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Interior Secretary Sally Jewell testified on her department’s fiscal year 2017 budget request, which includes $2 billion for improving coastal resilience to climate change. Secretary Jewell …

The House passed a bill extending sanctions on Iran for another ten years, and another bill requiring the State Department to impose sanctions on people and entities found to be responsible …

Five of the twenty-four candidates in the Louisiana 2016 U.S Senate race, Representatives Charles Boustany (R) and John Fleming (R), Foster Campbell (D), Caroline Fayard (D), and John Kenned…

During Special Order Speeches, House Republicans spoke about a resolution to impeach Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen over conservatives groups being targeted when seeking…

The House passed legislation that would make it easier to demote or fire employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs for poor performance or misconduct. Members also approved a bill to r…

Representative John Fleming (R-LA) talked about his resolution to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, which was expected to be offered on the House floor the next day.

The House approved legislation that changes provisions in the Affordable Care Act dealing with tax deductions for medical care, a bill extending technical education programs, and a resolutio…

The House voted 231-196 to pass an Interior Department Spending bill. Following the completion of legislative work ahead of the House’s seven-week recess, Democrats delivered speeches on gun…

The House debated several bills, including one that bars discrimination against health insurance providers who do not provide abortion coverage, and an Interior Department spending bill. 

The House Natural Resources Committee marked up a bill on dealing with Puerto Rico’s debt. They passed an agreement that would restructure the island’s $70 billion debt and establish an over…

The House passed two bills. The first bill allocates $622 million for Zika virus research and prevention. Members also voted 277-147 in favor of H.R. 4909, the National Defense Authorization…

The House Armed Services Committee continued its markup of H.R. 4909, the National Defense Authorization Act, authorizing Defense Department programs and policies for fiscal year 2017. Follo…

The House Armed Services Committee continued its markup of H.R. 4909, the National Defense Authorization Act, authorizing Defense Department programs and policies for fiscal year 2017. Pa…

The House Armed Services Committee reviewed subcommittee reports and debated amendments to the Defense Authorization Act of 2017. During this portion of the markup, committee members debated…

At the conclusion of the first day of the 2016 Conservative Political Action Conference, several members of Congress and state representatives addressed the crowd on Republican policy issues…

The House passed H.R. 2406, the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act, which expands opportunities for hunting, fishing, and shooting on federal lands.

Former intelligence and diplomatic officials offered policy recommendations at a hearing on combating ISIS* in Iraq and Syria. Former acting CIA Director Michael Morell told committee member…

The House approved a bill dealing with lawsuits against the federal government that could result in new regulations and requires the government to give public notice when it begins negotiati…

State Department Undersecretaries Rose Gottemoeller and Brian McKeon testified at a joint House subcommittee hearing on possible Russian violations of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces T…

The House began preliminary debate on a budget deficit reduction bill that repeals the health care law’s individual mandate and defunds Planned Parenthood for a year. At 1357, the Speaker pr…