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The House approved the House-Senate compromise on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which sets defense programs and policy for fiscal year 2021. President Trump had vowed to vet…

The House passed legislation to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. It does not change state laws on cannabis but says the federal government would provide some regulation for stat…

Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA) talked about the 2020 presidential election results and the January 2021 Senate runoff elections in Georgia

The House considered a number of suspension bills concerning human rights, including a resolution condemning the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

The House approved two non-binding resolutions. One, by Representatives Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) and Denver Riggleman (R-VA), condemns QAnon and the conspiracy theories it promotes The vote was…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified before a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust Law. The tech CEOs faced que…

Attorney General William Barr testified on the Justice Department’s mission and programs in an oversight hearing before the House Judiciary Committee. Lawmakers questioned the attorney gener…

The House voted to repeal President Trump’s 2017 travel ban on certain countries and to limit the president’s authority to issue new entry bans. Members also approved a Senate amendment to t…

The House debated amendments to a $1.5 trillion Infrastructure bill.

On a near party-line vote of 232-180, the House passed legislation to make the District of Columbia the 51st state. Representative Collin Peterson (MN) was the only Democrat to vote “no.” Me…

Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA), a member of the Judiciary Committee, talked about his support for the Justice in Policing Act.

In a vote of 236-181, the House passed the Democratic police reform bill, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Will Hurd (TX) and Fred Upton (MI)…

Current and former judges testified at a House Judiciary subcommittee hybrid hearing on how the federal courts are responding to the coronavirus pandemic. The witnesses discussed the use of …

Current and former Justice Department officials testified at an oversight hearing on the actions of Attorney General William Barr and department investigation decisions. Aaron Zelinsky said …

The House Judiciary Committee met to mark up the Justice in Policing Act of 2020. Following opening statements by Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH), members de…

Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, testified before the House Judiciary Committee one day after the funeral of his brother, who died while in custody of the Minneapolis police. He…

The House approved changes to the Paycheck Protection Program, which provides loans and grants to businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic, but members rejected legislation to make so…

Most members of the U.S. House of Representatives were not able to participate in the debate on the $2 trillion dollar economic relief package. Due to the circumstances, Democratic leadershi…

In a vote of 415-2, the House passed an $8.3 billion emergency spending bill to combat the coronavirus outbreak. Republican Representatives Ken Buck (CO) and Andy Biggs (AZ) voted against th…

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing with airline experts on the passenger experience. Representatives from the Government Accountability Offic…