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Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Waxman “sent a letter to the chief executives of twelve Medicare insurers requesting Part D prescription drug pricing information, including profits and administrative costs associated with Medicare Part D coverage.” February 9, 2007. Letter to Insurance CEOs List of Recipients – CEOs of Twelve Medicare Insurers
Press release: “Today, the Sunlight Foundation is announcing the creation of the Open House Project, a collaborative and bipartisan effort on open government. The purpose of the project is to study how the House of Representatives currently integrates the internet into its operations, and to make public recommendations to its leadership on how to make …
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing, February 8, 2007: “The hearing focused on the Department of Homeland Securitys management of large contracts that rely on private contractors as system integrators. The Committee focused on two examples of multi-billion dollar contracts: the Deepwater program to develop new ships for the Coast Guard and the Secure …
Follow up to December 28, 2006 posting, FDA Issues Draft Documents on the Safety of Animal Clones, a related report and Congressional news: Is the FDA’s Cloning Proposal Ready for Prime Time?, An Organic Center Critical Issue Report, by James Riddle, January 2007. Press release: “Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) Thursday introduced …
House Judiciary Committee Oversight Plan 110th Congress, February 7, 2007.
Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security, Updated February 1, 2007 Iran’s Influence in Iraq, Updated February 2, 2007 Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses, Updated January 23, 2007 Congressional Authority to Limit U.S. Military Operations in Iraq, January 29, 2007 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Legislation in the 110th Congress, January 25, 2007
Senate Concurrent Resolution 7 Expressing the Sense of the Congress on Iraq, January 31, 2007. [S.Con.Res.7]
Press release: “In yet another instance of California being a trend-setter for the rest of the nation, Assemblymember Lloyd Levine (D-Van Nuys), the Chair of the Assemblys Utilities and Commerce Committee, today announced that he is introducing legislation – the How Many Legislators Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb Act – to ban …
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 …
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 …
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.”
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 …
