House of Representatives

WATCH: Democrats pass landmark climate and health bill

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

Democrats have pushed their landmark climate and health care bill through Congress, handing an election-year victory to President Joe Biden.

House approves legislation to help the West cope with wildfires and drought

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

The measure combines 49 separate bills and would increase firefighter pay and benefits; boost resiliency and mitigation projects for communities affected by climate change; protect watersheds; and make it easier for wildfire victims to get federal assistance.

House passes semi-automatic gun ban

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The House passed legislation Friday to revive a ban on semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years and a direct response to the firearms often used in the crush of mass shootings ripping through communities.

House approves bill to boost computer chip industry

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The House has passed a $280 billion package to boost the semiconductor industry and scientific research in a bid to create more high-tech jobs in the United States and help it better compete with international rivals, namely China.

WATCH: House passes bill to boost U.S. chip production

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The House on Thursday passed a $280 billion package to boost the semiconductor industry and scientific research in a bid to create more high-tech jobs in the United States and help it better compete with international rivals, namely China.

House passes bill that would protect right to contraception

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

The vote is Democrats' latest campaign-season response to worries that a conservative Supreme Court that’s erased federal abortion rights could go further.

Former New York City mayor Bill de Blasio drops out of crowded House race

By Associated Press

The announcement came two months after the former mayor joined race for the redrawn 10th Congressional District, which includes parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn.

House to vote on bills restoring abortion rights. But Senate odds remain unlikely

By Farnoush Amiri, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

The legislation has little chance of becoming law, with the necessary support lacking in the 50-50 Senate. Yet voting marks the beginning of a new era in the abortion debate as lawmakers, governors and legislatures grapple with the impact of…

WATCH: Speaker Nancy Pelosi says House will vote to codify abortion rights Friday

By Associated Press

The bill would bar states from from imposing restrictions on abortions that could make them more difficult or costly to obtain. The legislation is not expected to get traction in the Senate.

WATCH: House sends gun violence legislation to Biden

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

The House sent President Joe Biden the most wide-ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades on Friday, a measured compromise that at once illustrates progress on the long-intractable issue and the deep-seated partisan divide that persists.