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March 3, 2008
"Congress will continue to focus our attention and efforts on the strains Americans are feeling, especially with the mortgage foreclosure crisis and the falling purchasing power of their paychecks. At this forum, we will bring together the leading minds on these issues with the legislators who are prepared to make a difference."
Articles
March 1, 2008
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said if the United States weren't mired in an enormously costly war in Iraq, far more money would be available for education and clean-energy job training like the program she was in the GardenState to tout on Friday."
Blog Post
February 29, 2008
Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in response to a letter she received late this afternoon from U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey stating that the Administration is refusing to enforce contempt of Congress citations against former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten:
Blog Post
February 29, 2008
From the Judiciary Committee on the DOJ decision:
Conyers Outraged at Justice Department Contempt Decision Vows to Enforce Subpoenas(Washington, DC)- Today, the House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) reacted to the Justice Department's decision not to present contempt citations against former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten to a grand jury, despite a statutory obligation to do so:
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Pelosi: Intelligence Bill is a Critical Step in Protecting Our Country; the President Should Sign It
February 29, 2008
Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on Congress sending the fiscal year 2008 Intelligence Authorization Act Conference Report to the President. President Bush has threatened to veto the legislation because it extends the prohibition on torture contained in the Army Field Manual to Intelligence Community personnel.
Blog Post
February 29, 2008
Today Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight Committee wrote to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice regarding new documents that identify "critical" and "major" deficiencies in the construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, raising questions about the decision of the State Department to certify in December that the Embassy compound was "substantially complete." The letter reads in part:
Press Release
February 29, 2008
"By ordering the U.S. Attorney to take no action in response to congressional subpoenas, the Bush Administration is continuing to politicize law enforcement, which undermines public confidence in our criminal justice system."
Press Release
Pelosi: Intelligence Bill is a Critical Step in Protecting Our Country; the President Should Sign It
February 29, 2008
Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on Congress sending the fiscal year 2008 Intelligence Authorization Act Conference Report to the President. President Bush has threatened to veto the legislation because it extends the prohibition on torture contained in the Army Field Manual to Intelligence Community personnel.
Articles
February 29, 2008
"Congressional Democrats are turning to more populist, economic themes like mortgage foreclosures and big oil companies' profits now that military progress in Iraq is generating mixed political reviews."
Blog Post
February 28, 2008
From the Judiciary Committee on the contempt referral letter:
Conyers Urges U.S. Attorney to Present Contempt Citations to a Grand Jury(Washington, DC)- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) released the following statement in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) referring the Committee's contempt citations against former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeffrey Taylor: