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Rick Santorum spoke to voters at Percy and Willie’s Food and Spirits Restaurant in Florence South Carolina about his presidential campaign. Following his remarks he spoke informally with cus…

South Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidates Nikki Haley and Gresham Barrett debated various issues. The runoff election is June 22.

South Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidates Representative Gresham Barrett, Lieutenant Governor André Bauer, State Representative Nikki Haley, and South Carolina Attorney General Hen…

The House worked on several measures, including a number of water and land protection programs.

Members made speeches on a health care bill.

The House approved a bill expanding the Department of Homeland Security’s authority over chemical and water plant safety. Members also made speeches in honor of the victims of the previous-d…

The House Financial Services Committee completed its markup of four pieces of financial regulation legislation.

Committee members continued to debate the Republican substitute to the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act (CFPA), which is the second of four bills the committee considered during this…

The House voted to add $2 billion the Cash for Clunkers program. Lawmakers also voted to let shareholders vote on limiting executive pay.

The House began debate on the fiscal year 2010 federal budget conference report.

The House passed a bill limiting executive compensation for TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) recipients. Members also debated a bill dealing with tobacco regulation and began work on the…

Live Coverage of Morning Hour on the floor of the House of Representatives.

Secretary Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke testifed about a proposed regulations allowing the federal government to purchase “toxic” financial assets through a public-private v…

Witnesses testified about operations and business practices at American International Group (AIG) before, during, and after federal intervention. Much of the focus was on AIG’s use of federa…

Witnesses testified about mark-to-market accounting rules, and whether they exacerbated the current financial crisis. The standard requires companies to value assets they hold at current mar…

United States House of Representatives session for February 26th 2009.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered his semiannual “Monetary Policy Report to the Congress” as required by the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act. He testif…

The chief executive officers of financial institutions testified about how they used the first installment of funds from the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). They also spoke about admi…