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

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee met to consider a report holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. The committee subpoenaed documents related to the F…

Witnesses testified on President Obama’s recent recess appointments of Richard Cordray as head of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and four commissioners to the National L…

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

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac chief executive officers and the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency testified on executive bonuses at the mortgage companies. They defended executive b…

Witnesses testified about a proposed emission rule by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The rule, known as the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) for utilities would set n…

Officials and representatives from federal health agencies testified on improper payments, fraud, and waste in Medicare. They focused on about a recent report revealing $48 billion in improp…

Elizabeth Warren testified on the implementation and congressional oversight of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). CFPB was scheduled to open on July 21, 2011, and was crea…

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) and Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin (D) testified on the fiscal status of their states. Governor Walker defended his efforts to strip public employee union…

Special Inspector General Barofsky and Assistant Secretary Tim Massad testified about the quarterly report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and Home Affordable Mortgage Program (H…

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee met to consider and adopt rules for the 112th Congress. Ranking Member Elijah Cummings offered several amendments for changing the rules p…

The House voted to repeal the “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” policy by a 250-175 vote.

Representative Tom Reed was sworn in as the result of a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Eric J.J. Massa.

Johnson & Johnson CEO William Weldon and the Food and Drug Administration’s principal deputy commissioner testified on the recall of over 135 million bottles of infant and children’s medicin…

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and the director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Minerals Management Service’s (MMS) successor agency, testified about the ongoing reorganization of …

Loan service executives testified on foreclosure prevention efforts, focusing on the implementation of the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP).

Officials from the Food and Drug Administration and Colleen Goggins from Johnson and Johnson testified about a recall of children’s Tylenol and other children’s medicines. The FDA officials …

Witnesses testified about plans to provide greater relief for homeowners facing or in foreclosure. Among the topics they addressed were programs to reduce the principal on home loans for str…

The House considered 12 bills under suspension of the rules.