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H.R. 3630 - Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011 (Closed Rule, 90 Minutes of Debate) Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules: 1) H.R. 3421 - Fallen Heroes of 9/…

The House voted on H.J.Res. 2, the Balanced Budget Amendment.

The House Ways and Means Committee marked up three trade agreements between the U.S. and Colombia, Panama, and South Korea.

A vote on a Continuing Resolution to keep the federal government funded failed by a vote of 195 to 230.

Health care leaders testified on Medicare payment provisions and their impact on the federal budget. The certain Medicare provider payment policies scheduled to expire by December 31, 2011. …

The House took up House Speaker John Boehner’s plan to lift the debt ceiling.

The House debated a bill to establish a special envoy for religious freedom in the Near East and South Central Asia.

House Republicans leaders spoke to reporters about their proposal for a balanced budget amendment. They also answered questions about negotiations with President Obama on the budget and nati…

Witnesses testified about overhauling the tax code and the economic impacts of taxation on business and individual debt. This was the first tax-related joint hearing of the Senate Finance an…

Social Security and Medicare Trustees Charles Blahous and Robert Reischauer testified on the financial state of Medicare. They blamed the economy for the worsening financial state of the pro…

Consideration of H. J. Res. 37--Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices (Subject to …

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on President Obama’s proposed 2012 budget. He called President Obama’s proposed 2012 budget the first …

Complete consideration of H. Res. 72--Directing certain standing committees to inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders from agencies of the Federal Govern…

The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on the new health care law and Medicare. The witnesses were Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Donald Berwick and Richard Foster, the offic…

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced that President Obama planed to submit the U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement to Congress. The hearing also focused on such issues as the pendi…