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Telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill to fund the government through the end of fiscal year 2015. The House postponed a vote on the legisla…

Chief Kim Dine testified on the Capitol Police fiscal year budget 2015 request. The proposal sought $291 million for salaries, $23 million for overtime, and $64 million for safety expenses.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy testified on her agency’s fiscal year 2015 budget request. She defended the EPA’s proposed rule under the Clean Water Act th…

House Democratic Caucus members briefed reporters and answered questions. The members said they all believe there were enough Republicans who would vote with Democrats on a continuing resolu…

Members debated rules for consideration of temporary government spending measures.

Members of the House debated about H. J. Res. 70, Open Our National Parks and Museums Act, a measure for emergency funding for operating national parks and museums during a government shutdo…

Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and other House Democrats representing areas close to Washington, D.C., held a news conference on the shutdown of the federal government. Several federal wor…

The House Rules Committee met to set the rules of debate for the two amendments the House speaker planned to offer to the continuing resolution, and for a bill that would ensure that militar…

Representative James Moran (D-VA) talked about efforts in Congress to avert a shutdown and his thoughts on the House’s efforts to defund the Affordable Care Act. He also responded to telepho…

Jonathan JArvis testified about the National Park Service’s $2.6 billion budget request for fiscal year 2014. He focused on the potential impact of budget sequestration, saying that personne…

Representative James Moran (D-VA) spoke to reporters about the status of negotiations over the budget and the extension of a payroll tax holiday.

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

Marcia McNutt testified about the fiscal year 2012 budget request for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). She also spoke briefly about the March 11 Japanese earthquake and tsunami. USGS helps…

U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies about the Fiscal 2012 Budget Requests.

Witnesses testified about the fiscal year 2012 appropriations request for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Among the topics they addressed were approval of new offshore drilling, oil r…

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson spoke on her agency’s fiscal year 2012 budget request. In her testimony she urged Congress not to cut her agency’s budget …

Representative Jim Moran talked about spending cuts and entitlements reform. Other topics included the chances that Republicans and Democrats can agree on a continuing resolution to fund the…

In a vote of 422-0, the House unanimously passed a $40 billion emergency spending bill for New York City, Washington, D.C., and national security amid the aftermath of the September 11 terro…

Top White House economic advisers testified on the fiscal 2011 budget and economic outlook. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said that the worst days for the U.S. economy are “behind us” …

Various artists and others testified about funding for the arts and the importance of the arts in all areas of life. The mayor of Honolulu talked about the role arts can play in economic dev…