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The House failed to override the President’s veto of HR 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, by roll call vote #388, 235 yeas to 193 nays. H.R. 810 ENR, Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 – Senate passes Stem Cell Bill amending the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem …
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, hearing entitled Telecommuting: A 21st Century Solution to Traffic Jams and Terrorism, July 18, 2006. Links to opening statements and witness testimony
From OMB Watch, published July 17, 2006: “This issue brief discusses the leading sunset commission proposals and identifies whether they live up to their promise of cutting waste and improving management of federal programs, or whether they present new problems.” Sunset Commission Legislation in the 109th Congress (18 pages, PDF)
Press release: “Rep. Heather Wilson, chair of the House Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence was joined today by Reps. James Sensenbrenner, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Pete Hoekstra, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, in introducing the Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act of 2006, an update to the outdated Foreign …
The Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, chaired by Rep. Spencer Bachus (AL), held a hearing today entitled “ICANN and the Whois Database: Providing Access to Protect Consumers from Phishing.” Government officials contend that access to Whois data is essential in the effort to combat cybercrimes, while privacy advocates maintain that access to data …
H.R.4411 — H.Rpt.109-412, Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 Pt. 1 (28 pages, PDF) and Pt. 2 (25 pages, PDF): “Prohibits the acceptance of any bank instrument for unlawful Internet gambling. It’s primary purpose is to give U.S. law enforcement new, more effective tools for combating offshore Internet gambling sites that illegally extend their …
CDT, July 14, 2006: “Contrary to press reports of a White House compromise on NSA legislation, Senator Specter has agreed to a bill that would shield the Administration from accountability for its illegal warrantless wiretapping. The bill has been erroneously described as requiring judicial review of the President’s warrantless wiretapping program. In fact, the bill …
And you thought gadgets were only for the kitchen: The Return, by Brian Neale, Roger Skalbeck, Susan Skyzinski and Barbara Fullerton And you thought gadgets were only for the kitchen: The Future, by Brian Neale, Roger Skalbeck, Susan Skyzinski and Barbara Fullerton Writing Justice Blackmun, by Linda Greenhouse Statement of Meredith Fuchs, General Counsel, The …
Appropriations Committee press release, July 13, 2006: “The Senate Appropriations Committee today gave approval to the fiscal year 2007 District of Columbia spending bill. The bill totals $597 million in federal funds, which is $200,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and the same as the President’s budget request…$15 million for a new Central …
Testimony of Robert A. Vito, Regional Inspector General for Evaluation and Inspections, Philadelphia, before the House Committee on Ways & Means, Subcommittee on Health, on Medicare Part B Prescription Drug Reimbursements, July 13, 2006 (6 pages, PDF)
Senate Republican Policy Committee Policy Paper: The Meaning and Impact of the Supreme Court’s Hamdan Decision (9 pages, PDF), July 11, 2006. “…three areas that may require Congressional response include, but are not limited to, the structure and procedures used to try combatants, the application of the Detainee Treatment Act’s habeas corpus procedures to pending …
Press release: “A bipartisan amendment offered by Homeland Security Committee Chairman Susan Collins, R-Me., and Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., that will reinvent, protect, and strengthen the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) passed the Senate floor today by a vote of 87 to 11. The amendment to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations legislation was …
