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If Congress fails to act, then on July 1 interest rates on subsidized federal student loans will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.

U.S. DEBT PRIORITIES: Voting 221 for and 207 against, the House on May 9 sent the Senate a Republican bill giving payment priority to bondholders, such as domestic pension funds and foreign governments, if the Treasury were unable to meet all of its debt obligations.

Five members of the U.S. House, citing regulations that they say have been overtaken by technology, are seeking to set a year-end 2015 deadline for the FAA to act on recommendations being developed for less costly - and safer - aircraft certification procedures.

Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Wichita, on Tuesday introduced the Light Aircraft Revitalization Act, which sponsors say would streamline the certification process, lower costs and revitalize the general aviation industry.

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This week, Republican Congressman Todd Rokita urged those affected by the flood to turn in their damages to the Department of Homeland Security.

As the only member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, Congresswoman Jackie Walorski led a letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs supported by bipartisan members of Indiana's delegation.

Local party leaders and others reacted Friday to the verdict in the forgery trial involving former longtime chair of the county and congressional district Democratic Party Butch Morgan and party member Dustin Blythe.

Around 10 a.m. Saturday, Stephanie Karpicke welcomed a crowd on the John T. Myers Pedestrian Bridge.

The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education within the House Committee on Education and the Workforce held an April 10 hearing to review federal investments in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education programs.

During a recent House Budget Committee hearing, I had an exchange with the director of the White House's Office of Management and Budget, Jeff Zients, about President Obama's budget proposal for fiscal year 2014 and how it addresses Medicaid.