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Yesterday Members of the House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and Members of the Senate Subcommittee on Space, Aeronautics and Related Sciences held a

Yesterday the Education and Labor Committee held a hearing, "Protecting U.S. and Guest Workers: the Recruitment and Employment of Temporary Foreign Labor."

Chairman George Miller:

The Oversight Subcommittee on Domestic Policy is currently holding a hearing, "Hot Fuel: Big Oil's Double Standard for Measuring Gasoline." The hearing is examining high gasoline prices, specifically addressing the "hot fuels" problem -- during the summer, the amount

Last July, despite overwhelming support from the American people and a solid majority of the Congress, President Bush vetoed the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2006.

Today, Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers and Constitution Subcommittee Chairman Jerrold Nadler sent a letter to Vice President Dick Cheney, asking him to recuse himself from any involvement in issues related to the I. Scooter Libby criminal prosecution and potential pardon.

Full letter (pdf):

The Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties is currently holding an oversight hearing on the Constitutional limitations on domestic surveillance.

Testimony offered yesterday before the Senate Banking Committee raised questions about whether some student lenders are using inappropriate criteria to determine the loan terms and other borrower benefits they offer to students at different colleges -- that is, whether the lenders may in some cases be "redlining".