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The House passed a fiscal year 2012 spending bill.

Democratic and Republican lawmakers held a press conference urging members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to “go big” in a solution for reducing the national debt and…

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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…

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…

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.

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 passed a short-term, two-week extension of the fiscal year 2011 spending bill that extends funding through Friday, March 18, 2011.