the early years of military combat in the region. Football star…