Women in Congress 1917 – 2006
House Document No. 108-223, Women in Congress 1917 – 2006
Category «Congress»
Report on GAO Access to DHS Information on Programs and Activities
Department of Homeland Security: Observations on GAO Access to Information on Programs and Activities, GAO-07-700T, April 25, 2007.: “In testimony before this committee and the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security in February 2007, GAO stated that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not made its management or operational decisions transparent enough …
Oversight Committee Issues Three Subpoenas To Further Investigations
“On Wednesday, the Government Oversight Committee approved the issuance of three subpoenas related to ongoing investigations. The Committee issued two subpoenas to the Republican National Committee requesting the testimony of RNC Chairman Mike Duncan and documents related to possible violations of the Presidential Records Act and the Hatch Act by White House officials. The third …
House Judiciary Committee Approves Immunity Order, Authorizes Subpoena for former DoJ Official Monica Goodling
Follow up to April 18, 2007 posting, Meeting to Consider a Resolution Authorizing House Judiciary Chairman to Subpoena Monica Goodling, today’s press release, House Judiciary Committee Approves Immunity Order, Authorizes Subpoena for former DoJ Official Monica Goodling.
Privacy and Civil Liberties Board Delivers First Report to Congress
Press release: “The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA), which created the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (Board), requires that “[n]ot less frequently than annually, the Board shall prepare a report to Congress, unclassified to the greatest extent possible…on the Board’s major activities during the preceding period.” This report discusses the …
Oversight Committee Holds Hearing on Tillman, Lynch Incidents
“On April 24, 2007 the House Oversight Committee held a hearing focusing on misleading information following the death of Army Ranger Specialist Patrick Tillman in Afghanistan and the capture and rescue of Army Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq. The hearing focused on the death of Army Ranger Specialist Patrick Tillman in Afghanistan and the capture …
FDIC Report to Congress: Merger Decisions 2006
FDIC Report to Congress: Merger Decisions 2006 (23 pages, PDF), released April 23, 2007.
2007 Annual Report of The Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds
Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. Statement on the 2007 Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund Reports, April 23, 2007: “…This year’s Social Security report again demonstrates that the Social Security program is financially unsustainable and requires reform. In just 10 years, cash flows are projected to turn negative, and the Trust Funds are projected …
House Committee Seeks to Review Security Problems At White House
Follow up to previous postings on postings on the CIA Plame leak and Libby trial, today’s announcement from House Oversight Chairman Henry Waxman: “Current and former employees of the White House Security Office have reported to Chairman Waxman that there was a systemic failure at the White House to follow procedures for protecting classified information. …
Justices Breyer, Alito Testify on Pay Raises for Federal Judges
Follow up to previous postings on pay raise for judges, “Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer and Samuel Alito testified before a House subcommittee, calling for a salary increase for federal judges. Breyer text (pdf). Alito text (pdf). See also this Fact Sheet on Judicial Compensation.” Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Oversight Hearing …
Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Department of Justice Oversight Hearing
“The Senate Judiciary Committee April 19 held a hearing concerning oversight of the Department of Justice. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified at the hearing about the abrupt dismissal of eight U.S. Attorneys.” Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the Senate Judicary Oversight Hearing, April 19, 2007. Statements, Letters, And Releases About The …
Energy Commission Proposes Plan to Cut Total U.S. Climate Emissions in First Year of Program
Press release: “The National Commission on Energy Policy, a bipartisan group of top energy experts from industry, government, labor, academia, and environmental and consumer groups, today released a series of new, sweeping recommendations to address the nation’s leading energy challenges. In its new report, Energy Policy Recommendations to the President and the 110th Congress (148 …
