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The House convened for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on a variety of topics.

After two recorded votes, members of the Congressional Black Caucus came to the House floor to deliver special order speeches on the grand jury decision handed down in Ferguson, Missouri, la…

Witnesses testified at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on how organizations such as the Islamic State* obtain and deploy financial resources to commit acts of terror and further…

Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Alma Adams (D-NC), and David Brat (R-NC) were expected to be sworn in. Each won special elections to serve out the remaining terms of three former members until the e…

Representatives Xavier Becerra (D-CA) and John Lewis (D-GA) joined legal advocates to examine the impact of voting and the state of Black America ahead of the 2014 midterm elections. They al…

The House took up H. Res. 676, which authorizes a lawsuit against President Obama for executive actions he took to delay the employer mandate in the Affordable Care Act. GOP Reps. Broun-GA, …

The House debated several bills under suspension of the rules, including legislation to prevent human trafficking, and was expected to work on a bill to direct the Department of Education se…

The House debated under suspension of the rules H.R. 803, a bill that would reauthorize and overhaul a 1998 federal job training programs law that expired in 2003. Members then began general…

The House continued work on H.R. 4870, the fiscal year 2015 Defense Appropriations bill. The measure included $570.4 billion in discretionary funding, of which $79.4 billion supports militar…

The House continued consideration of H.R. 4435, a bill that would authorize programs of the Defense Department for fiscal year 2015, and another bill that would overhaul the National Securit…

The House voted on several bills debated earlier under suspension of the rules.

The House returned for debate on several bills under suspension of the rules.

The House considered seven bills approved by the House Financial Services and Judiciary Committees to be considered under Suspensions of the Rules. All required a two-thirds majority to pass…

The House considered H.R.1459, the Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of Natural Monuments Act, which would place restrictions on a president’s ability to designate national monumen…

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

The House debated the combined rule for H.R. 4118, Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty (health care bill) and H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability (coal bill) .

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and members of the Democratic Caucus briefed reporters and answered questions on issues discussed at the party’s retreat. Representative Xavier Be…

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen concluded her testimony on the U.S. economic outlook for the year and the future monetary policy. Representative Tom Cotton (R-AR) submitted a question usi…

Members began debate on H.R. 3193m the Consumer Financial Protection and Soundness Improvement Act, which would move the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from the Federal Reserve …

The House worked to complete action on a bill (HR3590) to ease restrictions on hunters and fishermen utilizing federal public lands. Roll call votes on two amendments were scheduled to take …