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Chairman Waxman: "He's saying he's above the law"
June 22, 2007
As noted here yesterday, Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight Committee has written to Vice President Cheney regarding the fact that he exempted his office from the presidential order that establishes government-wide procedures for safeguarding classified national security information. The Vice President asserts that his office is not an "entity within the executive branch."

Today the Washington Post follows up on its front page:

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Greening the Capitol Final Report
June 21, 2007

"Global warming and climate change are formidable issues that the entire world is confronting, and the United States Congress must lead by example. This plan is an essential first step, because it not only will make the House a better place to work and live near, but it will also make our institution a model -- one that cares about what kind of planet our children will inherit."
- Speaker Pelosi, 6/21/07

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McNulty's Testimony
June 21, 2007
The Judiciary Committee is currently holding a hearing, "The Continuing Investigation into the U.S. Attorneys Controversy and Related Matters." Former Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty will testify. Read his opening remarks >>

Watch the hearing live via committee webcast or on C Span 3.

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Oversight Committee on the Vice President and Classified Information
June 21, 2007
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Foreign Affairs Meeting with Russian Duma
June 21, 2007
The Committee on Foreign Affairs is currently hosting the first-ever open meeting between the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on International Affairs of the Duma, the legislature of the Russian Federation. The joint session will mark the third in the series of meetings between the American and Russian foreign affairs committees, with previous sessions held in Moscow (June 2004) and Washington (November 2005).
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The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act
June 20, 2007
Today the House debated the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act. The Act is named in honor of Emmett Till, a teenager who was brutally murdered and mutilated while on a summer vacation in Money, Mississippi in 1955. The act establishes an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice and an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit of the FBI to investigate violations of criminal civil rights statutes in which the act occurred before January 1, 1970 and resulted in death.
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McNulty Testimony at Noon on Thursday
June 20, 2007
From the Judiciary Committee:

Deputy Attorney General to Testify About U.S. Attorney Firings

Washington -- On Thursday, June 21, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (CAL) is scheduled to hear the testimony of Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty as part of the House Judiciary Committee's investigation into the Bush Administration's mass firing of U.S. Attorneys.

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Collective Bargaining Rights for Public Safety Workers
June 20, 2007
From the Education and Labor Committee:

House Labor Committee Approves Bill to Extend Collective Bargaining Rights to Public Safety Workers in all 50 States

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- By an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 42-1, the House Education and Labor Committee today approved legislation to guarantee the rights of firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical service workers in all 50 states to collectively bargain for better wages, benefits and working conditions.

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Bush Veto of Stem Cell Bill Says 'No' to the Hopes of Million of Families Across America
June 20, 2007
Once again, the President has ignored the will of the American people, of leading medical researchers, and of a bipartisan majority of the Congress. His cruel veto says 'no' to the hopes of million of families across America.

Stem cell research offers the potential of lifesaving treatment and enjoys the overwhelming support of the American people.

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Caucus Chairman Emanuel on President Bush's Veto of Stem Cell Research
June 20, 2007
The New York Times reports today that President Bush will try to temper the political blowback of his veto of expanded stem cell research by offering a new proposal in its place:

Bush Will Pair Veto With New Cell Initiative

Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times - June 20, 2007