Republicans on the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee May 21 questioned where the Department of Health and Human Services is getting the authority to dole out tens of millions of dollars for "in-person assisters" to help people enroll in state-run health insurance exchanges.

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The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 on May 21 to move sweeping immigration overhaul legislation to the Senate floor for what is certain to be a lengthy but potentially historic debate in June.

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The White House on May 21 threatened to veto a House bill designed to approve building the Keystone pipeline, saying President Obama should have final say over the controversial project to bring oil from Canada to the U.S. “Because [the bill] seeks to circumvent longstanding and proven processes for determining whether cross-border pipelines are in the national interest by removing the presidential permitting requirement for the Keystone XL pipeline project, if presented to the president, his senior advisors would recommend that he veto this bill,” the White House budget office said in a statement of policy.

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The U.S. Department of the Interior's revised proposal for regulating fracking on federal land provides industry with more of the flexibility it asked for, as well as provisions for states to remain in charge if their rules are strict enough.

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Amid continued focus on the Internal Revenue Service and other controversies that have hit the Obama administration, lawmakers this week will take up items that sputtered in the last Congress, with the House set to address the Keystone XL pipeline and the Senate starting debate on its farm bill.

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The U.S. House of Representatives Education and the Workforce Committee passed legislation May 16, largely along party lines, that would revamp the system for setting student loan interest rates.

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Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives focused on the Fourth Amendment implications of domestic UAV surveillance at a hearing May 17, but did not get a unified message from witnesses on how to tackle the issue.

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Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives held a meeting this week where they discussed what their objective should be in the upcoming debate over the debt ceiling, with plans to introduce a measure before the August recess.

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A bipartisan group of members of the U.S. House of Representatives that is working toward a comprehensive immigration reform proposal is nearing consensus.

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The U.S. House of Representatives passed the 37th repeal of the Affordable Care Act up on May 17. The legislation passed 229-195, with Reps. Jim Matheson (D-Utah) and Mike McIntyre (D-N.C.) breaking rank to vote with Republicans.

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