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The House impeached President Donald Trump for abuse of power (230-197) and obstruction of Congress (229-198), with Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) voting “present” on both articles of i…

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testified on her department’s student loan debt forgiveness program before the House Education and Labor Committee. The hearing largely focused on the Educati…

The House passed H.R. 729, the Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act of 2019, which seeks to protect coastal and Great Lakes communities affected by climate change. Members als…

The House debated the rule for H.R. 729, the Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act of 2019, which seeks to protect U.S. coastal and Great Lakes communities impacted by climate …

The House considered 16 bills under suspension of the rules.

House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) led a delegation of congressional Democrats to the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Madrid, Spain. Speaker Pelosi addressed reporters at the international conferen…

The House worked on three public lands bill, including passage of two measures that ban oil, gas, and mineral leases in parts of Arizona and New Mexico: H.R. 1373, the Grand Canyon Centennia…

The House debated H.R. 1373, the Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act.

The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands held a hearing on efforts to protect federal employees from anti-government activities directed at public…

A House Natural Resources subcommittee held a hearing on legislation to create a Smithsonian National American Latino Museum. Witnesses included Representative Jose Serrano (D-NY), who intro…

Youth climate activists from Washington, DC, and around the country, as well as representatives from climate advocacy groups and the climate science community, participated in the Global You…

The House passed H.R. 1146, the Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act, which would repeal a 2017 bill allowing oil and gas drilling in the Alaska Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (…

The House passed two bills restricting oil and gas drilling in the U.S.

The House debated a bill sponsored by Florida Republican Francis Rooney which would permanently ban oil and gas leasing in eastern areas of the Gulf of Mexico, off the Florida coast. This me…

The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife held a hearing on the Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large Animal Trophies (CECIL) Act, which woul…

The House debated amendments to a spending package covering four of the 12 annual appropriations bills that fund the government and related agencies. This specific package includes money for…

The House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on Medicaid funding for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and other insular territories of the U.S.A. Representatives from the territories …

The House debated and passed a rule covering three upcoming bills dealing with: Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Land; Sex, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation; and prescription drug costs. Memb…

Puerto Rico’s Governor Ricardo Rosselló (New Progressive) testified before the House Natural Resources Committee on legislation aimed at stabilizing the island’s economy and boosting its eff…

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testified before the House Education and Labor Committee. She fielded questions on a range of topics, including the president’s fiscal year 2020 budget propos…