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The House voted to increase the debt limit by $2.5 trillion until 2023. Along a party-line vote, members also passed a measure holding former Representative Mark Meadows (R-NY), who was form…

The House passed two suspension bills, and considered President Biden’s social spending plan.

The House Rules Committee met to consider President Biden’s social spending proposal. Leadership from several House committees testified at the hearing in either support of or in opposition …

The House Rules Committee met to consider the reconciliation bill as part of President Biden’s agenda.

The House Rules Committee considered the Senate’s proposal to temporarily suspend the debt limit and other proposed legislation. The committee passed the Senate proposal on the debt limit an…

Lawmakers from both political parties took part in the annual Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. The Republicans won the game 13-12. President Biden made a sur…

The House Budget Committee continued work on the fiscal year 2022 budget reconciliation bill, focusing on procedural and other “housekeeping” motions. Members earlier voted to move the bill …

The House Budget Committee met to consider recommendations for the fiscal year 2022 budget reconciliation bill. After debate from both sides, the committee voted to move the bill to the full…

The House Armed Services Committee met to mark up the fiscal year National Defense Authorization Act.

Following a recess, the House Rules Committee returned to vote on amendments to three pieces of legislation: the Senate budget resolution, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of …

The House Rules Committee met to formulate rules on three pieces of legislation: the Senate budget resolution, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021, and the Infrastructure…

The House continued work on the dozen bills that make up federal spending for the fiscal year 2022 budget year. In this session, members approved two bills: legislative branch spending, with…

The House began work on federal spending for the fiscal year 2022 budget year, a package of seven of the dozen bills that set annual spending. More than 200 amendments were allowed, and a vo…

The House worked on several suspension bills, including one to let the Federal Trade Commission go to federal court to recover monetary damages for victims of fraud and scams. Members also b…

The House in a 222-190 vote passed a bill to create a 13-member select committee to investigate the January 6, 2021, attack on U.S. Capitol. All Democrats voted in favor of the resolution, a…

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth and Army Chief of Staff General James McConville testified before the House Armed Services Committee on the branch’s fiscal year 2022 budget request. Several…

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona testified about the department’s priorities during a House Education and Labor Committee hearing. The secretary responded to a variety of questions regardi…

Following one-minute speeches, the House debated the rule governing six bills. The rule allows through June 25, 2021, for the House to vote en bloc on “multiple measures,” specifically bills…

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Mark Milley testified before the House Armed Services Committee on the department’s fiscal year 2022 budget request. In…

The House passed the Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) and Disclosure Simplification Act, which requires public companies to disclose executive pay increases, corporate political con…