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Today marks the last day of the "The Food Stamp Challenge" by four Members of Congress - Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) and Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO).

From the Science Committee:

Today, Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers and Subcommittee Chairwoman Linda Sánchez sent a letter to White House Counsel Fred Fielding, offering the White House one last chance at cooperation with the Committee's ongoing investigation into the US Attorney firings and noted that the evidence to date indicated that the White House played a central role in the matter.

A sample of hearings scheduled for Tuesday, May 22, 2007:

Armed Services -- Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

9:00 am: Training of Iraqi Security Forces and the Use of Transition Teams

Foreign Affairs Committee

10:00 am: Iraq: Is Reconstruction Failing?

Speaker Pelosi delivered the commencement address at the University of San Francisco's McLaren School of Business saying, "We know that America's world leadership will be secured by those who operate on the frontier of knowledge and discovery.

As noted yesterday, the White House issued a Statement of Administration Policy (pdf) declaring their opposition to a 3.5% pay raise for the troops and an additional $40 per month for widows of slain soldiers, as well as additional benefits for surviving family members