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“‘If President Bush applied for a credit card, any bank in America would turn him down as a bad credit risk. He has put more foreign debt on the nation’s credit card than all previous Presidents combined — saddling our children and grandchildren with $3.3 trillion in new debt.”

Washington, D.C. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in response to a speech in Indiana this afternoon by President Bush in which he compared Congress to “a teenager with a new credit card.” Below the Speaker's statement is a… Continue

Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in response to a speech in Indiana this afternoon by President Bush in which he compared Congress to ‘a teenager with a new credit card.’

Congressman Joe Sestak (PA-7), a member of the Armed Services Committee, delivered the Democratic Radio Address this morning. In his address, Congressman Sestak discusses the New Direction Congress' efforts to care for our veterans, as our nation honors their sacrifices on Veterans… Continue

The House has just passed the Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007, H.R. 3996 by a vote of 216-193, which would provide millions of middle-class families with tax cuts and help grow our economy without increasing the national debt. The Temporary Tax… Continue

“The House on Wednesday approved a bill granting broad protections against discrimination in the workplace for gay men, lesbians and bisexuals, a measure that supporters praised as the most important civil rights legislation since the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 but that opponents said would result in unnecessary lawsuits.”

The House has begun debate on the rule for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), H.R. 3685, to be followed by debate on the bill itself. In 30 states, it is currently legal to fire someone simply because of his or her sexual… Continue

“In the year since the Democrats won control of the House for the first time in a dozen years, Pelosi has made it clear that while she is an activist — a decisive and partisan Speaker who often gets involved in the nitty-gritty details of legislation — she also is a pragmatist who is unafraid to disappoint her liberal base in the cause of maintaining or even expanding her party’s House majority in 2008 and beyond.”

“Rice will finally appear. But Waxman (D-Calif.) has not spent the week on a victory lap. He has found time to produce evidence accusing State Department security contractor Blackwater Worldwide of tax evasion, to fire off a letter to Rice demanding information about alleged mismanagement of a $1 billion contract to train Iraqi police, and to hold a hearing on uranium poisoning on Navajo land.”

The Judiciary Subcommittees on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security and Commercial and Administrative Law are currently holding a joint hearing, “Allegations of Selective Prosecution: The Erosion of Public Confidence in Our Federal Justice System.” Witness include Richard Thornburgh of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart… Continue