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The House of Representatives convened on the first day of the 113th Congress. John Boehner (R-OH) was re-elected the speaker of the House with 220 votes. After he was sworn in, he swore in t…

House Democrats responded to the latest Republican proposal for a conference on the continuing resolution (CR) by calling on them to pass the “clean” resolution from the Senate. Without a co…

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and members of the Congressional Border Caucus held a briefing on immigration and border security.

The U.S. House of Representatives convened for a legislative session. The chair announced that the whole number of the House was 432. A bill was passed to defer the debt ceiling until May 1…

House Democratic Caucus Chair Xavier Becerra (D-CA) spoke to reporters in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center after a closed briefing of House Democratic Caucus members by Obama administration o…

The U.S. House of Representatives convened for a legislative session.

House Democratic Caucus Chair Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Vice Chair Joseph Crowley (D-NY) and Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) spoke with reporters following the Democrati…

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other House Democratic leaders spoke to reporters and the government shutdown and raising the debt limit. They spoke shortly after the House Republica…

House Democratic leaders spoke to reporters about their legislative for the remainder of the year. They urged Republicans to pass a budget before adjourning for the year. Each spoke about le…

House Democratic leaders spoke to reporters following their talks with the White House on newly announced health care law fixes.

House Democratic leaders and members of the Hispanic Caucus held a press conference to push for passage of immigration legislation.

Democrats and Republicans from both Houses took part in a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute discussion on immigration reform. Senators from the bipartisan Gang of Eight talked about th…

House Democratic Caucus leaders spoke to reporters following a meeting with senior Health and Human Services officials about the problems with the online health care insurance exchanges. Cau…

Marilyn Tavenner testified about the problems with the release of the Healthcare.gov Web site for the federal health insurance exchange. Ms. Tavenner in her opening statement apologized to u…

Minority Leader Pelosi (D-CA) and other House Democratic leaders spoke to reporters about the possibility of a government shutdown.

House Democrats spoke to the press about the government shutdown at the conclusion of legislative business on Saturday. With the shutdown in its 12th day, Democrats were attempting to use a …

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other House Democratic leaders spoke to reporters and answered questions. They talked about budget sequestration and attempts to prevent the automat…

House Democratic leaders briefed Capitol Hill reporters on the sequestration debates. They told reporters that the House Republican leadership should schedule a vote on their plan to avoid t…

House Democratic Caucus leaders spoke to reporters about the progress and improvements to the Healthcare.gov Web site.

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on President Obama’s proposed fiscal year 2014 budget.*Topics addressed in the hearing included sequestration …