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Federal, state, and local emergency management officials testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on the COVID-19 pandemic response. Acting FEMA Administrator Bob Benton updated …

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security on the department’s fiscal year 2022 budget request. …

The House approved a bill to create and require national standards for workplace violence prevention plans at facilities where health care and social service workers do business.

The House passed H.R. 1, the For the People Act, which makes changes to campaign finance, voting, and ethics laws. Lawmakers also passed a police reform bill, the George Floyd Justice in Pol…

Lawmakers from both political parties took part in the annual Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. The Republicans won the game 13-12. President Biden made a sur…

Federal health officials testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee at a hearing on the global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Other topics discussed included vaccine equity, th…

The House passed the PFAS Action Act of 2021. The bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals as hazardous and ma…

Education Department Secretary Miguel Cardona testified on President Biden’s fiscal year 2022 budget request before a House Appropriations subcommittee. Regarding schools and the COVID-19 pa…

The House passed two immigration bill. H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, would provide a pathway to citizenship for “DREAMers,” undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as child…

The House voted 316-113 to pass the the $778 billion defense programs and policy bill. Members also approved a suspension bill that gives $1 billion to Israel for its air defense system, kno…

A House appropriations subcommittee held a hearing on child care during the coronavirus pandemic. Child care analysts, administrators, and providers addressed a variety of issues facing the …

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security heard testimony from Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) representatives about recent cyber attacks and securin…

Troy Miller, the acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), provided an update on his agency’s operations before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Secur…

The House passed an organized labor bill, the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, that makes it easier for workers to unionize. Members also debated and passed the rule for the final…

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a virtual hearing on how the COVID-19 pandemic was impacting the opioid epidem…

Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and a delegation of House Republicans held a briefing on the southern border in El Paso, Texas, to talk about border security and immigration. Earlier, …

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra appeared before a House Appropriations subcommittee to defend President Biden’s HHS fiscal year 2022 budget request. Lawmakers presse…

The House passed a $715 billion surface transportation and water infrastructure package, separate from the bipartisan infrastructure agreement senators reached with President Biden the previ…

The House approved a continuing resolution to fund the government through February 18, 2022, as funding was set at midnight on December 3. The Senate later in the evening also passed the mea…

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm testified on President Biden’s fiscal year 2022 budget request for the agency. Secretary Granholm was asked about a range of issues, including clean energy…