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The House convened for a legislative session.

Mary Kendall testified on her involvement in the Obama administration’s temporary freeze on deepwater drilling after the BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. A 2010 Interior Department…

Jeffrey Zients and Ashton Carter testified on the effects of automatic budget cuts on Defense Department and other government programs. The cuts, also known as sequestration, were part of…

Legislative Business, 19 bills under Suspension of the Rules

The House convened for a legislative session.

The House Colorado delegation was granted floor time for a resolution condemning the shootings and honoring the victims of the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado. Additionally,…

The House debated resolutions relating to offshore drilling.

The House convened for a legislative session.

Committee Print (Structured Rule) The rule provides for no further of general debate and makes in order the remaining amendments: Rep. Rush Holt Amendment #33 Reps. Robert Wittman / Scott Rigell…

Committee Print (Structured Rule) The rule provides for no further of general debate and makes in order the remaining amendments: Rep. Rush Holt Amendment #33 Reps. Robert Wittman / Scott Rigell…

Begin Consideration of H.R. 4480 - Domestic Energy and Jobs Act, Rules Committee Print (Structured Rule)

Witnesses testified on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) efforts to stop a previously-approved West Virginia coal mining project on the basis that the project would jeopardize the health of Appalachian…

Legislative business: Amendments to Defense Authorization

The House Armed Services Committee met to mark up the fiscal year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. The bill would authorize $554 billion for the Defense Department and national…

The House Armed Services Committee met to mark up the fiscal year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. The bill would authorize $554 billion for the Defense Department and national…

The House Armed Services Committee met to mark up the fiscal year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. The bill would authorize $554 billion for the Defense Department and national…

The House Armed Services Committee met to mark up the fiscal year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. The bill would authorize $554 billion for the Defense Department and national…