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Ceres: “Global warming and the growing incidence of extreme weather events pose an enormous challenge to the insurance industry. This summer’s devastating floods in Europe and wildfires in the West are only the latest reminder of why investors and consumers are concerned about the impacts of climate change on insurers. This report focuses on the …
On October 19, 2007 the Joint Committee on Taxation issued Modeling The Federal Revenue Effects Of Proposed Changes In Cigarette Excise Taxes. (JCX-101-07)
October 19, 2007: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform “Chairman Waxman wrote to Erik Prince, Secretary Rice, and Secretary Gates, requesting further information on Blackwaters no-bid contracts, additional incidents involving their personnel in Iraq, and payments made to the families of Iraqis killed by Blackwater.” Letter to Blackwater CEO Erik Prince Letter to Secretary of …
Effectiveness of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Program in Iraq (SIGIR 07-016T), October 18, 2007, House Armed Services Committee – Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations “Description: SIGIR testifies on the release of its third audit of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Program, noting that progress has been made in certain geographic areas and in certain policy domains. …
CongressNow.com: “For the first time in more than three decades, a House committee has voted to update the non-discrimination laws, today approving the expansion of protections to include gays and lesbians in the workforce. By a 27-21 vote, the House Education and Labor Committee approved the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 3685), which would ban workplace …
Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on “Executive Nomination” Wednesday, October 17, 2007. See the “Continuation of Executive Nomination” Senate Judiciary Committee, October 18, 2007, via Live Webcast. Glenn Greenwald Live-blogging the Mukasey confirmation hearing Member Statements: Sen. Patrick Leahy and Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin Testimony, Judge Michael B. Mukasey
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: “For the first time ever, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation that will protect journalists from being compelled to testify or reveal sources in court. The shield law grants a qualified privilege to reporters to prevent them, in most cases, from being compelled to testify or …
Press release, October 16, 2007: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Ranking Member Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) today introduced the bipartisan Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007 to give federal prosecutors important new tools to combat the growing problem of identity theft and cyber crime. The Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act …
Press release: “Three telecommunications companies have provided responses to inquiries by the Committee on Energy and Commerce about their involvement with the National Security Agency warrantless wiretapping program. On October 2, Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI), Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, and Rep. …
Defense: FY2008 Authorization and Appropriations, updated September 28, 2007 Spending by Employers on Health Insurance: A Data Brief, October 10, 2007 Burma Sanctions: Background and Options, October 10, 2007 Federal Indian Education Programs: Background and Issues State Statutes That Proscribe the Use of Symbols of Fear and Violence with the Intent to Threaten, October 5, …
Annual Report to Congress on the Information Sharing Environment, Department of Homeland Security’s Information Sharing Environment, submitted by Ambassador Thomas E. McNamara, Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment, September 2007 (44 pages, PDF).
“H.Res. 734 expresses the sense of the House that the State Department has abused its classification authority by withholding from Congress and the American people information about the extent of corruption in the Maliki government. The resolution further condemns the State Department for retroactively classifying documents that had been widely distributed previously as unclassified, and …
