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The House considered 16 bills under suspension of the rules.

A House Natural Resources subcommittee held a hearing on legislation to create a Smithsonian National American Latino Museum. Witnesses included Representative Jose Serrano (D-NY), who intro…

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 passed a number of bills, including one that establishes a pension rehabilitation trust fund within the Treasury Department for multi-employer benefit plans. Another one sets human…

The House continued work on a five-bill spending package, H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science (1); Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (2); Interior, Environme…

The House debated amendments to a spending package covering four of the 12 annual appropriations bills that fund the government and related agencies. This specific package includes money for…

The House considered the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which expired in February 2019. The legislation contains funding for grants and programs to help domestic violence…

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.

Thirteen Republicans and all 232 Democratic members passed a resolution to terminate President Trump’s national emergency declaration to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Under the terms of t…

The House speaker held a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony with newly-elected representatives. The event happens at the start of each Congress. The official swearing-in ceremony took place ear…

The House opened the 116th Congress and elected Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as its speaker. She was sworn in as speaker by Representative Don Young (R-AK), and she then administered the oath of offi…