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GOP report: Deal with Sacramento mayor was rushed...his foundation agreed to repay $424,000 whitewashed a government investigation into the matter. Issa is the ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , and Grassley is the ranking member of the Senate Committee... |
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Senate Puts Off Action On 'Don't Ask Don't Tell'...Dont Ask Dont Tell, Repealing Dont Ask Dont Tell, Senate Dadt, Senate Dont Ask Dont Tell, Politics News A planned November hearing by the US Senate Armed Services Committee to consider ending a ban on gays serving openly in the US military... |
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Naples Daily News | 8 hours ago
Brent Batten: What's on TV? Not health care
... Senate Joint Economic Committee found that, "In 1965, as Congress considered legislation to establish a national Medicare program, the House Ways and Means Committee estimated that the hospital insurance portion of the program, Part A,...
In this article: C-SPAN, Barack Obama, Medicaid, Medicare, House Ways and Means Committee, Fiscal year, History Channel, LPGA Tour, and Congressional Budget Office
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New York Times | 15 hours ago
Senator Reid and the Power of Persuasion
George Tames/The New York Times Lyndon B. Johnson, as Senate majority leader in 1957, giving Theodore F. Green , chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee , "the treatment. " Senator Harry Reid , the majority leader, having unveiled...
In this article: Lyndon Johnson, Harry Reid, Richard Russell, Barack Obama, White House, Democratic Party, and Strom Thurmond
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U.S. News & World Report | 16 hours ago
Ron Paul Fed Provision Passes House Financial Services Committee
Ron Paul has received the most attention he 's got since his presidential campaign with his "audit the Fed " bill. Now, that legislation seems to have a shot at passing, as it has been attached to Barney Frank's financial regulation bill.
In this article: Ron Paul, The Fed, Barney Frank, and House Financial Services Committee
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washingtonpost.com | 19 hours ago
Hollywood tells lawmakers to back U.S. efforts in copyright trade talks
...efforts to improve copyright enforcement worldwide," Glickman said. Ranking Member Jeff Sessions , Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Max Baucus , Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Charles E. Grassley , Senate Finance Committee
In this article: Motion Picture Association of America, Hollywood, United States, House Committee on Ways and Means, House Commerce Committee, Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senate Finance Committee
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washingtonpost.com | 19 hours ago
Hollywood tells lawmakers to back U.S. efforts in copyright trade talks
...Association of America wrote a letter to several lawmakers including Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Va.) and House Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman , asking them to support the Obama administration 's efforts...
In this article: Motion Picture Association of America, Hollywood, United States, House Committee on Ways and Means, House Commerce Committee, Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senate Finance Committee
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
An opaque transparency
...last Saturday, cautioned that "all of us should resist the temptation to turn this tragic event into the political theater." The Senate Armed Services Committee obediently canceled its hearing on the shootings. The House intelligence panel...
In this article: Joe Lieberman, George W. Bush, Eric Holder, Fran Townsend, Attorney General, White House, and Department of Defense
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Obama answers questions from top Cuban blogger
...a license from the Treasury Department for official government, journalistic, religious or humanitarian purposes. Members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee debating the travel ban in Washington on Thursday read portions of a...
In this article: Barack Obama, Cuba, Raul Castro, Washington, Havana, United States, and House Foreign Affairs Committee
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The Salt Lake Tribune | 1 day ago
House advances bill to ban foreign nuke waste
In this article: Waste, Jim Matheson, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Utah, Ed Whitfield, United States, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and GOP
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
Food banks burdened by high demand in sour economy
...pantry in Seattle gets more than 2,500 visitors on busy days, up from a peak of 1,800 early last year, Fogt told members of the House Ways and Means Committee. "Hunger relief is truly a growth industry and we are increasingly being asked...
In this article: Charles Boustany, Seattle, Recession, Unemployment, House Ways and Means Committee, and John Lewis
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America.gov | 1 day ago
U.S. Congress Studying Current Restrictions on Travel to Cuba
...members of Congress said in a recent opinion article in the Miami Herald newspaper. Senator Richard Lugar , the senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee , and House Foreign Affairs Chairman Howard Berman , a Democrat, said...
In this article: Cuba, United States, Richard Lugar, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Fidel Castro, and James Cason
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Courier-Journal | 1 day ago
Schedule set for early legislative hearings
...for early legislative hearings By Lesley Stedman Weidenbener lstedman@courier-journal.com November 19, 2009 INDIANAPOLIS The House Ways and Means Committee will begin hearings Dec. 7 on legislation in advance of the 2010 session, when...
In this article: House Ways and Means Committee, Unemployment, and Indianapolis
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Wired: Threat Level | 1 day ago
Copyright Czar Vote Heads to Full Senate
...and international trade. The White House said she was an intellectual property adviser to the staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee , Senate Finance Committee , House Judiciary Committee and House Ways and Means Committee. Espinel , in 2005,...
In this article: Senate Judiciary Committee, Wired.com, George Mason University School of Law, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, House Ways and Means Committee, George W. Bush, and House Judiciary Committee
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USATODAY.com | 2 days ago
HHS to warn consumers of flu drug price gouging
...used by children. Dodd , who chairs the Senate health subcommittee on children and families, called the disparity "deplorable." House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman , D- Calif. , called on state attorneys general to...
In this article: HHS, Tamiflu, USA Today, Chris Dodd, Connecticut, Supply chain, Eric Holder, and Asthma
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Reuters | 2 days ago
U.S. Democrats demand analysis of drug price hikes
...in expectation of new reforms," wrote Charles Rangel and Henry Waxman , the respective chairmen of the House Ways and Means Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee. "Any price gouging is unacceptable, but anticipatory price...
In this article: Government Accountability Office, House Ways and Means Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, Pfizer Inc, Merck & Co Inc, Henry Waxman, and House Energy and Commerce Committee
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washingtonpost.com | 2 days ago
Bill would ban P2P use on federal networks, PCs
The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee introduced legislation on Tuesday to prohibit the use of peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing software across all federal government computers and networks. The "Secure...
In this article: Peer-to-peer, Edolphus Towns, Stephen Breyer, U.S. Secret Service, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and House Energy & Commerce Committee
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The State | 3 days ago
DeMint, Wilson rip bogus job creation claims
...in addition to the 53 it actually has. Republicans weren't the only ones to criticize the error. U.S. Rep. David Obey , D- Wis. , who chairs the House Appropriations Committee , gave a stinging rebuke. "The inaccuracies on recovery.gov that...
In this article: Joe Wilson, Jim DeMint, David Obey, South Carolina, Washington, Waste, U.S. House, GOP, and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
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Reuters | 3 days ago
House Dems sharpening too big to fail plan
...with "too big to fail" financial firms on Tuesday, while rejecting a Republican alternative that is expected to reappear later. The House Financial Services Committee , locked for weeks in debate over financial reforms, voted to kill a...
In this article: Brad Miller, House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank, Bankruptcy, Wall Street, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Lehman Brothers, and AIG
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washingtonpost.com | 4 days ago
White House won't provide witnesses for Fort Hood hearing
...totally agree with the President that this inquiry must not turn into 'political theater' and it will not." Separately, a closed-door Senate Armed Services Committee briefing on the status of the Fort Hood investigation has been postponed,...
In this article: Fort Hood, Joe Lieberman, White House, U.S. Army, and Susan Collins


