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“I’m pleased to report that we saw a strong 2024 tax season for the nation - one of our best in history,” said IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel during his opening testimony before a House Appr…

The House voted to table Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) motion to vacate the chair, thus defeating her effort to remove Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA) as speaker. The vot…

The House considered 17 bills under suspension of the rules, including legislation concerning veterans' benefits, weather forecasting, wildfire detection, and child online safety protections…

In a rare Saturday session, the House of Representatives debated and passed four foreign aid bills. Three of those bills provide aid to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, and the fourth is a packa…

Congressional Budget Office Director Phillip Swagel testified before the House Budget Committee on the U.S. budgetary and economic outlook. He said the federal deficit was projected to grow …

Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jared Bernstein testified on President Biden’s fiscal year 20…

The House convened for one-minute speeches.

The House approved the rule for two upcoming bills and then debated those measures. The first would reduce unused federal office space with the goal of requiring federal workers to the offic…

The House debated the Laken Riley Act, which would detain migrants for theft-related crime. The bill is named after a 22-year-old nursing student who was murdered, allegedly by a Venezuelan …

The House continued consideration of several bills under suspension of the rules, including extending until March 8, 2024, Federal Aviation Administration programs set to expire at the end o…

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testified on oversight of his department before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. He discussed how the Infrastructure Investment …

The House voted to expel Representative George Santos (R-NY). He became the sixth House member and first Republican to be expelled in the history of the chamber, and the first House member e…

Judson Independent School District (JISD) in Texas and University of Vermont (UVM) Health Network officials told lawmakers ransomware attacks cost both entities in total nearly $70 million t…

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee held its first hearing on an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Republicans alleged President Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, profite…

The House debated the rules for two bills. One measure provides fiscal year 2024 funding for the Commerce and Justice Departments, and the other would freeze freezing $6 billion in Iranian h…

The House continued work on a fiscal year 2024 Department of the Treasury and White House spending bill. Members had been expected to complete work on the measure; however, it was pulled fro…

Officials with the White House, Defense, and Homeland Security departments testified on how they’re using artificial intelligence (AI) technology during a hearing before a House Oversight an…

Officials from the Social Security Administration, National Archives, and State Department testified on post-COVID-19 pandemic services backlogs before the House Oversight and Accountability…

Two IRS whistleblowers, special agent Joseph Ziegler and his supervisor Gary Shapley, testified on the ongoing investigation into the Biden family before the House Oversight Committee. The h…