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Press release, June 29, 2007: “Senate and House Judiciary Chairmen Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) sent a letter to White House Counsel Fred Fielding, responding to the President’s executive privilege assertion over documents relating to the US Attorney investigation. Leahy and Conyers reiterated their concern that the President’s sweeping assertion was unprecedented. …
Press release: “Two leaders of the Committee on Energy and Commerce this week demanded an explanation for the planned closings of seven Food and Drug Administration (FDA) facilities across the country. In a letter to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach, Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and …
Press release: “The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW)…released its 2006 Congressional Ratings. Since 1991, CCAGW has examined roll-call votes to separate the taxpayer advocates in Congress from those who favor wasteful programs and pork-barrel spending….[the report features] vote descriptions, scorecards for the House and Senate, personalized scorecards for each member of Congress, and …
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement: “Last year, Rep. Henry A. Waxman released the first comprehensive assessment of government contracting under the Bush Administration. The report, entitled Dollars, Not Sense: Government Contracting Under the Bush Administration, found that between 2000 and 2005, federal procurement spending rose by over …
Follow up to June 13 posting, Judiciary Chairmen Leahy, Conyers Issue Subpoenas For White House Officials, Documents see these related government documents and Congressional statements issued today: Press release from Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT): “As the Committee opens its Executive Business meeting today, I note that the deadline has passed for the White House and …
FDIC OIG Semiannual Report to the Congress, March 31, 2007.
Follow up in the volley of statemnets and respective documents related to questions raised about the authority granted the National Archives over documents from the Office of the Vice President. As reported today by The Politico, “David S. Addington, Cheney’s chief of staff and counsel, wrote in a three-paragraph response to [Sen. John] Kerry on …
Continuing Challenge of Building the Iraqi Security Forces, Report of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, June 2007 (207 pages, PDF)
Press release: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), in consultation with Ranking Member Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), issued subpoenas Wednesday for documents relating to the authorization and legal justification for the Administration’s warrantless wiretapping program. Chairman Leahy issued subpoenas to the Department of Justice, the Office of the White House, the Office of the Vice …
“In an effort to make top Hill staffers a little less anonymous, National Journal devotes an issue of the magazine every four years to short profiles of key aides. [Note: Link for subscribers only] This year, we feature 339 senior aides who work for congressional leaders, House and Senate committees, joint committees, and various caucuses …
Shanghai Express: Donating and Shipping Law Books Overseas, by Kara Phillips Better Connections with Clients, by Wells H. Anderson Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide, Updated – by Sabrina I. Pacifici 60 Gadgets in 60 Minutes, by Barbara Fullerton, Brian Neale and Holly Pinto An Overview of Selected Legal Digital Libraries, by George Butterfield …
On June 26, 2006 Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, sent a letter to Vice President Dick Cheney urging him to comply with Executive Order 12958-Classified National Security Information, as Amended. Related posting: Oversight Committee Reports Cheney Exempts His Office from Requirements for Protecting Classified …
