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The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing to consider legislation to protect mortgage borrowers and to reduce risks in the housing market. The ten witnesses included mortgage len…

The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on the national debt, which totaled more than $21 trillion at the end of 2018. Fiscal policy analysts from a variety of think tanks talk…

The House considered 11 bills under suspension of the rules, including a bill designating former President George W. Bush’s childhood home in Midland, Texas, as part of the National Park Sys…

The House debated and passed a non-binding resolution saying that the House of Representatives does not approve of illegal immigrants voting in U.S. elections. Lawmakers also completed work …

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David Pekoske testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on allegations of TSA employee misconduct. The c…

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing with federal and state officials about ongoing efforts to secure U.S. election systems. Homeland Security Under Secretary f…

The House convened for one-minute speeches. Thereafter members debated 20 bills under suspension of the rules, including legislation to protect private property rights by prohibiting state a…

The House passed 14 bills dealing with foreign affairs, federal lands, and armed forces issues. Members ended the day by debating H.R. 6147, a fiscal year 2019 bill to fund the Department of…

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the state of the international financial system. He addressed members' questions on several issue…

The House rejected in a 121-301 vote the Republican compromise immigration bill. Members then resumed debate on a fiscal year 2019 Defense Department spending bill.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson testified before the House Financial Services Committee as it conducted an oversight hearing of the agency he leads. Most of the questions …

Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights John Gore testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on preparations for the 2020 Census. He was asked by several…

The House worked on a six-year Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill.

Randal Quarles, the Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision, appeared before the House Financial Services Committee to talk about the central bank’s role in the supervision and regulati…

A House subcommittee held a hearing on southern border security. It came following reports of a “caravan” of Central American migrants traveling through Mexico and headed toward the U.S. sou…

White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, also the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director, testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the consumer agency’s semi-annua…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appeared before the House Financial Services Committee to deliver the central bank’s semiannual monetary policy report. He said the economic outlook remai…

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin testified before the House Financial Services Committee about the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s (FSOC) annual report. He also reacted to the recent…