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The House began consideration of H.R. 1, the Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011.

The House took up House Speaker John Boehner’s plan to lift the debt ceiling.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson spoke on her agency’s fiscal year 2012 budget request. In her testimony she urged Congress not to cut her agency’s budget in…

The House debated amendments to a fiscal year 2011 spending bill.

A vote on a Continuing Resolution to keep the federal government funded failed by a vote of 195 to 230.

The House passed a bill sponsored by Representative Lee Terry (R-NE) that expedites the approval process for a crude oil pipeline running from Canada to Texas. Members also returned to work…

Witnesses testified on the federal management of civilian nuclear waste and the Energy Department’s decision to end the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste respiratory program. Among the issues…

Witnesses testified about the fiscal year 2012 appropriations request for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Among the topics they addressed were approval of new offshore drilling, oil…

U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies about the Fiscal 2012 Budget Requests.

White House Budget director Jacob Lew testified on the president’s 2012 budget request, which he called a “down payment” toward fiscal solvency. He also said that Congress needed to work together to address the long-term…

The House Budget Committee met to consider a Republican federal budget proposal for fiscal year 2012.

The House agreed to Senate changes to a bill extending PATRIOT Act provisions through the end of May 2011. Members continued work on the $1.2 trillion spending bill for the remainder of…

The House Budget Committee met to consider a Republican federal budget proposal for fiscal year 2012.

Marcia McNutt testified about the fiscal year 2012 budget request for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). She also spoke briefly about the March 11 Japanese earthquake and tsunami. USGS…

Rep Crowley (D-NY) gave a silent one-minute speech during today’s House session.