Sensing an election-year issue, Democrats in the House of Representatives who are opposed to a Republican bill that would eliminate the Federal Reserve's mandate on full employment on Wednesday called for a hearing. Full story
Republican leaders in the House of Representatives, in an about face, proposed on Monday extending a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers without offsetting spending cuts. Full story
The House of Representatives passed a bill today banning Congress and executive branch officials from insider trading, with CNBC's Hampton Pearson.
The House of Representatives, seeking to cut the U.S. deficit and burnish its own tarnished image, passed a bill on Wednesday to extend a pair of pay freezes for federal workers, including one for lawmakers. Full story
Vice President Biden on Friday predicted re-election for himself and President Obama, along with a regained majority for Democrats in the House of Representatives.The vice president, addressing House Democratic lawmakers at their retreat in Maryland, said he saw victorie … Full story
One day before her retirement from the House of Representatives, Rep. Full story
The House of Representatives has passed a two-month extension of the payroll tax cuts which affect 160 million workers. The bill is now headed to President Obama where he is expected to sign it into law.
Speaker of the House John Boehner walks from the House Chamber after a vote on the payroll tax cut extension in Washington February 17, 2012. The House of Representatives on Friday passed legislation to extend a tax cut for 160 million workers through December and continue long-term unemployment be
Washington Governor Chris Gregoire and state Senator Ed Murray (WA-D) congratulate each other after the state House of Representatives passed a bill endorsing gay marriage in the state, in Olympia February 8, 2012. REUTERS/Robert Sorbo
Speaker of the House John Boehner speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington August 1, 2011. A bill that raises the U.S. debt limit by $2.1 trillion and cuts budget deficits by a similar amount over the next decade was on the verge of clearing an important procedural hurdle in the House of R
Youths and students are sprayed with a water cannon by policemen during a protest outside the House of Representatives in Quezon City, east of Manila on August 25, 2011. The Students are protesting against the proposed National Expenditure Program for 2012 that would decrease subsidies on State Univ
