... 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,...

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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...

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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.

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...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

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...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...

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...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

...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...

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...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...

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...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...

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...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...

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...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,...

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...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...

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...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...

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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

...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...

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...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

...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