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Iraq Reporting Fact Check
GENERAL PETRAEUS’ TESTIMONY: "As a bottom line up front, the military objectives of the surge are, in large measure, being met." [Testimony, 9/10/07] OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT: The President’s justification for the surge was that "reducing the violence in Baghdad will help make reconciliation… Continue
House Hearing With Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus
Ambassador Ryan Crocker and General David Petraeus are currently testifying in a joint hearing with the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees. Watch the hearing live on C Span 3. Chairman Ike Skelton of the Armed Services Committee gives opening remarks: Chairman… Continue
Democrats on Iraq Reporting
At 12:30, General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker will testify to a joint House hearing about the coming White House report on Iraq. Reps. Jan Schakowsky and Lloyd Doggett discussed the White House’s reporting this morning on the House floor: Rep. Schakowsky: “On… Continue
Pelosi: ‘Bipartisan Patent Reform Bill Crucial for American Innovation and Economic Growth’
“‘The bipartisan patent reform bill is a significant step toward our Innovation Agenda. It will strengthen the patent system and improve patent quality.”
Pelosi: Congress Passes Largest Investment in College Financial Aid Since the GI Bill
“‘This legislation cuts the interest rates on student loans in half, saving nearly 7 million students who take out need-based federal loans about $4,400. It increases the maximum Pell Grant scholarship more than $1,000, giving 5.5 million students help to afford the expanding cost of college. The bill makes an investment in the 2.3 million students who attend Historically Black College and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Asian American and Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions, and other minority serving schools. It also ensures that we have highly qualified teachers in our classrooms – a key proposal of House Democrats’ Innovation Agenda – by providing upfront tuition for highly qualified teachers who agree to teach in a high needs school.”
Pelosi on Reported Administration Plan to Leave All U.S. Forces in Iraq
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on conflicting news reports about the intentions of the White House and General David Petraeus to withdraw one brigade next year or to maintain the current troop level in Iraq. Below… Continue
On Reported Administration Plan to Leave All U.S. Forces in Iraq
Recent reports — the National Intelligence Estimate, and the GAO and Jones Commission reports — all document the widespread failure of the Iraqi government to meet critical political reform benchmarks set by President Bush himself in January. The stay-the-course strategy by General… Continue
House Passes Largest Investment in Student Aid Since GI Bill
The House has just passed the final House-Senate agreement on the College Cost Reduction and Access Act, H.R. 2669, which would make the largest single investment in college financial aid since the GI Bill of 1944. The bill will now go to… Continue
Emanuel on Iraq Report: We don't need a report that wins the Nobel Prize for creative statistics or the Pulitzer for fiction
As the Gavel noted yesterday, the Washington Post reported U.S. military leaders and the White House are “cherry-picking” data on violence in Iraq to bolster their claims that the President's failed war strategy is working. In order to support this claim, military… Continue
Pelosi — SCHIP Bill a Giant Step for America’s Children
“‘When people ask me what the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say the same thing: our children, our children, our children. Their health; their education; the economic security of their families; the retirement and security of their grandparents; healthy, safe neighborhood and environment in which they can thrive; and a world at peace in which they can participate.”