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George Santos is expelled from the United States House of Representatives over criminal corruption charges and accusations of misspending campaign money.
2023-12-1

Ten additional charges are filed against U.S. Rep. George Santos including identity theft, credit card fraud, and submitting false campaign reports.
2023-10-10

U.S. Representative George Santos is charged with 13 counts of fraud and other financial crimes and is taken into custody.
2023-05-10

The U.S. House of Representatives votes 364–62 to pass the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act. The bill, which would expedite anti-Asian hate crime reviews to the U.S. Justice Department, will head to U.S. President Joe Biden for his signature.
2021-05-18

The U.S. House of Representatives votes 410–4 to pass the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which designates lynching a federal crime. This is the first time that anti-lynching legislation has ever passed Congress.
2020-02-26

U.S. Representative Chris Collins (R–NY) is arrested on charges of securities and wire fraud, conspiracy and lying to investigators. He is accused of passing nonpublic information about Innate Immunotherapeutics, a biotech company, to his son, who traded on the information and passed it along to others. Collins was a director of the company and also a major investor.
2018-08-8

The United States House of Representatives passes the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 by 227 votes to 203. After being sent to the United States Senate for a vote, the Senate's parliamentarian found that several provisions in the House bill violated Senate rules, which forced the House of Representatives to call a second vote on an altered version of the legislation that has the violating provisions removed. The second vote by the House of Representatives is expected to take place on December 20, 2017.
2017-12-19

The United States House of Representatives votes to grant President Barack Obama fast track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
2015-06-25

The Republican Party retains control of the United States House of Representatives and regains control of the United States Senate. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is expected to become Senate Majority Leader.
2014-11-4

U.S. Representative Michael Grimm is taken into federal custody on charges relating to a failed restaurant business and allegations that he made false statements.
2014-04-28