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The House passed H.R. 729, the Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act of 2019, which seeks to protect coastal and Great Lakes communities affected by climate change. Members als…

The House Modernization Committee held a hearing on congressional mailing rules and heard from experts on how social media and technology will impact the way members of Congress communicate …

The House passed a bill that aims to prevent foreign interference in U.S. elections. The legislation requires candidates and campaigns to report illicit offers of elections assistance from f…

The House Modernization of Congress Committee held a hearing on improving the budget and appropriations process in Congress. The panelists shared their views on the current state of the budg…

The House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.

Representative Derek Kilmer (D-WA), chair of the New Democrat Coalition as well as the chair of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, talked about congressional politics. Ot…

The House Modernization of Congress Committee held a hearing on ways to support new congressional members as well as state legislators. Freshman members Representatives Mary Gay Scanlon (D-P…

Two human resources executives and an author on workplace topics testified at a House Modernization of Congress Committee hearing on how to recruit and retain a diverse congressional staff. …

The House continued work on a five-bill spending package, H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science (1); Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (2); Interior, Environme…

The House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress held a hearing on how technology can improve engagement with constituents. Witnesses included Congressional Management Foundation …

The House passed four ocean acidification-related suspension bills, including H.R. 1237 which reauthorizes and modifies National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) ocean acidifi…

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

The House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress held a hearing to examine ways to increase public transparency and education regarding the legislative process. Witnesses included…

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on his department’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. This was the first time Secretary Bernhardt testi…

The House worked on a bill requiring the president to keep the U.S. in the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. President Donald Trump had said he would pull the U.S. out of the agreement…

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan testified on the agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. Also testifying before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense were Joint Chiefs…

The House convened for one-minute speeches.

The House debated a resolution disapproving of the Trump administration’s legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act. Members also worked on a number of suspension bills dealing with renami…

The New Democrat Coalition Action Fund hosted a policy conference with several Democratic members of Congress to discuss their party’s agenda for the first session of the 116th Congress as w…

The House started work on H.R. 1, a bill designed to make voting easier, lessen the influence of money in electoral politics, and strengthen ethics rules for government officials.