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Health Costs and the Federal Budget, May 2010. CBO Director Doug Elmendorf’s presentation to the Institute of Medicine. “Rising health costs will put tremendous pressure on the federal budget during the next few decades and beyond. In CBOs judgment, the health legislation enacted earlier this year does not substantially diminish that pressure.”
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill this news release: “Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today continued to raise questions about BPs potential motivations to low-ball the flow rate and size of the spill, and released new documents showing BP knew the spill could have been much bigger than they claimed. The …
News release: “Today, Chairman Henry A. Waxman, Subcommittee Chairman Ed Markey, and Ranking Member Joe Barton sent a letter to Eric Schmidt, Chairman & CEO of Google, regarding recent reports of data collection over private Wi-Fi networks in conjunction with Google’s Street View product. The Committee is concerned about the accuracy and completeness of Google’s …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission submitted a statement today to the U.S. Senate describing the agencys work to protect consumers from false or misleading claims about dietary supplements. This work includes law enforcement actions, coordination with the Food and Drug Administration, and consumer education. Submitted to the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, the …
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news release: “Today House Energy and Commerce Chairmen Henry A. Waxman and Bart Stupak sent a memo to Committee members summarizing the information presented by BP to Committee staff on the progress of its internal investigation of the causes of the blowout and oil …
The Budgetary Impact and Subsidy Costs of the Federal Reserves Actions During the Financial Crisis, May 2010 “This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study prepared at the request of the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee describes the various actions by the Federal Reserve to stabilize the financial markets and how those actions …
Senate Passes Sweeping Financial Reform Bill, May 2010: “On May 20, 2010, the U.S. Senate passed legislation to restructure the financial services regulatory system by a vote of 59 to 39. As discussed in this briefing paper, the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (S 3217, the Senate version of H.R. 4173) would institute …
News release: “In testimony before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government of the Committee on Appropriations, the Federal Trade Commission today described the agencys continuing work to promote competition and protect American consumers, including initiatives to stop fraud targeting financially distressed consumers, protect privacy, and prevent anticompetitive practices such as pay-for-delay …
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news release: “Following a demand from Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) for a live feed of the BP oil spill to be made publicly available on the web, BP said they would release the feed and it will be shown on Rep. Markeys committee …
Project of Government Oversight “As the Senate continues debating legislation to reform the financial regulatory system, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) has issued a new report examining a wide range of regulatory and management failures at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and offering recommendations for reform that are …
Follow up to previous postings on Bisphenol A , this News release: “Senator Dianne Feinstein stood with environmental health advocates today on Capitol Hill to release a new report that demonstrates alarming levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in common canned foods. BPA is a synthetic sex hormone and exposure to low doses has been linked …
“The American Library Association (ALA) Washington Office has released the associations 2009 Legislative Scorecards for the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. The Legislative Scorecards outline votes and support of legislation that is important to and has an impact on the library community. The ALA provides the scorecard as a tool to ALA …
