From the Judiciary and Armed Services Committees: SKELTON/CONYERS Introduce Habeas Reform Legislation Washington, DC — House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) introduced legislation today which would uphold the principle of habeas corpus… Continue

The Oversight Committee is currently holding a hearing, “The Government’s Response to the Nation’s Emergency Room Crisis.” Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD-07) is chairing the proceedings. Watch the hearing live via committee webcast or on C Span 3. Rep. Cummings: “The many dedicated… Continue

As noted here yesterday, Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight Committee has written to Vice President Cheney regarding the fact that he exempted his office from the presidential order that establishes government-wide procedures for safeguarding classified national security information. The Vice President… Continue

“Global warming and climate change are formidable issues that the entire world is confronting, and the United States Congress must lead by example. This plan is an essential first step, because it not only will make the House a better place to… Continue

The Judiciary Committee is currently holding a hearing, “The Continuing Investigation into the U.S. Attorneys Controversy and Related Matters.” Former Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty will testify. Read his opening remarks >> Watch the hearing live via committee webcast or on C… Continue

From the Oversight and Government Reform Committee: Vice President Exempts His Office from the Requirements for Protecting Classified Information Washington, D.C. — The Oversight Committee has learned that over the objections of the National Archives, Vice President Cheney exempted his office from… Continue

The Committee on Foreign Affairs is currently hosting the first-ever open meeting between the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on International Affairs of the Duma, the legislature of the Russian Federation. The joint session will mark the third in the… Continue

Today the House debated the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act. The Act is named in honor of Emmett Till, a teenager who was brutally murdered and mutilated while on a summer vacation in Money, Mississippi in 1955. The act establishes… Continue

From the Judiciary Committee: Deputy Attorney General to Testify About U.S. Attorney Firings Washington — On Thursday, June 21, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (CAL) is scheduled to hear the testimony of Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty as… Continue

From the Education and Labor Committee: House Labor Committee Approves Bill to Extend Collective Bargaining Rights to Public Safety Workers in all 50 States WASHINGTON, D.C. — By an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 42-1, the House Education and Labor Committee today approved… Continue