House Passes Space Tourism Bill
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Paying passengers would be able to blast into space aboard privately operated rocket ships under legislation the House passed Saturday.
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The House on Wednesday passed a new defense policy bill that includes a pay raise for troops.
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The US House of Representatives voted to raise the debt ceiling by 800 billion dollars, helping Washington avoid running short of operating funds.
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The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a huge corporate tax bill aimed at ending a trade dispute with the European Union while giving American manufacturers a new tax break.
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The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to approve an estimated $150 billion stimulus package aimed at countering the slowdown in economic growth.
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The House Wednesday passed what could become the first major federal gun control law in over a decade, spurred by the Virginia Tech campus killings and buttressed by National Rifle Association help.
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday gave overwhelming final approval to a bill that would ensure millions of middle income taxpayers do not become ensnared by a tax originally designed for millionaires.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on  Wednesday overwhelmingly passed legislation to hike fines to as  much as $500,000 on broadcasters and entertainers who violate  decency limits on air.
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By MATTHEW DALY  WASHINGTON - The House on Wednesday approved a bill to hike spending for the environment, national parks and global warming research.
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The House of Representatives  approved a bill on Friday to overhaul the creaking private  pension system and prevent more spectacular airline pension  defaults, and sent the measure to the Senate for possible  action next week.
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A House committee on Thursday unanimously approved a bill to protect health care facilities and providers from malpractice liability in natural disasters.  The House Business and Labor Committee voted 11-0 to move SB153 to House floor.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on  Saturday easily backed a $388 billion package financing  government programs in this fiscal year from bus stops to  foreign aid after days of battling over measures in the bill.
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A year of rhetoric, lobbying, veto threats and negotiations ended yesterday as the House of Representatives voted 314 to 100 to pass an energy bill that President Bush is to sign this morning. The bill will raise fuel-efficiency standards for automobiles, order a massive increase in the use of...
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The U.S. House of Representatives  approved a bill on Wednesday aimed at strengthening Food and  Drug Administration drug safety oversight and raising  pharmaceutical industry fees that help speed product reviews.
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to pass a binding spending resolution Jan. 31 that NASA says would jeopardize the agency's chances of fielding a space shuttle replacement by 2014.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on  Thursday authorized building a fence along portions of the  border with Mexico in a vote critics said had more to do with  election year politics than controlling illegal immigration.
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The budget increase Congress just voted for NASA is a clear endorsement of President Bush&#39;s plan to send astronauts back to the moon and later Mars, the head of the space agency said Tuesday.