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Follow up to previous posting on listing the polar bear as a threatened species, this January 18, 2008 press release: “Select Committee Chairman Rep. Edward Markey…sent a letter to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne reinforcing the message that the Secretary should postpone the pending oil lease sale on the critical habitat of the polar bear while …
Follow up to postings on the Major League Baseball Investigation, the ” Oversight Committee today released letters to Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, Chuck Knoblauch, Brian McNamee, and Kirk Radomski inviting them to testify at the Committees February 13, 2008, hearing and to participate in depositions or transcribed interviews prior to the hearing.”
Press release: “House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) introduced the Caging Prohibition Act of 2008. Voter caging is a practice by which mail is sent to a registered voters address and, if the mail is returned as undeliverable or if it is delivered and the voter does not respond, his or her registration …
Today the House Oversight Committee held a hearing entitled Assessing Veterans Charities Part Two. [Hearing to Assess Veterans’ Charities, December 13, 2007 – A preliminary transcript of this hearing is now available – 136 pages, PDF]. “This hearing focused on charities operated by Roger Chapin, who failed to comply with a subpoena compelling his …
Rand Report: U.S.-Pakistan Relations Assassination, Instability, and the Future of U.S. Policy, by C. Christine Fair. Testimony presented before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia on January 16, 2008.
Options for Responding to Short-Term Economic Weakness, January 2008 A Comparison of Science and Technology Funding for DOD’s Space and Nonspace Programs, January 15, 2008 Unauthorized Appropriations and Expiring Authorizations (House Version), January 2008 Unauthorized Appropriations and Expiring Authorizations (Senate Version), January 2008 Unauthorized Appropriations and Expiring Authorizations, (Appropriations Version), January 2008 Effects of Gasoline …
TheHill.com, Endorsements ’08: The rapid pace of the 2008 White House hunt has sparked a separate hard-fought contest among candidates — for endorsements from members of Congress. The Hill will maintain a running tally of the race for lawmaker support based on extensive research and daily contact with campaigns. The list reflects publicly committed backers …
“As part of its ongoing investigation into executive pay, the Oversight Committee invited three CEOs implicated in the subprime mortgage crisis to testify on February 7 about their severance and compensation packages: Mr. Angelo Mozilo, the CEO of Countrywide Financial; Mr. Charles Prince, the former CEO of Citigroup; and Mr. E. Stanley ONeal, the former …
Press release: “A new report from the Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) on congressional Web sites says the overall quality continues to be disappointing, with more than 40% of congressional Web sites earning a substandard or failing grade. The report also contains recognition and praise for the best Web sites on Capitol Hill with the announcement …
Follow up to January 8, 2008 posting, CA sues EPA, citing new technical report: Study demonstrates that CA’s standards more effective at reducing greenhouse gas emissions than federal Energy Bill, today from the House Oversight Committee – Investigation Into EPA’s Denial of State Greenhouse Gas Regulations Advances: “Following EPAs failure to meet the Committees deadline …
New Questions Raised About White House Records Preservation: “In letters to the White House and the National Archives, House Oversight Chairman Waxman asks whether the White House has preserved its records according to the obligations of the Presidential Records Act, and what the White House has done to prepare for the transition of presidential records …
Press release, January 11, 2009: “One of the biggest concerns weve had for the last several years, one we continue to have at the Department of Homeland Security, is how do we promote a secure form of identification across America? And Congress has spoken to this by passing the REAL ID Act several years ago, …
