Rep. Tim Ryan (OH-17) speaks in favor of the package of appropriations bills soon to be sent to the President: Rep. Ryan: “You know, I think all that rhetoric maybe nice but what we’re trying to do here is run … Continue reading
The House has just passed the Trade and Globalization Assistance Act, H.R. 3920 by a vote of 264-157. The bill would overhaul the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program — expanding opportunities for job training to transition workers into 21st Century … Continue reading
The Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight is currently holding a hearing, “Activities of the Department of State's Office of the Inspector General.” Comptroller General David Walker, head of the GAO, is the sole witness. Watch … Continue reading
Today Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight Committee wrote to White House Counsel Fred Fielding asking him to turn over more than 600 pages of documents relating to the activities of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff that are being withheld because … Continue reading
Yesterday the Appropriations subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs held a hearing, “Assessing an Effective Diplomatic and Development Program in Iraq: An Examination of the ‘Diplomatic Surge.’” Watch the hearing replayed on C Span 3. Subcommittee Chair Nita … Continue reading
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Representatives Bobby Rush, Rosa DeLauro, Bart Stupak, and Diana DeGette and consumer advocate Donald Mays held a news conference in the Capitol this afternoon on Democratic efforts to promote consumer product and toy safety. Speaker Pelosi announced … Continue reading
Today Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight Committee wrote to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to ask who conferred immunity on the Blackwater security guards involved in the September 16 shooting, who authorized the grant of immunity, and when did … Continue reading
You would think that the President would take pride in the New Direction Congress' bipartisan votes to make America safer by implementing the 9/11 Commission recommendations, give hard-working Americans a raise by increasing the minimum wage, make college more affordable … Continue reading
The Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties is currently holding a hearing, “Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.” John K. Tanner, Chief of the Voting Right Section, will testify, … Continue reading
Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel issued the following statement after Congressional Republicans met with President Bush: “President Bush's rally this morning reminds us that Congressional Republicans remain ready and willing to rubberstamp the Bush agenda: No to children's health care; … Continue reading