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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

From the Judiciary Committee: Conyers, Sánchez Confirm Harriet Miers for Public Hearing, Announce Vote to Authorize RNC Subpoena (Washington, DC)- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. and Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee Chairwoman Linda Sánchez confirmed that former White House… Continue

The Oversight Committee has been investigating whether White House officials violated the Presidential Records Act by using e-mail accounts maintained by the Republican National Committee and the Bush Cheney '04 campaign for official White House communications. This interim staff report provides a… Continue

Having postponed debate on the subpoena for former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card regarding the leaking of covert CIA Agent Valerie Plame’s identity pending negotiations with White House Counsel Fred Fielding, and having cancelled the subpoena vote for documents regarding… Continue

In addition to Chairman Waxman’s separate letter to Attorney General Gonzales, Chairman John Conyers and Subcommittee Chairwoman Linda Sánchez have sent a letter to the Republican National Committee requesting they deliver, by next week, emails and any other documents relating to the… Continue

From the Oversight Committee web site: Following briefings from the White House and Republican National Committee that revealed an extensive volume of e-mails regarding official government business may have been destroyed by the RNC, Chairman Waxman directs government agencies to preserve e-mails… Continue

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer for a press conference ahead of the House and Senate Conferees first public meeting for the GOP Tax Bill.  Below are the Leader’s remarks:

Leader Pelosi. Good morning everyone! As President Trump inflicts his failed so-called vision on our country, he and the Republican Congress have not lifted a finger to create more of the good-paying jobs America needs. The sudden ICE raids, the dangerous and unconstitutional Muslim and Refugee Ban, the weakness before Russia, the list goes on.

Maybe House Republicans need another memo. The second session of the 113th Congress has just begun and already there are indications House Republicans are losing track of their message. As RNC Chairman Reince Prebius told reporters yesterday that despite the urgent need… Continue

More than 90 percent of Americans support universal background checks for people purchasing firearms. Politico – A survey from Quinnipiac University released last week found that Americans back such background checks 91-8 percent. Voters in gun-owning households say the same, 88-11 percent…. Continue