“Don't Stay the Course” Hartford Courant — July 16, 2007 “Mr. Bush is right in saying that “war fatigue” ails the country. More important than fatigue, however, is a loss of faith in Mr. Bush’s leadership…We are in the fifth year of… Continue

As noted on Friday, Chairman Henry Waxman and Ranking Republican Tom Davis of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee wrote letters to White House Counsel Fred Fielding, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and RNC Chairman Mike Duncan requesting further documents regarding the handling… Continue

On Wednesday the New York Times reported: Hurricane Center's Director Is Replaced After a Mutiny Kenneth Chang, New York Times – July 10, 2007 Without ever presiding over a hurricane forecast, the director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami left his… Continue

From the Judiciary Committee: House Judiciary Committee Issues Subpoena for RNC Documents (Washington, DC) – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), issued a subpoena for documents from the Republican National Committee (RNC) as part of ongoing congressional investigations into… Continue

On April 24, 2007 the Oversight Committee held a hearing, “Misleading Information from the Battlefield,” which focused on the rescue of Army Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq and the death of Army Ranger Specialist Patrick Tillman in Afghanistan. The Gavel covered the… Continue

Last night the House passed the Section 8 Voucher Reform Act of 2007, H.R. 1851, sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-35). The bill expands the number of families receiving vouchers by 20,000 a year for each of the next five years and… Continue

The House has passed the Responsible Redeployment from Iraq Act by a vote of 223-201. This marks the largest vote in favor of redeployment to date. The legislation, sponsored by Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton, would begin the responsible redeployment of… Continue

From the Oversight and Government Reform Committee: Rep. Waxman to Introduce the “Surgeon General Independence Act” WASHINGTON, DC — Today Rep. Henry A. Waxman announced his plans to introduce legislation to protect the Surgeon General from political interference. On Tuesday, the Oversight… Continue

The House is currently debating HR 2956, the Responsible Redeployment from Iraq Act. The legislation, sponsored by Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton, would begin the responsible redeployment of U.S. troops within 120 days and complete redeployment by April 1, 2008. The… Continue

The report describes a policy badly in need of a New Direction. The report is not a snapshot of what is happening in Iraq today, but a sad reality of what has been occurring in that country for the past few years…. Continue