the House

noun

: the larger part of the U.S. Congress or of the Parliament of Australia or New Zealand : the House of Representatives

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Carlos Uriarte, a senior Justice Department official, sent the letter to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) the chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. —Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024

Cantwell said committee members were also meeting this week with Schumer and Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee and has backed the House bill. —Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024

Hur testified to the House Judiciary Committee in a marathon hearing in March and stood by his report’s findings. —USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024

It was unveiled yesterday (yes, on a Sunday) by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), who respectively chair the House and Senate commerce committees. —David Meyer, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024

On the day Hur testified before Congress about his report, the administration released to the House Judiciary Committee the full transcript of Biden's interview. —Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2024

Since the House voted in favor of the bill three weeks ago, the company has spent at least $3.1 million on advertising time for commercials that are scheduled to run through April, according to data from AdImpact, a media tracking firm. —Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024

Critics say this would criminalize homelessness, but Bauman vehemently denied that during a lunchtime debate in the House on Thursday. —Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 28 Mar. 2024

Congress could then either recognize the GOP electors and hand the election to Trump or throw the dispute to the House of Representatives, where Republicans could name Trump president, under the strategy. —Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024