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Oberstar, Waxman Question EPA on Clean Water Act Enforcement

Internal EPA Document Shows Enforcement is Suffering

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Increases Pell Grants by $490, raising the maximum award to $4,731

Provides up-front tuition assistance of $4,000 each year for students who commit to teaching high-need subjects in high-need public schools

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Conyers and Sánchez: Rove Not Immune from Testifying

(Washington, DC)- House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Subcommittee Chairwoman Linda Sánchez (D-CA) responded today to Karl Rove attorney Robert Luskin's letter advising the Committee that Rove would not appear before the Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee, in violation of the Committee's subpoena. In his letter, received yesterday, Luskin reiterated his offer to make Rove available for an off-the-record interview, without an oath, about the Siegelman matter only, although the Committee has made clear the need to explore with Rove related issues concerning the politicization of the Justice Department such as the US Attorney firings at any hearing or interview.

Ben Lando, UPI - June 25, 2008

U.S. congressional leaders are pressing the Bush administration to block deals to be signed between the Iraqi federal government and the world's largest oil companies and to cancel deals between the Iraqi Kurdish region and smaller U.S. oil firms.

Sens. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., John Kerry, D-Mass., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., want the United States to dam negotiations on contracts the senators claim will, in part, further sectarian fighting.