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The House voted on H.J.Res. 2, the Balanced Budget Amendment.

The House Ways and Means Committee marked up three trade agreements between the U.S. and Colombia, Panama, and South Korea.

Health care leaders testified on Medicare payment provisions and their impact on the federal budget. The certain Medicare provider payment policies scheduled to expire by December 31, 2011. …

The House debated the rule on the compromise agreement to raise the debt ceiling and then moved to consideration of the bill itself. The measure was approved 269-161. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords…

The House passed a bill sponsored by Representative Lee Terry (R-NE) that expedites the approval process for a crude oil pipeline running from Canada to Texas. Members also returned to work …

Witnesses testified about overhauling the tax code and the economic impacts of taxation on business and individual debt. This was the first tax-related joint hearing of the Senate Finance an…

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…

Barry Rand testified at a Joint hearing of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight and Health on the new Health Care Law’s impact on AARP. Much of the questioning focused on a new…

Tax attorneys testified at a Joint hearing of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight and Health on the new Health Care Law’s impact on AARP. Much of the questioning focused on a …

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…

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 …

The House continued consideration of fiscal year 2011 spending.

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced that President Obama planed to submit the U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement to Congress. The hearing also focused on such issues as the pendi…

Witnesses testified on the economic and regulatory burdens imposed by the enactment and implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Rec…