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The House of Representatives convened on the first day of the 113th Congress. John Boehner (R-OH) was re-elected the speaker of the House with 220 votes. After he was sworn in, he swore in t…

House Democrats responded to the latest Republican proposal for a conference on the continuing resolution (CR) by calling on them to pass the “clean” resolution from the Senate. Without a co…

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and members of the Congressional Border Caucus held a briefing on immigration and border security.

House Democratic Caucus Chair Xavier Becerra (D-CA) spoke to reporters in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center after a closed briefing of House Democratic Caucus members by Obama administration o…

House Democratic leaders and members of the Hispanic Caucus held a press conference to push for passage of immigration legislation.

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Representative Xavier Becerra (D-CA) talked about the prospects of immigration reform legislation in Congress. They both said they were hopeful a final version…

Democratic Representatives Xavier Becerra (CA) and Joseph Crowley (NY) described their party’s work agenda in the House including the response to the Boston Marathon bombing, the budget, imm…

House Democratic leaders spoke to reporters following a meeting with President Obama. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called it a “very enthusiastic meeting” in which members questioned t…

Representative Xavier Becerra (D-CA) talked about his priorities as the new chair of the House Democratic Caucus, and the role of Democratic leadership in issues facing the 113th Congress su…

House Deomcratic leaders briefed reporters and answered questions following their meeting with President Obama. They said that the president was optimistic towards bipartisan progress. The P…

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other House Democratic leaders spoke to reporters and the government shutdown and raising the debt limit. They spoke shortly after the House Republica…

Marilyn Tavenner testified about the problems with the release of the Healthcare.gov Web site for the federal health insurance exchange. Ms. Tavenner in her opening statement apologized to u…

House Democratic leaders briefed Capitol Hill reporters on the sequestration debates. They told reporters that the House Republican leadership should schedule a vote on their plan to avoid t…

House Democratic leaders Xavier Becerra (D-CA) and Joe Crowley (D-NY) spoke to reporters following a caucus meeting. Representative Crowley said the latest House Republican bill to re-open t…

Witnesses testified on the status of their agencies' implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

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

House Democratic leaders spoke to reporters on the steps of the U.S. Capitol about the shutdown of the federal government.

President Obama spoke to the Democratic Caucus of the House of Representatives. He said that immigration reform and gun violence reduction proposals were the top priorities for his second te…

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other House Democratic leaders spoke to reporters and answered questions. They talked about budget sequestration and attempts to prevent the automat…

Minority Leader Pelosi (D-CA) and other House Democratic leaders spoke to reporters about the possibility of a government shutdown.