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One Minute Speeches Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules: 1) H.Res. 497 - To provide for the placement of a statue or bust of Sir Winston Churchill in the United States Capit…

Attorney General Eric Holder testified on the government’s gun smuggling sting “Fast and Furious” operation." The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ran the operation betwee…

The House and Senate Homeland Security Committees held a joint hearing to look at homegrown terrorism, specifically threats to U.S. military community. Daris Long was the father of the late …

Defense Department officials testified on homegrown terrorism, specifically threats to U.S. bases and the military community.

House Speaker John Boehner members of the California congressional delegation, and other spoke about the Capitol Christmas tree. Speaker Boehner and Johnny Crawford, a 7-year old home school…

12p Legislative business H.R. 3463 - To reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions and by terminating…

The House of Representatives considered a bill to eliminate the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, which is used to provide funding to presidential candidates in primary and general electi…

Retailers and state legislators testified on allowing states to collect sales taxes for online purchases. Much of the hearing centered on the Supreme Court’s 1992 Quill Corporation vs. North…

The House passed a bill that allows gun owners to carry concealed handguns across state lines.

John Curran and Representative Dan Lungren (R-CA) talked about the future of cloud computing for the U.S. government, the benefits and challenges of the U.S. move in that direction.

Witnesses testified about cloud computing and its implications for homeland security. Cloud computing refers to the storage of resources previously stored on individual local computers on co…

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

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

Highlighted portions of House debate over a proposal offered by Speaker Boehner to raise the debt ceiling through deficit reduction were shown.

Members debated changes to patent and trademark Law. Vote number 484 was vitiated and replaced by vote 485.

Former and current law enforcement officials from New York and California testified about the radicalization of the American Muslims in prison populations. The spoke about cases in which rad…