http://www.yourstreet.com/news/house-of-representatives YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us A provision by U.S. Rep. Dan Boren to allow Lake Texoma fishing guides to avoid what was described as redundant regulatory hurdles passed the House of Representatives on Friday as part of a Coast Guard ... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751841/texoma-fishing-guide-bill-advances Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:54:08 -0700 The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009, passed by the House of Representatives last week, will initiate several of the Obama administration’s promised changes in higher education accessibility. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6726884/higher-ed-bill-would-end-subsidies-to-private-student-loans-lenders-and-rai Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:10:08 -0700 Now that the House of Representatives has approved a bill expanding the federal college loan program, opponents have reverted to the same jingoistic slogans they're using in attempts to derail reforming the nation's health-care system. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6729297/loan-hysteria-the-gop-s-fear-mongering-moves-to-student-aid Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:00:08 -0700 Photo by puckles Oh boy! If this actually succeeds, how can we not get a seat in the House? The New York Times reports today on a lawsuit that just might increase the size of the House of Representatives, and dramatically so. The lawsuit claims that the current... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6726108/we-ve-got-to-get-a-spot-in-the-house-now Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:55:08 -0700 This is the picture of a Town Hall Meeting on health-care reform hosted by D.C.'s non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives, Eleanor Holmes Norton. No offensive signs. No angry shouting. No vaguely racist mob clamoring to get inside. At recent health-care... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6724632/ehn-s-town-hall-meeting-marked-by-substance,-lack-of-shouting Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:47:08 -0700 He served as legislative counsel for the Washington state House of Representatives. He was special counsel to Gov. Mike Lowry. He negotiated interviews with Barbara Walters and Larry King for Mary Kay Letourneau, the former Seattle teacher convicted of the statutory... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6716977/stealth-powerbroker-sun,-13-sep-2009-pst Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:00:08 -0700 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today called an extension of jobless benefits "essential," signaling the House of Representatives will act quickly to keep as many as 100,000 Michiganians from losing their benefits by the end of the year. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6707111/pelosi-house-to-act-quickly-to-extend-jobless-benefits-for-michiganians Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:02:08 -0700 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today called an extension of jobless benefits "essential," signaling the House of Representatives will act quickly to keep as many as 100,000 Michiganians from losing their benefits by the end of the year. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6707128/pelosi-house-to-act-quickly-to-extend-jobless-benefits-for-michiganians Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:02:08 -0700 Rep. Petri has made the following comments in response to President Obamas speech last night: I think it was a great speech, but it was about a proposal - and in the past, when Presidents have spoken about proposals that they are asking Congress to adopt, they have... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6703727/petri-responds-to-obamas-speech Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:54:08 -0700 That was nothing compared to what a South Carolina congressman did to Sen. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts : In one of the most dramatic and deeply ominous moments in the Senate's entire history, a member of the House of Representatives entered the Senate chamber and... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6702684/you-think-that-south-carolina-heckling-last-night-was-bad- Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:57:08 -0700 So you think yelling "You Lie!" at the President of the United States during his speech to Congress is bad?  How about this - a member of the House of Representatives once entered the Senate chamber and savagely beat a senator from Massachusetts into unconsciousness. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6707487/rep-beats-mass-senator-with-a-cane-in-1856 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:10:08 -0700 After beginning an investigation into Atlantic Beach's mayor, the manager of the State Attorney's Office's Special Prosecutions Unit said Wednesday he has removed himself from all public corruption probes because he is also an elected official. Mike Weinstein, a... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6711030/official-supervising-meserve-case-steps-back Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:08 -0700 When the House of Representatives acts on the state pension reform bill, it should use a surgeon's scalpel, not a logger's chainsaw. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6699746/house-call-pittsburgh-deserves-time-to-fix-its-pension-fund Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:00:08 -0700 Former state Rep. Lee A. Donaldson Jr. of Hampton, a member of the House of Representatives for 16 years, died of a heart attack on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, while on a cruise ship in the Baltic Sea. He was 84. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6694667/longtime-house-member-was-always-an-optimist Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:35:58 -0700 Former state Rep. Lee A. Donaldson Jr. of Hampton, a member of the House of Representatives for 16 years, died of a heart attack on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, while on a cruise ship in the Baltic Sea. He was 84. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6694649/longtime-house-member-was-always-an-optimist Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:35:42 -0700 Lee A. Donaldson Jr. worked nearly 50 years as a lawyer, served 16 years in the state House of Representatives, held the post of Republican floor leader for four years and spent one year as an Allegheny County judge. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6689490/obituary-lee-a-donaldson-jr-lawyer,-legislator-and-judge-active-with- Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:37:08 -0700 A state House of Representatives vote that Mayor Nutter was counting on for budget relief has been delayed, making the prospect of the draconian Plan C budget increasingly more likely. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6677400/city-budget-vote-delayed-plan-c-becoming-harsh-reality Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:01:08 -0700 A state House of Representatives vote that Mayor Nutter was counting on for budget relief has been delayed, making the prospect of the draconian Plan C budget increasingly more likely. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6677434/city-budget-vote-delayed-plan-c-becoming-harsh-reality Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:01:08 -0700 I detailed yesterday how lobbying groups spent $18 million influencing the Oregon senate and house of representatives this year. The reports released this week break down how much different entities spend on lobbying and it's both funny and revealing to see how much... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6674883/-oregon-hunters-association-outspends-defenders-of-wildlife-and-other- Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:36:08 -0700 U.S. Rep. John Adler is one Democrat who doesn't support the health care bill before the House of Representatives. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6678741/adler-on-health-care-let-s-fix-what-s-broken Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:10:08 -0700