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The House passed an extension through the end of fiscal year 2011 highway and mass transit spending programs. Members also began debate on the small business paperwork bill, which would repe…

Prominent Republican women spoke about the influence of women in politics, promoting conservative policies, and the 2012 election campaign. Callista Gingrich and Anita Perry spoke about thei…

The House debated and voted on legislation to raise the debt ceiling. The measure failed 97-318, with seven Democrats voting present.

The House passed a bill that would swap federal land for copper mining in exchange for private land currently owned by a southeast Arizona mining company. The chamber also passed debate rule…

Representative-elect Diane Black of Tennessee talked about the opening day of the 112th Congress, and she responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included the heal…

Social Security and Medicare Trustees Charles Blahous and Robert Reischauer testified on the financial state of Medicare. They blamed the economy for the worsening financial state of the pro…

Witnesses testified at the House Budget Committee oversight hearing on the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), which was created by the 2010 health care law to control costs.…

The House Budget Committee met to consider a Republican federal budget proposal for fiscal year 2012.

Freshman House members spoke to reporters following a meeting with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on raising the debt ceiling.

Witnesses testified on the re-authorization of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program, focusing on the ways states engage recipients in work activities that move them towa…

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on President Obama’s proposed 2012 budget. He called President Obama’s proposed 2012 budget the first …

House Republican women spoke about the impasse between Republicans and Democrats on a budget to fund the government through the end of fiscal year 2011. They denied that negotiations were st…

The House considered two bills under suspension of the rules. The bill that passed honored the late federal judge John Roll by naming a courthouse in Yuma, Arizona. Members rejected a measur…

The House of Representatives convened for the business of the day, one minute speeches, and special order speeches. The House disapproved of Senate amendments to bill H.R. 3630 to provide in…

The House passed a short-term, two-week extension of the fiscal year 2011 spending bill that extends funding through Friday, March 18, 2011.

White House Budget director Jacob Lew testified on the president’s 2012 budget request, which he called a “down payment” toward fiscal solvency. He also said that Congress needed to work tog…

Glenn Hackbarth talked about efforts by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to craft a new formula for Medicare payments to doctors. Since 1998 Congress has passed legislation every yea…

The House considered President Obama’s jobs bill and legislation on the National Labor Relations Board.

The House considered legislation on business and financial regulations.