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Witnesses testified about a Congressional Budget Office report that indicated that counterterrorism efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan could reach $2.5 trillion over the next ten years. They al…

Members who were former prosecutors, led by Representative Jay Inslee, talked about a resolution filed in the U.S. House of Representatives that would direct the Judiciary Committee to inves…

All five members of the Securities and Exchange Commission testified about the protection of investors and market oversight. Topics included sub-prime mortgages, the effects of the Sarbanes-…

The House considered several bills under suspension of the rules.

The Secretary of the Treasury made his annual report on progress in reforming the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the broader international financial system. Topics included IMF reform…

Witnesses testified about the future of federal consumer protection in the financial services sector in light of recent regulatory and judicial actions affecting the application of state con…

Democratic Members from The House and Senate spoke about Bush administration Education policies. Among the issues they addressed were funding school programs, performance standards, voucher …

In his first appearance before the committee, Chairman Bernanke testified about the fiscal challenges to the U.S. economy. Topics included the federal budget deficit, interest payments on th…

House Financial Services Committee holds a hearing on the state of the economy, the labor market, and the conduct of monetary policy. Chairman Bernanke testified about the state of the econo…

For the second day, the House debated a non-binding Iraq War resolution saying that Congress would continue to support U.S. armed forces in Iraq, but it disapproves President George W. Bush’…

Gary Sinise spoke about injured American service personnel and the campaign to build a $65 million memorial site near the U.S. Capitol building to the 3 million living and deceased disabled …

The House approved a bill requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to negotiate Medicare drug prices. The measure was the fourth of the Democrats' six for '06 agenda for the fir…

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and members of the Blue Dog Coalition talked about three measures in the rules package before the House of Representatives that they say would restore accou…

House members elected in November re-enacted their swearing-in and brought their families in to greet and pose for pictures with Speaker Nancy Pelosi.