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Government Reform Committee Legislative Hearing, Climate Change Technology Research: Do We Need a Manhattan Project for the Environment?, September 21, 2006. Links to testimony and opening statement. Press release: “The Committee on Government Reform will hold an oversight hearing to explore whether a need exists for a program to manage research in transformational technologies in …
GovTrack.us the site “Independently Tracking the United States Congress, has added a new feature: committee assignments are now listed for all Members of Congress.”
In connection with a hearing scheduled by the Senate Committee on Finance for September 20, 2006, the Joint Committee on Taxation has issued Present Law And Background Relating To Selected Business Tax Issues (JCX-41-06), September 19, 2006.
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Doublespeak and the War on Terrorism (September 2006), by Timothy Lynch: “The purpose of this paper is not to criticize any particular policy initiative. Reasonable people can honestly disagree about what needs to be done to combat the terrorists who are bent on killing Americans. However, a conscientious discussion of our policy options must begin …
Report on Review of Testimony to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Report No. 06-INTEL-12), September 12, 2006. “Both DoD and the FAA provided the Commission and the public with inaccurate information about their responses to the events of September 11, 2001. However, we found no indication that these statements were …
Press release: “Rep. Henry A. Waxman and Democratic Members of the Committee on Government Reform have developed six proposals to restore honesty and accountability in government…Ban secret meetings with lobbyists and close the revolving door; Restore open government; Clean up federal contracting; Block the appointment of cronies; Take politics out of science; Protect federal whistleblowers.” …
September 13, 2006 By Mr. SPECTER, from the Committee on the Judiciary, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 2453: A bill to establish procedures for the review of electronic surveillance programs. By Mr. SPECTER, from the Committee on the Judiciary, without amendment: S. 2455. A bill to provide in statute for …
“Nine Legislative Efforts that Must Be Stopped in 2006 – As Congress mounts its final push before the midterm elections, a number of bills that threaten the bedrock of Internet privacy and civil liberties could either come up for votes or worm their way into larger legislative packages that end up being rushed into law. …
House Committee on Government Reform press release, September 13, 2006: “Testifying at an Energy and Resources Subcommittee hearing, chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa(R-CA), Inspector General Earl E. Devaney of the Interior Department described a department where accountability was non-existent, policy routinely disregarded and responsibilities were dangerously stovepiped and said these factors contributed directly to the …
House Democrats Ways and Means Issue Brief: The Bush Social Security Privatization Benefit Cuts: State-by-State Impact – State-by-State analysis of benefit cuts Related government documents: Social Security Reform: Implications of Different Indexing Choices, Full text GAO-06-804, and Highlights, September 14, 2006: “The financing shortfall currently facing the Social Security program is significant. Without remedial action, …
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing: Examining Treasury’s Role in Combating Terrorist Financing Five Years After 9/11, September 12, 2006. Witness Testimony (PDF format): Mr. Robert W. Werner, Director, Finacial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Department of the Treasury; Mr. Daniel L. Glaser, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, Department of …
