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The U.S. House of Representatives voted 258 to 176 to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Bill Clinton.

The House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee held its second hearing on the contaminated drinking water in Flint, Michigan. Susan Hedman, former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA…

Richard Cordray testified at a hearing on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) semi-annual report. In questioning from committee members, Mr. Cordray repeatedly defended the age…

Executives from the U.S. Postal Service and other postal companies testified on the future of the U.S. Postal Service and new innovations in the postal delivery industry. Other topics includ…

Information technology officials testified on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s HealthCare.gov Web site. The witnesses were from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,…

Richard Cordray testified about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) semi-annual report. He said the agency was working closely with small and community banks to address their c…

The Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys held its first hearing, titled “The Status of Black Males: Ensuring Our Boys Mature Into Strong Men.” Much of the hearing focused on the achiev…

Witnesses testified on an Treasury Department inspector general’s report on more than $4 million Internal Revenue Service spending on an August 2010 conference hosted by the Small Business a…

State Department officials testified at a hearing on the September 11, 2012, terrorist attacks of on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Among the topics they addressed were the initial r…

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…

Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke presented to the committee the Federal Reserve Board’s semiannual report on monetary policy. In his remarks he said that if the U.S. defaulted on its debt …

House members debated an increase in the federal minimum wage. The bill would raise the current minimum of $4.25 per hour to $5.15 per hour.

The American Postal Workers Union and Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations co-hosted an event on bioterrorism in the workplace. Speakers discussed recent mailings of…

Bills Introduced: 11 public bills, H.R. 5526-5536; and 11 resolutions, H.J. Res. 115-120, H. Con. Res. 434-435, and H. Res. 644-645, 649, were introduced. Page H10808 Reports Filed: Rep…

Bills Introduced: 32 public bills, H.R. 3871-3902; 1 private bill, H.R. 3903; and 5 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 272-275 and H. Res. 437, were introduced. Pages H920-21 Reports Filed: No r…

The House took up the conference report on H.R. 2670, Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2000 and H.R. 2 Students Results Act, subject to rules being granted.