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The House debated a bill that prohibits the drawdown of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Department of Energy develops a plan to increase the percentage of federal…

The House debated several suspension bills, including one that would create a task force to review how pilots receive crucial information such as flight path data in response to recent mass…

The House returns today for legislative business and votes. Later in the week, a bill barring the President from releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for non-emergency…

The House met for a pro forma session.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) -- along with the Missouri Congressional Delegation -- welcomed a bronze statue of Harry Truman to the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. He is the 10th president to be…

The House met for a pro forma session.

The House passed a bill banning the sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China.

The House debated two anti-abortion measures. One is a resolution condemning violence against “pro-life” pregnancy centers, groups, and churches. The other would require medical care for a “child…

The House debated two bills to establish two new select panels under the Republican majority. The first is a select committee on strategic competition between the U.S. and the Chinese…

The House debated the rules for the 118th Congress, the first order of legislative business after members elected a speaker the previous week.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and other Democrats marked the second anniversary of the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. They gathered on the East Front steps of…

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for the fourth, fifth, and sixth times failed to get the majority 218 votes needed to be elected speaker of the House. This was the first time…

The House reconvened but did not take any more votes on speaker, and voted 216-214 to adjourn.

As the new 118th Congress began, the House of Representatives for the first time since 1923 failed to elect a speaker on the first vote. Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) failed on…

The House convened for a pro forma session.

House and Senate leaders gathered to honor law enforcement officers with a Congressional Gold Medal for their efforts in defending the U.S. Capitol when it was under attack on January 6,…

The House met for a pro forma session.

The House approved a bill that would require annual audits of the president’s tax returns. The legislation, titled the Presidential Tax Filings and Audit Transparency Act, passed with 222…

The House convened for one-minute speeches.

The U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress remembered colleagues who had died in the last year. Those honored included: former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-KS) and former…