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This afternoon, Speaker Pelosi signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act sending it to President Obama for his signature into law:

On Tuesday, the House passed the Claims Resolution Act--legislation that provides long-delayed justice for tens of thousands of black farmers and hundreds of thousands of American Indians.

This afternoon, the House passed the Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010 (HR 6467) to extend middle-class tax cuts by a vote of 234-188. Speaker Pelosi in strong support of passage:

This afternoon, Senator Arlen Specter (D-Phillies) and Congressman Joe Barton (R-Rangers) made good on their World Series bets against Speaker Pelosi and the World Series Champions, the San Francisco Giants. Sen.

Today, the House is debating the Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010 to extend middle-class tax cuts. These tax cuts are expiring at the end of this year because when Republicans passed them 10 years ago, they sunsetted them to hide their true cost to the deficit.

Today the House considered the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act which contains the most significant improvements to child nutrition programs in more than 30 years. The bill has two major goals: reducing childhood hunger and reducing childhood obesity.

World AIDS Day is a time to honor the memories of those we've lost to HIV/AIDS, to remember the progress we've made in our fight against this disease, and to rededicate ourselves to ending this pandemic once and for all. The battle to ensure ‘universal access and human rights' for all living with HIV/AIDS represents one of the great moral challenges of our time.

In the last two years, Senate Republicans have repeatedly obstructed job creation legislation and legislation to extend critical unemployment insurance benefits to help Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own make ends meet as they look for their next job opportunity.