“House” on The Daily Caller

Dr. House is hanging up his cane. (more)

Call it a debt hawk’s dream, but Rep. Tom Reed introduced a resolution last week to install a ticking clock to blare the national debt directly onto the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. (more)

Congress will vote one final time to fund the government through the fiscal year Thursday afternoon, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who was not involved in negotiations leading up to this day, is washing her hands clean from it. (more)

Under pressure to comply with a Republican House rule to make all bills available “for three days” before voting on them, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced Tuesday morning he would wait until Thursday to bring the fiscal year spending bill to the floor. (more)

This week Congress made inroads towards reversing the Federal Communications Commissions attempt to implement Net Neutrality regulatory rules on Internet Service Providers that would disallow the use of various business models.  Representatives using part of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) known as the Joint Resolution of Disapproval passed House Resolution 37, introduced by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) this past Tuesday 241-178. (more)

With 8.8 percent unemployment across the country and more than 8 million people claiming unemployment benefits, one California congresswoman wants people to know they’re not the only ones facing financial hardship. Who else might be? The lawmaker herself. (more)

In yet another sign that negotiations on avoiding a government shutdown aren’t going well, House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday echoed comments made earlier by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that the parties were slipping further away from an agreement. (more)

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The U.S. House of Representatives voted to defund National Public Radio (NPR) from all public sources of funding, including the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), on Thursday afternoon, 228-192. Colorado Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn’s bill, HR 1076, cuts off all federal taxpayer money from being used to support NPR. The publicly-funded radio network currently receives funding through CPB and through its member stations, which are forced to use part of their federal grants to purchase programming from the national headquarters. (more)

In wake of conservative James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas sting videos of National Public Radio (NPR) senior executives, House Republicans are set to vote Thursday to defund NPR completely. They’re expected to pass a bill that would pull all taxpayer money out of NPR, including the money that’s funneled through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). (more)

Sharron Angle announced Wednesday that she will again try for elected office and will run for Congress to represent Nevada’s 2nd District. The seat is currently held by Republican Dean Heller, who has announced that he will make a bid for retiring Senator John Ensign’s seat. (more)

Tea Partiers and some of their congressional allies are warning that Republicans could see a 2006-style blowout in 2012 if they fail to deliver promised budget cuts, such as defunding the health care reform law. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — An unpopular tax filing requirement for businesses tucked into the new health care law would be repealed under a bill overwhelmingly passed by the House Thursday. (more)

House Republicans told Senate Democrats on Wednesday that they would agree to a temporary spending bill to avert a government shutdown next week only if the measure began instituting House-passed cuts on a pro-rated basis. (more)

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said on “Good Morning America” Wednesday that he’s going to vote against the House budget when it comes to the Senate. (more)

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives approved an amendment late Friday afternoon that will eliminate funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The measure, known as the Poe-Carter Amendment after its sponsors, Reps. Ted Poe and John Carter of Texas, is part of the Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Resolution. (more)

The House passed an amendment Thursday that would bar the Federal Communications Commission from using any funding to implement the network-neutrality order it approved in December. (more)

A new Congress has brought better prospects for supporters of the D.C. school-choice program abruptly nixed by Congress in 2009. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has won a showdown vote in the GOP-controlled House to kill a costly alternative engine for the Pentagon’s next-generation fighter jet. (more)

House Democrats made their case for continuing taxpayer funding of public media outlets such as NPR and PBS with a little help from Arthur the PBS cartoon character, who visited the Capitol Wednesday morning. (more)