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The House voted 237-192 for the Dodd-Frank financial regulations law, which makes changes to financial market regulations. The legislation creates a panel of regulators chaired by the treasu…

The House debated and passed several bills under suspension of the rules, including one to track absentee ballots and another to expand assistance for small businesses. Members also gave one…

House Republican leaders held a news conference following a failed vote on passage of legislation on federal economic intervention in financial markets. In their remarks they said that sever…

House Republicans spoke to reporters after meeting for more than 3 hours to discuss the financial markets bailout plan.

Republican leaders talked about legislation for stabilizing the financial markets. Topics included ideological necessities, the removal of special interest influence, and the political clima…

House Republicans spoke to reporters about continued negotiations over federal intervention in the financial markets.

The House passed extended unemployment benefits that allow an extra three months of benefits, with those in high unemployment states getting up to a year of benefits. Also, members began wor…

House Republicans talk about their agenda and recent special elections that were won by Democrats. They responded to reporters' questions.

House Republican leaders talked about their legislative agenda. Topics included legislation aimed at lowering gas prices, Iraq war spending and last night’s special House election in Missi…

Republican leaders spoke to reporters about federal tax policy and a proposal to make current tax cut levels permanent. They also talked about the likely impact of the proposal on the econom…

New member of Congress, Bill Foster of the 14th District of Illinois, was sworn in at 4:38 p.m.

Roy Blunt and Adam Putnam talked about the Republican Congressional Agenda. They said that they were opposed to the proposed alterations to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) a…

Republican House members spoke on the steps of the Capitol about the need to re-authorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act rather than to keep extending for short periods of time. T…

Republican House leaders spoke to reporters after a meeting of the Republican Conference. Topics included negotiations over the economic stimulus package, earmark spending, and the needs of …

House Republican leaders summarized the past year. Highlighted topics included earmark reform, the war in Iraq, and the Alternative Minimum Tax.

Former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) gave his farewell speech in the House.

Democratic leaders spoke to reporters about tax reform proposals offered by Representative Rangel (D-NY). They referred to the proposal as the “mother of all tax hikes” and warned that the l…