HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Democrats are starting to push plans for providing paid family and medical leave, easing climate change and bolstering education through House committees.

The House select committee formed to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol held its first hearing on Tuesday

Michael Fanone of the Metropolitan Police Department testified on Tuesday before the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

U.S. Capitol Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell testified on Tuesday before the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., issued an opening statement before the House Select Committee formed to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced Thursday the names of the first eight congresspeople assigned to the House committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol. The 13-member bipartisan committee will have the power to subpoena witnesses and documents as part of their investigation.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., addressed the media on Tuesday to talk about the bill introduced in the House of Representatives to form a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The Senate and House have passed a bill to make Juneteenth, the anniversary of the end of slavery in the United States, a federal holiday.

President Joe Biden has dismissed a fresh Republican infrastructure proposal offering modestly more spending

Democrat Melanie Stansbury has won election to Congress for New Mexico to fill a vacant seat previously held by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.

In a 54-35 vote on Friday, Senate Republicans blocked a measure which would create a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol Building that left five dead and nearly 150 officers injured.

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., spoke to the media after Republicans in the House voted to remove her from her leadership position.

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., delivered a speech Tuesday on the House floor, ahead of a vote that seems certain to end with her removal from a House leadership position. “This is not about policy,” Cheney said. “This is not about partisanship. This is about our duty as Americans. Remaining silent and ignoring the lie emboldens the liar.”

The first set of results from the 2020 census left Massachusetts lawmakers relieved: the state isn’t losing any seats this time around.

Massachusetts will retain all nine of its U.S. House seats following the release of new Census Bureau data Monday that showed the state’s total population topping 7 million for the first time — up from 6.5 million in the 2010 census. Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin, who oversees the census in Massachusetts, said he was pleased with the count….

Rhode Island is enjoying a census surprise: The state’s population grew enough for it to retain its two seats in Congress, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released Monday. The state’s population increased by 4.3%, from about 1.05 million residents in the 2010 census to nearly 1.1 million in 2020, the agency reported. Demographers and political experts have been warning…

The U.S. Census Bureau on Monday released state population totals that determine the number of House seats each state gets out of 435. According to the data, southern states grew the fastest, with a 10.2% overall increase in population.

A very divided U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday debated and passed a $1.9 trillion package that is expected to funnel billions of dollars to Massachusetts for state and local government aid, education and transportation funding, and direct payments to more than three million families. Passage of the American Rescue Act that will provide state governments with direct federal aid…

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to pass the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill.

The House is expected to vote on a $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill that includes billions in relief money for states, local governments, schools, vaccines and small businesses. The bill includes a $1,400 for low and middle-income families, as well as up to an additional $300 per child.