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The House met for a legislative session. Later in the evening the House considered and voted to approve a federal budget agreement for fiscal year 2014. The measure passed on a vote of 332 t…

The U.S. House of Representatives convened for a legislative session.

The House met for Morning Hour, during which members spoke on a variety of topics.

1) H.R. 3304-To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to Bennie G. Adkins and Donald P. Sloat of the US Army for acts of valor during the Vietnam Conflict and to au…

Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine officials testified on the impact of defense budget cuts. They detailed the effects of cuts on recruitment, maintenance of vehicles, acquisition, training a…

The U.S. House of Representatives convened for a legislative session.

Telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the tenth day of the government shutdown between live news conferences.

The House met to consider a series of temporary spending measures to re-open certain programs and parts of government following closures that began on October 1.

Representatives of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines testified on the impact of sequestration on military budgets and operations in fiscal year 2014. During his testimony, General …

Secretary of State Kerry, Secretary of Defense Hagel and Joint Chiefs Chair Dempsey testified about the Obama administration’s request for authorization for the use of force in Syria in resp…

Treasury officials testified at a hearing on identity theft-related tax fraud at the IRS, which had grown by 413 percent over the preceding five years. Georgia State Revenue Commissioner Mac…

One Minute Speeches Begin Consideration of H.R. 2397 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act (Structured Rule) (Sponsored by Rep.*C.W. Bill Young / Appropriations Committee) The rule prov…

Witnesses testified on allegations that conservative groups were wrongly targeted for closer scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service. A focus was on if senior IRS officials in Washington or…

One Minute Speeches Continue Consideration of H.R. 2609 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (Open Rule) (Sponsored by Rep.*Rodney Frelinghuysen / App…

One Minute Speeches H.R. 2609 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (Open Rule) (Sponsored by Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen / Appropriations Committee) The…

The House met for Morning Hour, during which members speak on a variety of topics.

At noon, the House will consider: HR 1864, a bill under suspension of the rules; Rule for consideration of three bills: HR 1613 - OCS Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreements; and HR 2231 - Of…

One Minute Speeches H.R. 1960 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Structured Rule) (Sponsored by Rep. Buck McKeon / Armed Services Committee) The Rule provides for no …

Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules: 1) H.R. 634 - Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Michael Grimm / Financial Serv…