Immunity for Goodling?
From the Judiciary Committee: House Judiciary Committee to Vote on Granting former Justice Official Monica Goodling Immunity (Washington, DC)-House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) scheduled a meeting of the Committee for TOMORROW, April 18, at 10:15 a.m. to consider granting… Continue
Oversight Follow-Up Hearing on Walter Reed
The Oversight Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs is holding a hearing to examine the Pentagon's subsequent response to the Subcommittee's March 5 field hearing on allegations of unacceptable care and living conditions of wounded soldiers housed at the Walter Reed… Continue
Appropriations Chairmen on Iraq
An op-ed today by the respective chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations committees closes with the following: Bush’s choice on funding the troops House Appropriations Chairman Dave Obey and Senate Appropriations Chairman Robert Byrd Christian Science Monitor – April 17, 2007… Continue
Speaker Pelosi Offers Moment of Silence Following Virginia Tech Shootings
This afternoon, Speaker Pelosi asked for a moment of silence on the House floor following the deadly shootings on the campus of Virginia Tech. Below are her remarks: Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness that I rise to acknowledge that today… Continue
"Free D.C."
D.C. Voting Rights Supporters March to Capitol Mary Beth Sheridan, Hamil R. Harris and David Nakamura Washington Post – April 16, 2007 Despite winds and a light rain, thousands of chanting marchers led by D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty headed down Pennsylvania… Continue
GAO on Outsourced Science
From the Science Committee: GAO Finds Science Agencies Have Few Activities Left To Outsource To Private Sector (Washington, DC) Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN), Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology, today received from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) a report… Continue
DOJ Fails to Comply with House Judiciary Subpoena
From the Judiciary Committee: Justice Department Fails to Comply with House Judiciary Subpoena (Washington, DC)- Today, U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) issued the following statement in response to the Justice Department’s failure to comply with the Committee’s subpoena… Continue
Democrats Are Ready to Work With the President to Wind Down This War
The Democratic leadership of Congress will work with President Bush and our Republican colleagues to build consensus that provides for our veterans, protects our troops, rebuilds our military, holds the Iraqi government accountable, and responsibly winds down this war. Both the House… Continue
"It's a New Direction"
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Leader Harry Reid penned the following joint op-ed in yesterday’s Orlando Sentinel regarding Democrats’ accomplishments in the first 100 days. An excerpt on Iraq: Democrats’ Reid, Pelosi: It’s a new direction Speaker Pelosi and Senate Leader Reid,… Continue
The Do-Nothing Republican Congress vs. The New Direction Democratic Congress
As today marks the end of the first 100 days of the 110th Congress, see how our work compares with previous Congresses: Data from the Office of the Clerk.
