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The House voted to increase the debt limit by $2.5 trillion until 2023. Along a party-line vote, members also passed a measure holding former Representative Mark Meadows (R-NY), who was form…

The House debated and voted on a number of bills under suspension of the rules, including measures condemning the abuse of the Uyghur people in China. Members also considered bills involving…

The House approved the fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Members passed legislation setting up a process to avoid a debt default by allowing the Senate to increase …

The House considered several bills under suspension of the rules.

Former government officials serving several presidential administrations testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Afghanistan withdrawal. The witnesses, who served under P…

The House passed two suspension bills, and considered President Biden’s social spending plan.

International civil rights activists testified on relations between China and Hong Kong at a hearing before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, comprised of a bipartisan group of lawmake…

The House in a 218-211 vote passed legislation that would prohibit states from enacting certain restrictions on abortion providers.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee for more than five hours on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Lawmakers pressed him on several topi…

The House continued work on the dozen bills that make up federal spending for the fiscal year 2022 budget year. In this session, members approved two bills: legislative branch spending, with…

The House began work on federal spending for the fiscal year 2022 budget year, a package of seven of the dozen bills that set annual spending. More than 200 amendments were allowed, and a vo…

Following one-minute speeches, the House considered 14 suspension bills from the Energy and Commerce and Foreign Affairs Committees, including legislation on electric grid security as well a…

Researchers testified at a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on brain health research. Witnesses discussed the growing body of research around various neurological diseases, includi…

Following one-minute speeches, the House debated the rule governing six bills. The rule allows through June 25, 2021, for the House to vote en bloc on “multiple measures,” specifically bills…

The House approved two bills debated earlier under suspension of the rules. One allows states to use federal energy conservation funds for plans to avert cyber attacks on energy infrastructu…

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield testified on foreign policy and U.S. global leadership before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield answered a…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the department’s fiscal year 2022 budget request and foreign policy priorities. Members asked Secret…

Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to testify on the global response to climate change. Several topics were discussed, including in…

The House considered a number of homeland security and financial services suspension bills. Votes on those bills were likely to occur throughout the week as the House Freedom Caucus continue…

The House considered 17 suspension bills dealing with such issues as food allergies and scams targeting senior citizens. Julia Letlow (R-LA), who won a special election in March, was sworn i…