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The U.S. House of Representatives convened for a legislative session.

Middle East experts testified on the influence of Iran in the South Caucasus, a region that includes neighboring countries Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Topics included Turkey and Russia,…

Witnesses testified on legislation that would require Internet retailers to collect applicable state and local taxes on all their sales. Topics included obstacles to collecting taxes from re…

Secretary Janet Napolitano testified at an oversight hearing of the Department of Homeland Security. Many questions focused on Secretary Napolitano’s June 15th memo on deferring deportation …

Attorney General Holder testified at a Justice Department oversight hearing. Much of the hearing focused on national security leaks and the government’s “Fast and Furious” operation aimed at…

1) H.R. 2060 - Central OR Jobs and Water Security Act 2) H.R. 2336 - York River Wild and Scenic River Study Act 3) H.R. 1740 - To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment…

Legislative business: Amendments to Defense Authorization

Robert Mueller testified at an oversight hearing of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He urged Congress to renew federal surveillance authority (FISA) to prevent plots such as a recent al…

Attorney General Eric Holder testified on the government’s gun smuggling sting “Fast and Furious” operation." The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ran the operation betwee…

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testified at an oversight hearing that focused on her department’s immigration enforcement record.

The House considered two bills under suspension of the rules. The bill that passed honored the late federal judge John Roll by naming a courthouse in Yuma, Arizona. Members rejected a measur…

Witnesses testified about the implications of recent reports of faulty foreclosure-related documentation practices by mortgage servicers from the perspective of consumers. Evicted Detroit h…

The House passed a bill to fund the federal government through December 3, 2010.

Kenneth Feinberg testified on the procedures for the submission and resolution of individuals' and businesses' claims as a result of the April 20, 2010, explosion on the Deepwater Horizon o…

The House considered a number of bills, including ones on surface transportation and aid for Haiti.

General Stanley McChrystal and Ambassador Karl Eikenberry testified about plans to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan and subsequent goals to begin reducing troop levels be…

Members marked up a series of seminal civil liberties bills, including H.R. 984, the State Secret Protection Act, and H.R. 3845, the USA PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009. The USA PATRIOT Amen…