Last week the House passed the Responsible Redeployment from Iraq Act with the largest vote in favor of redeployment to date. As debate rages in the Senate, House Democrats are giving a series of one-minute speeches on Iraq. Rep. John Hall (NY-19)… Continue

Today the House passed the 2008 Energy and Water Appropriations legislation, H.R. 2641. Despite the President’s veto threat (pdf), the bill passed with a veto proof majority of 312 to 112. The bill will address our nation's energy crisis as well as… Continue

Last week the House passed the Responsible Redeployment from Iraq Act with the largest vote in favor of redeployment to date. As debate rages in the Senate, House Democrats are giving a series of one-minute speeches on Iraq. Rep. Keith Ellison (MN-05)… Continue

Today, Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers and Reps. Linda Sánchez (CA-39), Artur Davis (AL-07), and Tammy Baldwin (WI-02) sent a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, asking him to provide documents and information about several prominent prosecutions and convictions of Democratic officials… Continue

The Bush Administration's unnecessary, ill-conceived, and ill-planned war in Iraq has made America less secure by turning our nation's full attention away from fighting terrorism. As the National Intelligence Estimate released this morning makes clear, nearly six years after the 9/11 attacks… Continue

From the Natural Resources Committee: Cheney Invited to Testify on Klamath Salmon Kill Washington, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, today confirmed that Vice President Dick Cheney, a former Member of the Committee,… Continue

From the Oversight Committee: Politicization of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Washington, D.C. — Today Chairman Waxman released new documents regarding politicization of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. The documents reveal that at the… Continue

The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations is currently holding a hearing, “Diminished Capacity: Can the FDA Assure the Safety and Security of the Nation’s Food Supply? — Part 2.” Witness list (pdf) >> Watch the hearing live via committee… Continue

Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers and Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Chairman Jerrold Nadler announced they have postponed a scheduled oversight hearing on the Justice Department’s Voting Rights Section of the Civil Rights Division because the Department refused to make… Continue

On Thursday we noted a new report from the Pentagon’s Inspector General which “found that a program to deliver special armored vehicles to protect military personnel in Iraq from roadside bombs has been marred by delays and questionable contracting practices that may… Continue