The House of Representatives voted 240-185 Friday in favor of cutting off all funding for Planned Parenthood, with just 11 Democrats voting with Republicans-and only seven Republicans defecting. Indiana Republican Mike Pence put forward the bill,…

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The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to strip $450 million from funds slated for a controversial program to build an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter second engine, a next-generation aircraft development program that has been riddled with cost overruns and labeled unnecessary by critics.

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House votes down F-35 fighter funding

On Tuesday afternoon, the South Dakota House of Representatives will debate a proposed law that stands to prevent pregnant women from harm-and could legalize the killing of abortion providers in the state. The unprecedented bill was unearthed in late…

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SD Bill Stirs New Abortion Controversy

On Tuesday afternoon, the South Dakota House of Representatives will debate a proposed law that stands to prevent pregnant women from harm-and could legalize the killing of abortion providers in the state. The unprecedented bill was unearthed in late…

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S. Dakota Bill Stirs Abortion Controversy

On Tuesday afternoon, the South Dakota House of Representatives will debate a proposed law that stands to prevent pregnant women from harm-and could legalize the killing of abortion providers in the state. The unprecedented bill was unearthed in late…

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S. Dakota Bill Stirs Abortion Controversy

The US House of Representatives blocks a bill to extend surveillance powers granted by the Patriot Act, passed after the 9/11 attacks.

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US surveillance extension blocked

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On Jan. 19th, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a repeal of the health care reforms that were signed into law last year. Prior to the vote, ThinkProgress attended a blogger meeting with Democratic House members and asked them how they plan to respond to the Republican Party’s push to dismantle the new health law. Many of the members rightly noted that, contrary to the wild claims of conservatives, repealing the health law would both increase the deficit by $230 billion over ten years read more

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Representative Gonzalez Warns of the "Human Consequences" of Health Repeal Without Reform: People Will "Die"

Republicans in the US House of Representatives pass a symbolic bill to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.

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House votes to repeal health law

Republicans scored a victory Wednesday when the House of Representatives voted to repeal President Obama’s health-care program. Although the House’s repeal is unlikely to go much further-it would need to be approved by the Democratic-controlled Senate…

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House Votes to Repeal Health-Care Bill

This week, the House of Representatives plans to vote to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. It will succeed.

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Opinion: No health reform repeal

Early this month, when John Boehner was sworn in as the new speaker of the House of Representatives, he tipped his hat to the teabag activists across the country who had fueled the Republican takeover of the chamber last fall. He almost choked up as he promised to “give the government back to the American people.” read more

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Jim Hightower | Republicans Give Government Back to Their Corporate Paymasters

In the current Rolling Stone, Matt Taibbi offers an incendiary portrait of the new Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner. It opens with a blast that is typical of Taibbi’s halfway-to-gonzo style: . . .

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SCOTT HORTON—Boehner’s Challenge

As the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords revives the gun-control debate, two members of the House of Representatives tell Politico that they’ll be beefing up their security back in their home districts. Republican Jason Chaffetz of…

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Lawmakers Turn to Guns After AZ Attack

Washington – The Republican-led House of Representatives will vote Wednesday to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care law — and that will settle nothing. Rather, it will be but one more battle in a long political war that will go on for at least two more years, one which either side may win. read more

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GOP May Lose Health Care Repeal Battle, but War Will Rage on