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The House began debate on H.R. 88, the Retirement, Savings, and Other Tax Relief Act, a Republican tax package, and also worked on extending the National Flood Insurance Program, which was s…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified before the House Financial Services Committee about monetary policy and the economy. He addressed several issues, including inflation, jobs, une…

The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade held a hearing to consider the uses, benefits and security of virtual currencies. Witnesses answered questions about th…

The House approved the final House-Senate version of H.R. 5515, the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019.

The House passed 14 bills dealing with foreign affairs, federal lands, and armed forces issues. Members ended the day by debating H.R. 6147, a fiscal year 2019 bill to fund the Department of…

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the state of the international financial system. He addressed members' questions on several issue…

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Jay Clayton testified at a House Financial Services oversight hearing of his agency. He was asked about several issues, including updates to the Volc…

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson testified before the House Financial Services Committee as it conducted an oversight hearing of the agency he leads. Most of the questions …

The House passed a bill aimed at protecting endangered salmon in Oregon, Idaho, and Washington state. Members also considered amendments to the fiscal year 2019 Defense Department spending b…

Randal Quarles, the Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision, appeared before the House Financial Services Committee to talk about the central bank’s role in the supervision and regulati…

The House voted on bills considered previously under suspension of the rules.

The House passed a bill that gives the Federal Reserve authority over writing certain banking regulations and limiting the roles of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), the Federal Depo…

Representative Robert Pittenger (R-NC) talked about efforts to toughen U.S. foreign investment rules given concerns about Chinese efforts to buy U.S. high-tech companies.

The House convened for one minute speeches.

In a 256-167 vote, the House approved a $1.3 trillion bill to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year on September 30, 2018.

The House convened for one-minute speeches.

The House passed two financial services bills. One would create an office to review bank complaints against regulatory agency reports. The other would exempt stock offerings under $75 millio…

The House considered a bill that would suspend certain Environmental Protection Agency emission standards for brick and clay kilns and wood heaters.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appeared before the House Financial Services Committee to deliver the central bank’s semiannual monetary policy report. He said the economic outlook remai…

The House passed two bills. One allows prosecutors to use state sex trafficking and prostitution laws to target trafficking websites. Another bill prohibits federal regulators from issuing c…