Archive: 2008

The House has just passed the fiscal year 2008 supplemental. This version of the supplemental reflects an agreement that was reached yesterday by the House Democratic Leadership, the House GOP Leadership, and the White House. The proposal consisted of two amendments. Amendment… Continue

The House has just passed the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act, H.R. 5781 by a vote of 278-146. This legislation will help families by providing four weeks of paid parental leave to federal and congressional employees. In addition to the four… Continue

This afternoon Donna Edwards was sworn in on the House floor to fill the 4th district seat of Maryland. Rep. Edwards: “And so today I am an agent of change and an agent of their mandate. In America’s… profile is slightly tarnished… Continue

“It was almost inevitable that a combination of $4-a-gallon gas, public anxiety and politicians eager to win votes or repair legacies would produce political pandering on an epic scale. So it has, the latest instance being President Bush’s decision to ask Congress to end the federal ban on offshore oil and gas drilling along much of America’s continental shelf.”

“We take an oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic. In that Preamble to that Constitution, we must provide for the common defense. Essential to honoring that commitment to protect the American people is to have the operational intelligence that will help us do that.”

“We were able to come to this compromise because we were ready.”

The Oversight Committee is currently holding a hearing, “Examining Grantmaking Practices at the Department of Justice.” The hearing will examine how the Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded grants in fiscal year 2007. Watch the hearing live… Continue

From today's White House press briefing: Q I’ll press for documentation from Pelosi’s office as far as her claim on the 80 percent, but do you guys have information, statistics to verify — MR. FRATTO: The Energy Information Agency over at the… Continue

The Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties is currently holding a hearing, “From the Department of Justice to Guantanamo Bay: Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation Rules, Part II.” Witnesses will include Douglas Feith, Daniel Levin, David B. Rivkin,… Continue

“This legislation deserved the broad, bipartisan support it garnered and thanks to another strong, bipartisan vote today to override the President’s veto, it will become law despite the opposition of President Bush.”