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The House passed a $305 billion, five-year highway funding bill as current funding was set to expire on December 4. Members also approved an energy infrastructure bill.

The House passed two bills. The first is a rewrite and reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act. The second is an energy infrastructure bill.

The House convened for a legislative session.

The House began debate on a series of bills dealing with the Iran nuclear agreement.

Federal Communications Commission Chair Tom Wheeler and Commissioner Ajit Pai testified at an oversight hearing of their agency’s priorities. They also discussed rural access to broadband an…

The House approved a bill that increases timber production on federal lands. House leadership pulled the fiscal year 2016 bill to fund the Department of Interior and the Environmental Protec…

The House began debate on a bill allowing states to delay their compliance with the EPA’s proposed carbon pollution standards for power plants.

Janet McCabe testified at a hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to revise national air quality standards for ground-level ozone. A final decision by the EPA was e…

A panel of energy analysts offered their recommendations on energy policy and proposed legislation by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. They commented on energy issues related to clim…

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz testified at a hearing on the Obama administration’s first quadrennial energy review. The report provided policy recommendations for modernizing U.S. energy inf…

The House approved H.R. 2028, a $36.1 billion water and energy appropriations bill, by a vote of 240-177. Ten Democrats voted for the measure and seven Republicans voted against it. Fourteen…

The House voted on several bills under suspension of the rules. A two-thirds majority is required for passage on each vote.

The House debated four bills under suspension of the rules, and general debate on H.R. 1195 , Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act. The bill would establish advisory c…

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy testified before a joint hearing of two House Energy and Commerce subcommittees about the agency’s fiscal year 2016 budget.

Following one minutes speeches, the House debated under suspension of the rules H.R. 431, which authorizes a Congressional Gold Medal for civil rights supporters who participated in the 1965…

The House debated and approved H.R. 351, a bill that would expedite the federal permitting process for natural gas exports.

Witnesses testified at a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Internet freedom and net neutrality. Net neutrality, also known as “open Internet,” refers to the idea that Interne…

The House passed by a 266-153 margin H.R. 3, a bill to approve construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. l.

Members voted on three bills under suspension of the rules, including H.R. 26, an extension of the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Program.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) held a ceremonial swearing-in for members of the 114th Congress.