June 23, 2016 Ryan sends lawmakers home after Dem sit-in fails to force gun control vote House Speaker Paul Ryan sent lawmakers packing for the holiday break early Thursday morning after a raucous, hours-long sit-in waged by congressional Democrats failed to force a vote on gun control measures.
June 23, 2016 House passes $1.1B Zika bill despite protests from Democratic leaders The House has passed a $1.1 billion House-Senate measure to combat the Zika virus, but the GOP-drafted measure is a nonstarter with Senate Democrats and the Obama White House.
June 17, 2016 Dem wants to drug-test 'top 1%' in exchange for tax deductions A Democratic lawmaker is offering a twist on calls by Republican colleagues to drug-test people applying for government welfare benefits—proposing to force those in upper-income brackets to pass drug tests to receive tax deductions.
June 16, 2016 GOP plan promises to reclaim congressional powers The latest piece of the campaign agenda commissioned by House Speaker Paul Ryan is promising to reclaim powers ceded to the presidency, give stronger directions to federal bureaucrats, and reassert lawmakers' control over the federal purse strings.
June 15, 2016 House committee OKs censure of IRS head A Republican-run House committee has voted along party lines to censure the IRS commissioner.
May 26, 2016 House Republicans scuttle spending bill over LGBT provision Conservatives angered by the inclusion of LGBT protections in an otherwise routine spending bill scuttled the measure Thursday, a stark display of the potency of a civil rights issue suddenly prominent in the presidential race and responsible for a legal standoff between the Obama administration and several states.
May 26, 2016 Parents of murdered teen vow to pass namesake bill after House setback The parents of a Kansas teenager whose shocking murder nearly a decade ago inspired legislative calls for cellphone carriers to give police phone records in life-or-death situations told FoxNews.com they remain resolved to getting the Kelsey Smith Act passed in Congress -- after the House voted it down Monday.
May 19, 2016 House GOP defeats LGBT measure, Dems shout 'shame' As Democrats shouted "shame," seven House Republicans switched their votes and defeated a measure on Thursday meant to protect gay rights.
May 19, 2016 House votes to ban Confederate flags on VA cemetery flagpoles The House has voted to ban the display of the Confederate flag on flagpoles at Veterans Administration cemeteries.
May 19, 2016 House approves $622M bill to fight Zika virus amid Obama veto threat House Republicans on Wednesday pushed through a $622 million bill to battle the Zika virus, setting up challenging negotiations with the Senate and the White House.