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The House approved the Senate-passed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. The vote was 220-211, with all Republicans and one Democrat voting against the measure. President Biden signed the le…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee for more than five hours on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Lawmakers pressed him on several topi…

The House passed four bills. One bans religion-based travel bans, and the second requires that all individuals entering the U.S. have access to legal counsel if stopped by immigration offici…

State Department and USAID officials testified at a House Foreign Affairs joint subcommittee hearing on conflicts in Africa and the U.S. policy response. The witnesses highlighted solutions …

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified on the status of the economy during the coronavirus pandemic and how economic relief approved by Congress wa…

CEOs from the nation’s largest banks testified before the House Financial Services Committee on their operating practices. The heads of Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Cha…

The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance held a virtual hearing to examine the impact exclusionary zoning policies have on affordable housing…

Daniel Foote, former U.S. special envoy for Haiti, testified at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing U.S. policy toward Haitian migrants. Ambassador resigned from his special envoy posi…

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev and investment firm executives testified before the House Financial Services Committee on GameStop’s rapid stock price increase and Robinhood’s decision to halt cust…

The House approved the Senate-passed COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which addresses the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans, and members also considered several other suspension bills. La…

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield testified on foreign policy and U.S. global leadership before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield answered a…

The House Financial Services Committee held a virtual hearing on the need for coronavirus pandemic economic aid. Members debated the proposed $15 minimum wage increase, funding for state and…

The House passed the Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) and Disclosure Simplification Act, which requires public companies to disclose executive pay increases, corporate political con…

The House convened for one-minute speeches. Jake Elizey (R-TX) was sworn in as the replacement for former Representative Ron Wright (R), who died of COVID-19 on February 7. Representative El…

The House Financial Services Committee heard testimony from the CEOs of several cryptocurrency and financial technology companies. Topics included the growth and challenges of cryptocurrency…

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler testified before the House Financial Services committee on regulating retail trading to protect consumers from trading surges in s…

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler testified at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on agency priorities. He discussed a variety of topics, including investment i…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Biden administration’s foreign policy agenda. Members asked a range of questions on future relat…