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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…

Conference Report on H.R. 1540 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Conference Report Rule, One Hour of Debate) Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules: …

The House of Representatives considered a bill to eliminate the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, which is used to provide funding to presidential candidates in primary and general electi…

12p Legislative business H.R. 3463 - To reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions and by terminating…

The House took up work on 3 percent withholding as amended by the Senate with veterans jobs provisions and finished work on H.S. 822, the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff representing the four major military services appeared before the House Armed Services Committee to speak against additional defense cuts or sequestration. They sai…

Robert Mueller and Matthew Olsen assessed current terrorism threats against the U.S. They focused on the threat from al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, which remained despite the death of it…

A vote on a Continuing Resolution to keep the federal government funded failed by a vote of 195 to 230.

Representative Mac Thornberry, chair of the House Republican Cybersecurity Task Force, and Democratic Representative Jim Langevin, co-founder of the House Cybersecurity Caucus, talked about …

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 …

The House approved the Republican debt and deficit reduction plan, which they call the Cut, Cap, and Balance Bill. The legislation requires $111 billion in spending reductions and establishe…

Michelle Flournoy and Admiral Mike Mullen testified about President Obama’s Afghanistan troop reduction plan. Admiral Mullen said he supported the president’s plan to reduce U.S. troops in A…

Witnesses testified about proposed legislation to protect power delivery through the U.S. electric grid. Known as the Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense (GRID) Act, the bill focused…

Patrick Conroy opened the session with his first prayer as House chaplain.

The House considered legislation on small business, graduate medical education funding, and defense programs. The medical education bill was intended to defund portions of the Affordable Car…

The House Armed Services Committee met to consider a measure authorizing Defense Department programs and policies for fiscal year 2012. Among the issues debated were the repeal of the milita…