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The past few weeks have been a whirlwind. We’ve had good news – like the President’s announcement that same sex couples will finally be covered under the Family Medical Leave Act and disappointing news – such as the Hobby Lobby decision giving bosses control over a woman’s health care decisions. I’m doing everything I can to reverse the Hobby Lobby decision and have more information on that below.

We’ve had a busy couple of months! We’re making progress on passing legislation to help establish a National Women’s History Museum on or near the National Mall. We’ve stood together for democracy in Ukraine, worked to secure reparations for Holocaust survivors and made the case for new technologies that can prevent gun violence. You may have also seen that the Today Show visited the home away from home I share with two other great Members of Congress, giving viewers an inside look at our daily lives! Take a look at the news below and don’t forget to follow me on Twitter for daily updates.

With two weeks to go in its July work schedule, the conservative House majority has, just since July 4, blocked funding for food stamps, refused to consider the Senate-passed comprehensive immigration reform bill, and locked in harmful cuts to U.S. elementary and secondary schools. It’s an astonishing track record, and the month isn’t over yet. In the stories below, I cover those issues and also the Supreme Court’s decisions on gay marriage and the Voting Rights Act; my introduction of the “Flexibility for Working Families Act” and the “Fair Access to Co-Ops for Veterans Act”; and an award I was honored to receive from the Consumer Federation of America for my work on credit card reforms.

On Wednesday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on which I serve, conducted its own hearing on the IRS mess (following on the heels of a similar hearing held by the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee earlier this week and the House Ways& Means Committee last Friday).