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The House met for a legislative session. Later in the evening the House considered and voted to approve a federal budget agreement for fiscal year 2014. The measure passed on a vote of 332 t…

Students from the Washington Center and George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia, participated by broadband feed in a distance learning class. Representative John Lewis (D-GA), an…

Legislative Business-H.R. 2655 - Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act

House members and President Obama attended a memorial service in Statuary Hall for the late Speaker Thomas S. Foley.

Marilyn Tavenner testified about the problems with the release of the Healthcare.gov Web site for the federal health insurance exchange. Ms. Tavenner in her opening statement apologized to u…

The U.S. House of Representatives convened for a legislative session.

The U.S. House of Representatives convened for a legislative session. Members passed a continuing budget resolution that would fund operations until December 15, 2013, and would defund the A…

Participants who were part of the early 1960s civil rights movement talked about the 1963 March on Washington, when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have A Dream” speech. Speakers: Marvin…

Dignitaries spoke at a ceremony honoring the 50th anniversary of the August 28, 1963, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Following the invocation and the presentation of the colors, c…

Civil rights advocates spoke at a forum commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Representative John Lewis (D-GA) talked about his experience in he…

Civil rights leaders and contemporary movement leaders spoke at the Lincoln Memorial at a “Realize the Dream” commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Fr…

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum hosted a conference on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington. The program included presentations by attendees of the March, a pa…

Witnesses testified on the implications of the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which overturned a key provision of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Two of the five witnesses w…

Representative John Lewis (D-GA), who participated in monumental events such as the 1963 March on Washington and the freedom rides, talked about personal and historical perspective into the …

Representative John Lewis (D-GA), co-author of the March trilogy, Diana Gabaldon, author of Written In My Own Heart’s Blood: A Novel, and Helen Fielding, author of Bridget Jones: Mad About t…

Daniel Werfel testified on the status of the investigation into the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and its reported targeting of tax-exempt status applicants for more stringent review based …

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus spoke to reporters following the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder in which the court ruled that the preclearance provisions of the …

Conservative activists testified on their claims that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had applied additional scrutiny to their tax-exempt status applications.

A panel celebrated the life and work of Representative John Lewis (D-GA).

The House passed a bill that would require the Treasury Department to pay bond holders as well as Social Security recipients if the debt ceiling were reached.