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The House worked on bills dealing with abortion rights, veterans' benefits, and defense programs. They also worked on legislation that would establish an “Amber Alert” system for active shoo…

The House considered 15 bills under suspension of the rules, among them issues concerning military records, federal retirement benefits for disabled first responders and post office names.

A student who lived through the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, gave powerful testimony to lawmakers on how she pretended to be dead by putting a slain classmate’s …

Leaders of the U.S. intelligence community testified at a House Intelligence Committee hearing on threats the country faces both internally and internationally. In her opening remarks, Direc…

The House considered legislation that seeks to expand U.S. production of semiconductors. Most are made abroad, and there was a shortage of semiconductors, resulting in higher prices for auto…

The CEOs of Exxon, BP, Shell, and Chevron testified at a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on climate change. The witnesses faced accusations from lawmakers that their industry ha…

For the second consecutive day, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Mark Milley, and U.S. Central Command Commander General Kenneth McKenzie testified on the …

The House Budget Committee continued work on the fiscal year 2022 budget reconciliation bill, focusing on procedural and other “housekeeping” motions. Members earlier voted to move the bill …

The House Armed Services Committee met to mark up the fiscal year National Defense Authorization Act.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Mark Milley testified before the House Armed Services Committee on the department’s fiscal year 2022 budget request. In…

The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Development and the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a joint hearing on creating the framework of rules that…

The House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing on the Sackler family’s role in the U.S. opioid crisis. The Sacklers own Purdue Pharma, which produced and marketed the highly addicti…

National security leaders testified about their fiscal year 2022 budget requests for space programs before a House Armed Services subcommittee. Witnesses representing the Defense Department’…

Intelligence agency leaders testified on current global threats at a House Intelligence Committee hearing. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines delivered opening testimony to outli…

SolarWinds, FireEye, and Microsoft executives testified before a joint House hearing on the SolarWinds hack that compromised U.S. government and private sector servers. Topics included how a…

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and other U.S. Postal Service officials testified on proposals to improve the finances, operations and services of the U.S. Postal Service before the House Ove…

The House Budget Committee considered President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, known as the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Committee members delivered opening statements and …

In a vote of 223-205, the House passed the 25th Amendment resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to remove President Trump from office. Representative Kinzinger (IL) was the only Re…

Top executives of Purdue Pharma, a U.S. pharmaceutical company that makes OxyContin, testified about their role in the opioid epidemic at a virtual House Oversight Committee hearing. The com…

The House approved the House-Senate compromise on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which sets defense programs and policy for fiscal year 2021. President Trump had vowed to vet…