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The House approved a disaster relief bill for areas recovering from hurricanes, wildfires, and other natural disasters. The legislation includes hurricane relief for Puerto Rico and recent f…

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

The House passed the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act.

The House voted 240-190 in favor of H.R. 8, a bill expanding background checks for gun buyers to include private sales between individuals.

The House debated H.R. 2722, the Securing America’s Federal Elections (SAFE) Act. The bill would create federal standards for election regulations and boost funding for election security eff…

The House considered several suspension bills, including one to expand broadband access to under-served areas by creating a new federal centralized office of Internet Connectivity and Growth…

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before the House Financial Services Committee on his company’s plan to create a cryptocurrency called Libra and its possible impact on t…

The National Press Club hosted a spelling bee competition between journalists and lawmakers. Competing on the journalist team was Alexandra Petri from The Washington Post, Alex Gangitano fro…

The House started work on H.R. 1, a bill designed to make voting easier, lessen the influence of money in electoral politics, and strengthen ethics rules for government officials.

The House approved the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) in a vote of 385-41, replacing the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that took effect in 1994. Members also passed …

The House debated and passed several bills, including one that opposes all boycotts of Israel.

The House debated a resolution disapproving of the Trump administration’s legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act. Members also worked on a number of suspension bills dealing with renami…

The House considered several suspension bills, including Russia-related bills and measures on the transparency of federal government records.

The House continued work on a bill to restore net neutrality rules that require internet service providers to offer equal access to all web content. The legislation comes less than two years…

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

The CEOs of the nation’s three credit reporting bureaus and five credit experts testified before the House Financial Services Committee on two proposed bills that would change federal regula…

The House voted on amendments to and passed the Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act (HR 987), which addresses health care and prescription drug costs.

Wells Fargo CEO Timothy Sloan testified at a hearing on his company’s business practices. He explained what he claimed were improvements Wells Fargo had made in its approach to customer serv…

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testified before the House Science, Space and Technology Committee on his agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. He talked about budget priorities and w…

The House passed a continuing resolution to fund the government for seven weeks beyond the end of the budget year on September 30, 2019. Members then considered several bills under suspensio…