Category «Congress»

Labor Department releases state-by-state figures on number of Americans who stand to lose unemployment benefits without congressional extension of program

News release: “The U.S. Department of Labor today released state-by-state figures on the number of individuals who will lose their unemployment benefits in the coming days if Congress fails to extend unemployment insurance benefits. If Emergency Unemployment Compensation and full federal funding for the Extended Benefit program are not extended, 400,000 Americans will lose unemployment …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

President Obama Signs Extension of Patriot Act

Related postings on Patriot Act and this recent CRS report: Government Collection of Private Information: Background and Issues Related to the USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization to accompany the following news and documents: Obama Signs Patriot Act Reauthorization ACLU: Congress Drops the Ball on Upgrading Patriot Protections U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Legal Research, Legislation, Patriot Act

Missing White House E-Mails Still Factor in Torture Memo Investigation

Follow up to DOJ Report on Bush Administration Interrogation Memos and Related Documents, the New York Times reports: “Large batches of e-mail records from the Justice Department lawyers who worked on the 2002 legal opinions justifying the Bush administrations brutal interrogation techniques are missing, and the Justice Department told lawmakers Friday that it would try …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

Ethics Committee Report In the Matter of Allegations Relating to the Lobbying Activities of Paul Magliocchetti and Associates Group"

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct Report, In the Matter of Allegations Relating to the Lobbying Activities of Paul Magliocchetti and Associates Group, Inc., (PMA).: “…on December 2, 2009, the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) forwarded to the Standards Committee reports and findings in seven separate matters involving alleged potential connections between defense subcommittee earmarks …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Fed Chairman Bernanke's Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress

Chairman Ben S. Bernanke Semiannual Monetary Policy Report statement to the Congress Before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. February 24, 2010 “Although the recession officially began more than two years ago, U.S. economic activity contracted particularly sharply following the intensification of the global financial crisis in the fall of …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government

Hearing: The Collection and Use of Location Information for Commercial Purposes

“The Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection and the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet held a joint hearing titled, The Collection and Use of Location Information for Commercial Purposes, on Wednesday, February 24, 2010, in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing examined privacy and other issues related to the commercial collection, …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Internet, Privacy

Estimated Impact of American Recovery Act on Employment and Economic Output – October 2009 Through December 2009

CBO: Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output From October 2009 Through December 2009, February 2010 “The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) contains a variety of provisions intended to boost economic activity and employment in the United States. Section 1512(e) of the law requires the …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

EPA Sends Letter to Senators Limiting Scope of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rule

Follow up to previous postings on greenhouse gas emissions, this news release: U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson issued a letter responding to a letter sent to her the evening of February 19 by eight U.S. Senators asking about the agencys plans for 2010. “No facility will be required to address greenhouse gas emissions in …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

House Energy and Commerce Committee Send Letters to Secretary LaHood and President of Toyota USA Prior to Hearing

Follow up to previous documents on Toyota recall, today News release [note – this release contains linsk to over two dozen related documents]: “Chairman Henry A. Waxman and Subcommittee Chairman Bart Stupak wrote to James E. Lentz, President and Chief Operating Officer of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. and Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

Baucus, Grassley Release Finance Committee Report on Diabetes Drug Avandia,

News release: “Senator Max Baucus, Chairman of the Committee on Finance, and Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member, today released a committee report based on a two year inquiry of the diabetes drug Avandia. The senators also asked the Food and Drug Administration to describe what steps the agency has taken to protect patients in an …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

DOJ Report on Bush Administration Interrogation Memos and Related Documents

Follow up to previous postings on the Bush Administration Torture Memos, significant new documents were made public by House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr., who posted the following document library on February 19, 2010: DOJ Report on Bush Administration Interrogation Memos and Related Documents [note: several of these documents are redacted] Memorandum for the …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Patriot Act

House Oversight Committee Issues Subpoena for Toyota Documents

News release: “House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Edolphus Ed Towns (D-NY) and Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued a subpoena today for all documents relating to Toyota motor vehicle safety and Toyotas handling of alleged motor vehicle defects and related litigation in the possession of Dimitrios Biller [who is suing Toyota under …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

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