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The House Rules Committee debated and approved rules governing debate for three pieces of legislation: two banking regulation bills and an extension of federal government funding through Dec…

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen continued her testimony on the U.S. economic outlook for the year and the future monetary policy. She said it would be catastrophic for the U.S. to default…

Carol Galante testified that the $1.7 billion dollar cash infusion to her Federal Housing Administration from the Treasury Department was needed in order for the FHA to maintain reserves as …

House Financial Services Committee Chair Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) talked about possible actions Congress might take before the U.S. reached its debt limit. Business leaders told President Obama…

Carol Galante testified on the financial health of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). She expressed confidence in the agency despite a 2012 report that showed a projected deficit in i…

Witnesses testified on the financial health of Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the government’s proper role in home mortgage finance.

Republican leaders briefed reporters on the debt ceiling agreement. They talked about drawbacks in the agreement and outlined future courses of action to further reduce federal spending and …

Republican Budget Committee members spoke to reporters and answered questions about the House passage of their fiscal year 2013 budget proposal.

House Republican leaders spoke to reporters about President Obama’s 2013 budget proposal. Speaker Boehner said that he is “hopeful” negotiations on extending the Social Security payroll tax …

House Republican leaders spoke to reporters about their plans to reject a Senate bill to extend the payroll tax holiday and extend unemployment benefits.

Former officials tasked with finding a solution to the nation’s debt and deficit problems testified about their previous attempts to offer solutions and the work of the Joint Select Committe…

Douglas Elmendorf testified before the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. In his remarks he talked about the state of the economy and deficit spending, saying that larger short-ter…

The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction held its first meeting. The bipartisan supercommittee aims to recommend $1.2 trillion in budget deficit reduction over a ten-year period. Memb…

Douglas Elmendorf testified on discretionary federal spending at a hearing of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. Among the topics he addressed were defense spending, tax policy…

Thomas Barthold testified on individual and corporate tax rates before the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction hearing on tax code reform. The bipartisan Select Deficit Reduction Com…

House Speaker John Boehner gave his weekly legislative briefing to the press, focusing on consideration of his plan to reduce deficits and raise the debt ceiling.

Speaker Boehner and other House Republican leaders spoke to reporters about the status of ongoing budget and debt talks.

Speaker Boehner and other House Republican leaders talked about their latest plan for addressing the budget and national debt impasse.

In the weekly Republican address Representative Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) talked about the debt and deficit bill that was defeated in the Senate as the only viable plan left to cut government sp…

House Republican leaders spoke to reporters about the status of ongoing going talks on the budget, national debt, and raising the debt ceiling.