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The House approved a resolution calling for the government of Myanmar (Burma) to release imprisoned journalists.

The House approved a bill to make some of the individual tax cuts passed in December 2018 permanent. It was the last bill in a series of three Republican tax policy bills being called “Tax R…

The House Ways and Means Committee met to debate and vote on several tax cut proposals dubbed "Tax Reform 2.0". President Trump in December 2017 signed into law the first round of tax reduct…

The House debated and approved a bill that expedites Department of Energy permit approvals for liquified natural gas. Members also voted to meet with senators to negotiate differences betwee…

The House debated the rules for two health care bills: H.R. 6199, Restoring Access to Medication and Modernizing Health Savings Accounts Act, and H.R. 6311, Increasing Access to Lower Premiu…

Stephen Goss, the chief actuary at the Social Security Administration, testified on the solvency of the program before the House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee. He talked about …

The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security convened a hearing to examine the dangers of identity theft or losing one’s Social Security number. Notable witnesses included Social…

The House approved two bills. One provides $5.2 billion to private health care programs for veterans. The other makes it a federal crime to assault a local or state law enforcement officer. …

The House of Representatives debated legislation dealing with the Internal Revenue Service.

The House passed several tax policy-related bills, including a measure to punish people who impersonate IRS employees as well as a bill establishing a single point-of-contact for victims of …

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross testified on trade actions by the Trump administration, particularly the recent ordering of new steel and aluminum tariffs. He talked about the administration’…

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer provided members of the House Ways and Means Committee with an update on the efforts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA…

The House passed H.R. 4607, which requires bank regulators to review and identify outdated regulations every seven years. Lawmakers also passed several bills under suspension of the rules in…

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee to discuss President Trump’s fiscal year 2019 budget request for his department. He address a…

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified before the House Ways and Means Committee regarding the president’s 2019 budget request for his agency. While most of the questions from lawmakers…

The House considered several suspension bills, including legislation imposing sanctions against Hamas for using civilians as human shields and calling on the Defense Department to intensify …

The House considered several suspension bills, including military sales to Jordan and preventing Russian cyberattacks.

The House debated legislation to provide $3 billion to the World Bank but withhold 30 percent of the funds until the Treasury Department certifies management and governance improvements at t…

The House debated rules for two upcoming bills.

The House Ways and Means Committee continued for a third day marking up the Republican tax reform plan. In this portion, members considered several amendments including one to repeal the “Ca…