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July 24, 2008
The Oversight Committee is currently holding a hearing, "The Medicare Drug Benefit: Are Private Insurers Getting Good Discounts for the Taxpayer?" The Medicare Part D program provides prescription drug coverage to almost 30 million enrollees, and will cost federal taxpayers almost $1 trillion in th
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July 23, 2008
The House has just passed the most comprehensive response yet to the American mortgage crisis by a vote of 272-152. The American Housing Rescue & Foreclosure Prevention Act, H.R.
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July 23, 2008
Eight months after the Democratic-led New Direction Congress led the enactment of a landmark new energy policy for our country, House Republicans are now releasing an energy plan that largely rehashes failed ideas on domestic drilling or proposes ideas that they have repeatedly blocked in the past.
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July 23, 2008
The Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee is currently holding a hearing, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Review." The hearing will include testimony from military veterans on the effects of the policy.
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July 23, 2008
The Armed Services Committee is currently holding a hearing, "On the Comptroller General's progress report on Iraq." Witnesses are Gene Dodaro, Acting Comptroller General of the United States, and Joseph Christoff, Director of International Affairs and Trade for the Government Accountability
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July 22, 2008
Today the Education and Labor Committee held a hearing, "Innovation in Education through Business and Education STEM Partnerships," to examine how business-education partnerships can help drive innovation and strengthen math and science education in America's schools.
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July 21, 2008
President Bush has long maintained that the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq should be governed by the situation in Iraq. It is now clear that the situation in Iraq is that Prime Minister al-Maliki and other Iraqi leaders want the withdrawal of our combat forces to be completed within a 16-month period, as recommended by Senator Obama.
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July 21, 2008
Democrats press Gates, KBR on poor electrical work
Donna Borak, Associated Press - July 18, 2008
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July 17, 2008
Today, the House debated the Drill Responsibly in Leased Lands (DRILL) Act, a bill to promote the responsible domestic production of oil and natural gas, particularly in 20 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
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July 17, 2008
Today, Rep. Brad Miller introduced the Special Criminal Contempt of Congress Act. The bill provides for a Special Division of the U.S.