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March 12, 2008
The Education and Labor Committee held a hearing this morning on legislation to help prevent worksite explosions like the one at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Georgia, in early February that killed 12 workers and critically injured 11 others.
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March 11, 2008
To increase the public trust in Congress, the House has just passed H.Res. 895, to strengthen congressional ethics enforcement with a new Office of Congressional Ethics.
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March 11, 2008
The House has just voted on overriding the President's veto of the Intelligence Authorization bill (H.R. 2082), but the veto was sustained with 220 Democrats and only 5 Republicans voting to override. The President vetoed the bill over the provision that extends to U.S.
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March 11, 2008
Today the Education and Labor Committee Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held a hearing concerning President Bush's proposal to slash $281 million from funding for after school programs, which would force hundreds of thousands of children out of these safe, effective programs.
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March 11, 2008
Admiral Fallon's decision to resign is a disappointment to those of us who viewed his reputation for candor as an essential asset in his role as CENTCOM commander.
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March 11, 2008
The House has just sworn in Congressman Bill Foster, who represents Illinois' 14th Congressional District:
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March 10, 2008
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
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March 10, 2008
This morning Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight Committee sent letters to the Internal Revenue Service (pdf), the Small Business Administration (pdf), and t
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March 8, 2008
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this morning after President Bush vetoed the Intelligence Authorization Conference Report because it included a provision extending the Army Field Manual's prohibition on torture to intelligence community personnel: