Senator Posts Daily Schedule Online
Montana Senator Jon Tester’s schedule.
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Request for Hearings on Global Climate Change
“Chairman Dingell and Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality Chairman Boucher send a memorandum to Democratic Members of the Committee regarding the Committee’s plan to hold hearings on the critical issue of global climate change,” January 17, 2007.
AG Gonzales Criticizes Federal Judges and Rulings on National Security Issues
Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C., January 17, 2007: “…A strong and independent Judiciary is necessary for our republic to remain strong, for our democracy to survive, and for the rule of law to flourish. To understand what I mean by independence, let me first clarify …
Resources on the State of the Union Address – January 23, 2007
State of the Union Address – Background Information – Wikipedia [open source content] President Bush’s State of the Union Address 2006 The President’s State of the Union Message: Frequently Asked Questions – CRS Transcripts of State of the Union Messages – 1790-2006 – The American Presidency Project Videos of State of the Union Addresses – …
New on LLRX.com
Part 1 of the January 2007 issue includes: Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide: completely revised and updated, by Sabrina I. Pacifici CongressLine by GalleryWatch.com – Authorization and Appropriation, by Paul Jenks The Government Domain: Testing the THOMAS Beta, by Peggy Garvin Commentary: The Iraq Troop Surge, by Beth Wellington
State Department Resources on 110th Congress
110th Congress – Background Information 110th United States Congress – Wikipedia U.S. Congress – U.S. Department of State Preview of the 110th Congress – Foreign Press Center Briefing U.S. Senate Senators-Elect 2006 U.S. House of Representatives New Members – 110th Congress Reports Agricultural Issues in the 110th Congress Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade: Key Issues …
GovTrack Announces New Features for the New Congress
From the announcement on the GovTrack homepage: “The full text of bills is now displayed in HTML and highlights the changes made to the text during its legislative history, such as due to amendments and substitutions. The people pages now show a recent voting history, an ideology meter, and pages for senators show their constituent …
Switchover to Democratic Control of Congressional Websites Causes Glitches
Follow up to previous postings, House and Senate Websites Are Redesigned and Relaunched and New House Committee on Science and Technology Launches Website, more news about the status of Congressional websites in transition: “HouseDemocrats.gov is coming soon. In the meantime, please visit other House Democratic web sites: www.Speaker.gov; www.democraticleader.house.gov; www.democraticwhip.house.gov“ Related websites that are online …
U.S. House of Representatives, 110th Congress Homepage
U.S. House of Representatives, 110th Congress Homepage
President Signs Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act of 2006
President Signs Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act of 2006, HR 4709.
CBO Issues Cost Estimate and Report on Effects of Federal Minimum Wage Act
H.R. 2, Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007, January 11, 2007 – Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on January 10, 2007 Response to a Request by Senator Grassley About the Effects of Increasing the Federal Minimum Wage Versus Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit, January 9, 2007
Energy Market and Economic Impacts of a Proposal to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Intensity with a Cap and Trade System
Market and Economic Impacts of a Proposal to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Intensity with a Cap and Trade System, January 11, 2007 (90 pages, PDF) “This report was prepared by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), in response to a September 27, 2006, request from Senators Bingaman, Landrieu, Murkowski, Specter, Salazar, and Lugar. The Senators requested that …
