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July 28, 2008
"President Bush has mortgaged our future with record deficit spending on the wrong priorities. An unnecessary and extraordinarily costly war in Iraq has turned record surpluses into record deficits. Meanwhile, our economy is in a severe economic slump as a result of this President's mismanagement."
Blog Post
July 28, 2008
Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after news reports indicated that the federal budget deficit will reach a record high of nearly $490 billion. The Bush Administration is expected to announce the exact figure later this afternoon.
Blog Post
July 28, 2008
DOJ: Former aide broke law in hiring scandal
Lara Jakes Jordan, Associated Press Writer - July 28, 2008
A new Justice Department report concludes that politics illegally influenced the hiring of career prosecutors and immigration judges, and largely lays the blame on top aides to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.Monday's report singles out the department's former White House liaison, Monica Goodling, for violating federal law and Justice Department policy by discriminating against job applicants who weren't Republican or conservative loyalists.
From the Judiciary Committee:
Blog Post
July 25, 2008
The Judiciary Committee is currently holding a hearing, "Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations."
Watch the hearing live on C Span 1.
Chairman Jerrold Nadler of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties gives opening remarks:
Articles
July 24, 2008
"The House approved a sweeping plan Wednesday to ease the country's most serious housing crisis since the Great Depression by providing aid to homeowners facing foreclosure and a federal backstop for struggling mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac."
Articles
July 24, 2008
"House Republicans on Thursday scuttled a bill that Democrats hoped would help lower gasoline prices by forcing the Energy Department to release 70 million barrels of oil -- about a three-day supply -- from the national stockpile."
Blog Post
July 24, 2008
The House has just passed the final version of the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act, by a vote of 303-115. The bill will now be sent to the President. This version is very similar to the original bill passed by the House in April and represents America's largest commitment ever to fighting this global epidemic.
Learn more in our current legislation section >>
Speaker Pelosi:
Blog Post
July 24, 2008
To combat record gas prices at $4.03 a gallon, the House has just voted on the Consumer Energy Supply Act, H.R. 6578. The measure received strong majority support with a vote of 268 to 157, but failed to receive the two-thirds necessary to pass under suspension of the rules. All Democrats present voted for the measure, while 157 Republicans voted against it. The bill would temporarily release nearly 10 percent of the oil from the government's stockpile (known as the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR)), and replace it later with heavier, cheaper crude oil. This could bring gas prices down, strengthen our national security, and be a good deal for the American taxpayer.
Press Release
July 24, 2008
"The Leadership Against HIV/AIDS Act is our compact with developing nations across the globe. It says that America stands with them in this fight, that our commitment will not waver, and shows them America's true face of compassion."
Press Release
July 24, 2008
"There is no greater love than the service that Officer Chestnut and Detective Gibson gave to our nation and to those privileged to serve within the United States Capitol."