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The Ronald Reagan statue was unveiled as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection, which is comprised of statues donated by individual states to honor notable women and men from each st…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi presented the Lantos Human Rights Prize to the Dalai Lama. The Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice established the Lantos Human Rights Prize to raise aw…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders spoke about the accomplishments of the First Session of the 111th Congress.

The House held the final day of the First Session of the 111th Congress, unless the Senate passes a health care bill before adjourning. The House passed 2010 Defense spending legislation, in…

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House Democratic leaders spoke to reporters following a Democratic leadership meeting to on House Democrats' jobs package.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave her weekly legislative briefing to the press. She focused on health care reform legislation, saying she was open to changes proposed in the Senate to expand M…

Following a bipartisan meeting on jobs programs with President Obama, Democratic leaders spoke to reporters and answered questions about job creation proposals.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave her weekly legislative briefing to the press. She said she does not support a surtax on the wealthy to pay for the war in Afghanistan. She also talked about p…

Speaker Pelosi spoke about the Democratic party agenda in the House of Representatives. Among the topics she addressed were health care reform, abortion, the state of the economy, and U.S. p…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave her weekly legislative briefing to the press. She focused on health care reform legislation.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic Leaders, and Committee Chairs held a press conference following the House of Representatives passage of the health reform legislation by a vote of 220-…

The House debated and passed health reform legislation by a vote of 220-215. One Republican, Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA), voted for the bill and 39 Democrats voted against the legislation.

The House approved a bill expanding the Department of Homeland Security’s authority over chemical and water plant safety. Members also made speeches in honor of the victims of the previous-d…

In her weekly briefing Speaker Pelosi spoke to reporters and answered questions on a number of issues including for devbates and votes on health care reform in the House.

The House approved a bill extending unemployment benefits and expanding the first-time home buyers tax credit. Members also began work on legislation broadening the Department of Homeland’s …

German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to a joint meeting of Congress. In her remarks she spoke about the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Germany since reunification, and he own e…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced the House Democratic health care bill. According to the Speaker, the bill covers an additional 36 million Americans and costs under $900 billion over 10…

The House worked on several bills and also approved the extension of small business programs.