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October 17, 2008
Speaker Pelosi has called on all relevant committee to schedule hearings in the coming weeks on the key provisions of a fiscally responsible recovery package so that Congress can move rapidly to get our economy moving again and to provide assistance to hard hit middle- and low income American families.
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October 16, 2008
Reflecting record high prices facing American consumers, a 5.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security beneficiaries was announced today. The AP reports:
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October 16, 2008
Oversight Committee Chairman Waxman wrote to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates today regarding internal Defense Department documents that assert that the International Oil Trading Company (IOTC) charged prices that were not "fair and reasonable" to deliver fuel through Jordan to Iraq.
Chairman Waxman writes:
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October 15, 2008
Today, the House Oversight Committee released a draft report finding "that the White House used the political affairs office to orchestrate an aggressive strategy to use taxpayer-funded trips to help elect Republican candidates for public office." Over the course of the Committee's investigation, they found that "from January 1, 2006, until the mid-term elections on November 7, 2006, cabinet secr
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October 15, 2008
Today, USA Today published an editorial by Speaker Pelosi about the need for an economic recovery package:
We need to do moreLarge economic stimulus package will benefit American families
By Nancy Pelosi
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October 14, 2008
The coordinated actions announced today by the Treasury Department, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Federal Reserve are steps in the right direction that could help to restore confidence in our financial markets and the routine flow of credit to our financial system that is essential for small businesses and consumers.
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October 14, 2008
"Creative is a good word to describe it," said Mark Rozell, another executive-privilege expert who is a professor at George Mason University's School of Public Policy, about the attorney general's contention. "This is really an argument to protect the White House's own political interests and save it from embarrassment."
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October 9, 2008
Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent the following letter to President George W. Bush urging him to call an emergency meeting of the G-8 heads of state to address the continued instability in world financial markets and the freeze in global credit.
The letter:
October 9, 2008The Honorable George W. Bush
The President of the United States
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October 9, 2008
Speaker Pelosi announced today that House Democratic leaders will convene an economic forum on Monday with some of America's leading economists to help Congress develop an economic recovery plan that focuses on creating jobs and strengthening our economy:
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October 7, 2008
Speaker Pelosi today called on the Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson to strengthen the conflict of interest provisions included in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act to ensure that taxpayers' interests are protected.