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The House passed several suspension bills, including one requiring the National Park Service to remove the monument to Robert E. Lee at Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland, and another…

Representative Kwanza Hall (D-GA) was sworn in the fill the remainder of the term of the late Representative John Lewis. The House then debated the rule governing the MORE Act (a marijuana d…

The House considered several suspension bills, mostly veterans-related bills that seek to improve VA services for veterans including patient safety and quality of care at VA medical centers.

The House passed a $2.2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, 214-207. Eighteen Democrats joined all Republicans in voting against the measure. Democrats brought the bill to the floor despite the l…

The House debated two bills, including one that would repeal President Trump’s 2017 travel ban on certain countries and limit the president’s authority to issue new entry bans. The other was…

The House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the incident between U.S. Park Police and protesters near the White House at Lafayette Square on June 1, 2020. Law enforcement officia…

The House considered six suspension bills, including one allowing citizens of Ireland to apply for E-3 temporary professional worker visas as well as two measures to help reunify Korean-Amer…

The House worked on the Protecting America’s Wilderness Act of 2019, a bill to designate wilderness and scenic rivers on federal lands in California, Colorado, and Washington state.

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 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 passed a measure that sanctions Turkish officials and banks in relation to military operations in Syria, debated and passed a resolution that recognizes and remembers the Armenian …

The House passed a bill intended to combat money laundering by curbing the use of shell companies while requiring corporations to report ownership information to the Treasury Department. Mem…

Representative Rob Bishop (R-UT), ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, talked about recently introduced legislation, the national parks and monuments, climate change, and…

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

The House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.

The House continued work on the fiscal year 2020 defense authorization bill.

In this portion of the House Armed Services Committee’s consideration of the defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2020, Committee Chair Adam Smith (D-WA) and Ranking Member Mac Thornbe…