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Follow up to August 16, 2006 posting, CBO Cost Estimate for Pension Protection Act of 2006, see today’s Presidential signing statement and Fact Sheet: The Pension Protection Act of 2006: Ensuring Greater Retirement Security for American Workers.
CBO Cost Estimate for Pension Protection Act of 2006, H.R. 4 – as cleared by Congress on August 3, 2006 (21 pages, PDF). See also Overview of major provisions of Pension Protection Act of 2006
Press release from Rep. Ed Markey which includes text of letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff: “Lawmaker Exposes Double Standard for Aviation Security, Demands That If Cargo Cannot Be Inspected By Current Explosive Detection Methods, It Should Not Be Loaded onto Passenger Planes – Markey Highlights Other Massive Cargo Loophole, Urge Inspections for All …
Press release: “Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today joined a coalition of groups and websites to launch an interactive online database of the more than the 1,800 earmarks in the House version of the fiscal 2007 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 5647). The effort aims …
Al-Qaeda: The Many Faces of an Islamist Extremist Threat, June 2006 (47 pages, PDF) Related report: Initial Assessment on the Implementation of The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, July 27, 2006 (41 pages, PDF)
Follow up to August 11, 2006 posting, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Development News Archive of BP Documents, today from PoliticalMoneyLine, BP Corporation Pumping More $ “BP Corporation North America Inc PAC has given out $133,500 to federal candidates and other committees in the first 18 months of this cycle. Their PAC has also given out …
“Back in March, Common Cause released its first “Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing” report, detailing the activities of nine groups masquerading as think tanks and public interest organizations, but controlled by telephone and cable companies. Since then, we’ve gotten the dirt on five more.” Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing, Part II: More Telecom Industry Front Groups and …
Major Accomplishments of the U.S. Senate During the 109th Congress, August 9, 2006: “This paper lists major accomplishments of the Senate during the 109th Congress, to date. (This listing will be updated and re-issued periodically throughout the remainder of the Congress.)” (26 pages, PDF)
Documents Show BP Ignored Pipeline Woes for Years, by Jason Leopold. Related website and government documents: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Development News [ANWRnews.com] Press release: “U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, today sent a letter [text of which is included in this release] to Sir John Browne, chief executive of British Petroleum, calling into question BP’s …
Industry, Government Fret Over Tactics for Fighting Data Theft, by Marcia Coyle, The National Law Journal, August 10, 2006.
Follow-up to August 1, 2006 posting, Findings of Upcoming Report on Administration Policies on WMD and NSA, see the Final Investigative Report of the House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff: The Constitution in Crisis: The Downing Street Minutes and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, and Coverups in the Iraq War, and Illegal Domestic Surveillance. (This Report is …
Senate Republican Conference Message of the week, August 4, 2006 – “The nation is enjoying sustained job creation and robust economic expansion under Republican leadership, despite inflation concerns and high energy costs. The economy is making progress, with 19 consecutive quarters of economic (GDP) growth and 35 consecutive months of jobs gains producing more than …
