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Chairman Conyers Invites McClellan to Testify June 20th
June 9, 2008
From the Judiciary Committee:

Conyers Invites McClellan to Testify June 20th

(Washington, DC)- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) invited former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan to testify before the Committee at a June 20th hearing about reported efforts to cover up the role of the White House in the Valerie Plame leak as described in his recent book, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception.

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Oversight Committee Releases Proposed Abramoff Report
June 9, 2008
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. Abramoff and his associates in high regard and solicited recommendations from them on policy matters, that Mr. Abramoff and his associates influenced some White House actions, and that Mr.
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Fifth Straight Month of Job Losses
June 6, 2008
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 economy has lost nearly 325,000 since the beginning of the year.

Speaker Pelosi on the disappointing May jobs report:

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Senate Reports Confirm Administration Justification for Iraq War Built on Deception
June 5, 2008
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.
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House Passes Budget Conference Report
June 5, 2008
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. This budget is fiscally responsible, reduces the deficit, and returns the nation's budget to balance in 2012 and is fully compliant with pay-as-you-go budget rules.
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Foreign Affairs Hearing on the Future of U.S.-Iraqi Relations
June 4, 2008
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 Honorable Khalaf Al-Ulayyan of the Council of Representatives of Iraq.
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Pelosi: 19 Years Ago Today, the Tiananmen Square Massacre Challenged the Conscience of the World
June 4, 2008
Image removed.Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks at a rally on Capitol Hill today to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing on June 4, 1989. Below are the Speaker's remarks:

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Foreign Affairs Hearing on Detainee Treatment at Guantanamo
June 4, 2008
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Chairman Waxman Requests FBI Interviews of President Bush and Vice President Cheney
June 3, 2008
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.

Full text of the letter (pdf):

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Judiciary Chairman Conyers on McClellan Revelations
May 30, 2008
From the Judiciary Committee:

Conyers: McClellan Revelations Troubling, Require Further Scrutiny

(Washington, DC)- Today, House Judiciary Commitee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) released the following statement in response to revelation about the Valerie Plame CIA leak made in former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's new book, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception: