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Members of the New York and New Jersey delegations spoke to the press after a meeting with House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor. They reported that a bill for the relie…

Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Michael Grimm (R-NY), and Joseph Crowley (D-NY) spoke about House Speaker John Boehner’s decision the previous day to pull a bill providing Hurricane S…

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives urged that the House proceed with a relief package for victims of Hurricane Sandy.

The House met for Morning Hour, during which members spoke on a variety of topics.

In an unusual New Year’s Day session of the lame-duck 112th Congress, the House considered the rule and debated the “fiscal cliff” agreement (HR 8) passed by the Senate earlier that morning.…

Members of Congress from New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland and Delaware spoke about damage and ongoing recovery from Hurricane Sandy. During their comments several me…

Richard Cordray gave his semi-annual report to Congress of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In his testimony he said that the CFPB would draft a proposal to address a provisi…

The House of Representatives convened for a legislative session. The extension of normal trade relations with the Russian Federation and Moldova was debated.

Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) gave his farewell address.

Treasury Secretary Geithner testified on the annual report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), created by the Dodd-Frank financial regulations law to monitor excessive risk …

H.R. 8 - Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act of 2012 (Structured Rule) 1) H.R. 1905 - Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 2) H.Con.Res. 127 - Expressing the sen…

Jamie Dimon testified on JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion trading loss on May 10, 2012 He apologized for the trading losses, but he stressed that no taxpayer money was lost and that the bank rema…

House session from May 31, 2012.

Treasury Department and Federal Reserve officials testified on the discretionary authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to designate non-bank financial firms as “systemically…

Legislative business: Amendments to Defense Authorization

The House convened for a legislative session.

The House debated federal spending for the Commerce and Justice Departments and science agencies.