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News release: “Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today released the 2009 Congressional Pig Book, the latest installment in the groups 19-year exposé of pork-barrel spending. The Pig Book revealed 10,160 earmarks worth $19.6 billion…The Pig Book Summary profiles the most egregious examples, breaks down pork per capita by state, and presents the annual “Oinker” Awards. …
Patricia White, Associate Director, Division of Research and Statistics – Testimony: Over-the-counter derivatives Before the Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment, Committee of Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. June 22, 2009 [link to all related testimony]: “…I appreciate this opportunity to provide the Federal Reserve Board’s views on the development of …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today sent a copy of a recent staff report, Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising, to two subcommittees of the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce that are holding a joint hearing on behavioral advertising. A letter on behalf of the Commission that accompanied the report states …
“The Federal Trade Commission today described its comprehensive efforts to combat identity theft before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The FTC also recommended legislative remedies to enhance the effectiveness of these efforts. The testimony presented by Betsy Broder, Assistant Director of …
CBO: Preliminary Analysis of Major Provisions Related to Health Insurance Coverage Under the Affordable Health Choices Act, June 15, 2009. Letter to the Honorable Edward M. Kennedy. “The attached table summarizes our preliminary assessment of the proposals budgetary effects and its likely impact on insurance coverage. According to that assessment, enacting the proposal would result …
“The RaceTracker project on the OpenCongress wiki tracks every election for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and state governor. RaceTracker is a free, open-source, fully-referenced, and non-partisan public resource. It is coordinated by the crew at the SwingStateProject.”
Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009, H.R. 1207 – To amend title 31, United States Code, to reform the manner in which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is audited by the Comptroller General of the United States and the manner in which such audits are reported, and for other purposes.
Responses to Questions About the Cost of a Cap-and-Trade Program, June 12, 2009 – Letter to the Honorable John F. Kerry “…under the illustrative cap-and-trade program that CBO analyzed, the government would create allowances (that is, rights to emit CO2) and firms that are regulated under that program would need to acquire such allowances. The …
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Subcommittee on Domestic Policy held a hearing on: Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: How Did a Private Deal Turn Into a Federal Bailout? Opening Statement of Chairman Edolphus Towns Prepared Testimony of Mr. Kenneth D. Lewis Fed E-mails Opening Statement of Chairman Dennis Kucinich Closing Statement of …
Did the 2008 Tax Rebates Stimulate Short-Term Growth?, June 10, 2009 Economic and Budget Issue Brief “In preparing its economic forecast published in September 2008, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that 40 percent of the tax rebates issued in the spring and summer under the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-185) would …
“The Congressional Oversight Panel June 2009 Oversight Report, Stress Testing and Shoring Up Bank Capital, examines the recent stress tests conducted on Americas 19 largest bank holding companies (BHCs)…The Panels report examines how effectively Treasury and the Federal Reserve conducted the stress tests, specifically reviewing the governments economic assumptions, their methods of calculating bank capitalization, …
“H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 21, 2009 would make a number of changes in energy and environmental policies largely aimed at reducing emissions of gases that contribute to global warming. The bill would limit or cap the …
