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After five years of committee mark-up and debate, Congress overwhelmingly reauthorized the Higher Education Opportunity Act. The bill passed in the House of Representatives 380-49 and in the Senate 83-8. The Nebraska congressmen all supported the bill, though Sen.  

Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives, died Wednesday after suffering brain hemorrhaging caused by an aneurysm, medical officials said.  

AWMA recently signed onto a coalition letter expressing concern over any new legislative initiative that would increase the federal excise tax on tobacco products.  

Ms. Tubbs Jones was the first African-American woman elected to the House of Representatives from Ohio.  

In the last six years, Representative Anthony D. Weiner, who is running for mayor in 2009, has had more turnover than any other member of the New York delegation to the House of Representatives  

Committees in both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives are planning hearings on the FBI's investigation into the anthrax mailings that killed five people in 2001.  

NEW YORK Telemundo viewers will wake up to "Levántate" ("Wake Up") starting on Monday (Aug. 25), the network announced today.  

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives know November’s election is largely symbolic, especially the outcome of the race from Texas’ 22nd Congressional District.  

OFFER CONDOLENCES: Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones - the powerful and popular member of Congress from Northeast Ohio - has died. She was pronounced dead at 6:12PM after suffering a brain hemorrhage caused by an aneurysm that burst and left her with limited brain function. Tubbs Jones was...  

Former Republican presidential contender Ron Paul has endorsed Don Young in his bid to win an 18th term in the U.S. House of Representatives.  

On July 29, 2008, forty members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to Indonesia?s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono requesting that he release two political prisoners: Filep Karma and Yusak Pakage. Karma and Pakage are serving 10 and 15-year prison terms for raising a flag during...  

Raven Tarrance, a 16-year-old Oakland girl, will spend the next five months in Washington  

MANILA, Philippines - The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)'s attacks on some provinces in Mindanao on Monday should be a wake-up call for government and the public, a Catholic bishop said Tuesday.  

LA TRINIDAD, BENGUET -- The government has been assured of the US House of Representatives’ move to immediately calendar the Filipino veterans equity bill for voting once the US Congress resumes its session in September, a top Malacañang official said.  

LAND Transportation Office Chief Alberto Suansing over the weekend said he is not against the use by members of the House of Representatives of the protocol license plates bearing the number 8.