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Today Chairman Henry Waxman and Ranking Member Tom Davis of the Oversight Committee issued a proposed Committee report on White House contacts with Jack Abramoff that concludes that Mr. Abramoff had personal contact with President Bush, that high-level White House officials held Mr.

Today, the Department of Labor released its employment report for May showing a loss of 49,000 jobs, and an unemployment rate that increased to 5.5 percent -- the biggest monthly rise since 1986.

The reports issued today by a bipartisan majority of the Senate Intelligence Committee are additional confirmation of the fact that the Bush Administration's justification for invading Iraq was built on false pretenses, misrepresentations, and deception.

By a vote of 214-210, the House has just passed the final agreement on the fiscal year 2009 budget (S. Con. Res. 70). For the first time since the year 2000, the Congress will pass a budget during an election year.

The Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight has just concluded a hearing, "The Future of U.S.-Iraqi Relations: The Perspective of the Iraqi Parliament." Witnesses included The Honorable Nadeem Al-Jaberi and The Hon

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The Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight is currently holding a hearing, "City on the Hill or Prison on the Bay?

Today Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight Committee urged Attorney General Mukasey to turn over the FBI interviews of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, citing new information from the FBI interview of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby and the recent disclosures by Scott McClellan.