Sens. Warner, Nelson, Collins Revised Resolution on Iraq
Senate Concurrent Resolution 7 Expressing the Sense of the Congress on Iraq, January 31, 2007. [S.Con.Res.7]
Category «Congress»
Oversight Hearing on Presidential Signing Statements under the Bush Administration
House Judiciary Committee Oversight Hearing on Presidential Signing Statements under the Bush Administration: A Threat to Checks and Balances and the Rule of Law? January 31, 2007 Statement of Chairman John Conyers, Jr. Wintesses: Hon. Mickey Edwards, Former Member of Congress; John Elwood, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice; …
Committee Hearing on Political Influence on Government Climate Change Scientists
Release: “The Oversight Committee held a hearing on January 30 regarding political interference in the work of government climate change scientists. In preparation for the hearing, Chairman Waxman and Ranking Member Davis requested documents from the Council on Environmental Quality related to allegations that officials edited scientific reports and took other actions to minimize the …
GAO Performance and Accountability Highlights
U.S. Government Accountability Office: Performance and Accountability Highlights: Fiscal Year 2006, GAO-07-3SP, January 30, 2007. “This report presents the highlights of GAO’s fiscal year 2006 Performance and Accountability report. In short, fiscal year 2006 was an exceptional year for GAO. For example, we received a clean opinion from independent auditors on our financial statements. Senior …
Homeland Security Committee Agenda for 110th Congress
Press release: “Today, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, delivered a roll out address at the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute. The address, entitled “The Real Deal for Homeland Security, laid out his agenda for the 110th Congress.”
Call for Expanded DOJ OIG Investigation into NSA Surveillance Program
Press release: “One week after U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced that the NSA warrantless surveillance program would soon be subject to the approval of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) and several of his House colleagues, including House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) today called …
Joint Economic Committee Report on President's Health Care Proposal
Follow-up to White House Fact Sheet: Affordable, Accessible, And Flexible Health Coverage, today’s press release: New Joint Economic Committee Report Highlights Critical Flaws of Bush Health Care Proposal and related Economic Policy Brief: The President’s Health Care Proposal: All Risk, No Reward.
Analysis of CBO's Budget and Economic Outlook
House Budget Committee, Democrats: CBO Forecasts Continued Fiscal Deterioration, January 24, 2007 – “While any improvement in the deficit is a welcome development, today’s report from CBO is no cause for a declaration of victory. When the surplus in Social Security is excluded, as it should be, the deficit for this year’s budget is $362 …
Hearing: EIA Analysis of Draft Global Warming Legislation
Full Committee Hearing: EIA Analysis of Draft Global Warming Legislation, January 24, 2007: “The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on analysis recently completed by the Energy Information Administration, Energy Market and Economic Impacts of a Proposal to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Intensity with a Cap and Trade System.” Related postings on global warming …
Bipartisan Resolution on Iraq Passes Senate Committee
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 12-9 in favor of the nonbinding measure to limit troops deployed to Iraq. See this statement by Sen. Chris Dodd [declared candidate for President] on the resolution. Dodd has offered an amendement to this resolution, (S. 308), to prohibit an escalation in United States military forces in Iraq without …
DNI Progress Report on Reforming Intelligence
DNI Fact Sheet: Real Progress in Reforming Intelligence January 23, 2007: Statement for the Record – Progress on Intelligence Reform (Senate Select Committee on Intelligence)
Study Focuses on Understanding the Political Influence of Blogs
Understanding the Political Influence of Blogs: A Study of the Growing Importance of the Blogosphere in the U.S. Congress, April 2006, by T. Neil Sroka. Abstract: “Using a survey of congressional offices conducted between January and March 2006, I attempt to gain a picture of the readership, usage, and opinion of blogs and blogging on …
