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The House Modernization of Congress Committee held a hearing on ways to support new congressional members as well as state legislators. Freshman members Reps. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) and…

Two human resources executives and an author on workplace topics testified at a House Modernization of Congress Committee hearing on how to recruit and retain a diverse congressional staff.…

The House considered a bill providing annual funding for the Treasury Department, the Judiciary, the Executive Office of the President, and other independent agencies, including the Small…

The House passed a five-bill spending package, H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science (1); Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (2); Interior, Environment (3);…

The House continued work on a five-bill spending package, H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science (1); Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (2); Interior,…

The House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress held a hearing on how technology can improve engagement with constituents. Witnesses included Congressional Management Foundation…

The House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress held a hearing to examine ways to increase public transparency and education regarding the legislative process. Witnesses…

Attorney General William Barr testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee regarding the the fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Justice Department. Many lawmakers asked the attorney…

FBI Director Christopher Wray testified about the agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget before a House Appropriations subcommittee. He talked about cyber crime and the challenge of keeping up with the…

IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on his agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. The hearing includes an approximate 45-minute recess…

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on his department’s fiscal year 2020 budget request.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on President Trump’s 2020 budget request for her department. Several topics were discussed including proposed cuts to special…

Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Elena Kagan testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on the court’s $90 million request for fiscal year 2020. The amount is $3 million…

Thirteen Republicans and all 232 Democratic members passed a resolution to terminate President Trump’s national emergency declaration to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Under the terms of…

The House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) and three other Republican lawmakers on the Homeland Security Appropriations Conference Committee talked to reporters after participating in a closed-door…

In the hope of avoiding another government shutdown, members of House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees met to work out in conference committee a deal on Homeland Security spending,…

On day 33 of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, the House passed a bill to reopen the government, excepting the Department of Homeland Security, through the end of fiscal year 2019…

The House Rules Committee met to consider two bills, H.R. 648 and H.J. Res. 31, that provide appropriations for the Homeland Security Department and several other agencies for fiscal year 2019.…

On day 19 of a government shutdown, the House in a 240-188 vote passed a bill to re-open the Department of the Treasury, the IRS, and more than 20 independent agencies. Eight Republicans…