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July 25, 2007
The contempt proceedings in the House Judiciary Committee today are part of a broader effort by House Democrats to restore our nation's fundamental system of checks and balances.
The Constitution gives the Congress a crucial role in overseeing the Executive Branch in order to protect the American people against overreaching, incompetence, and corruption.
Blog Post
July 25, 2007
"The Democratic Congress will go on record -- every day if necessary -- to register a judgment in opposition to the course of action that the President is taking in Iraq. The Democratic Congress will go on record -- every day if necessary -- to fight for a redeployment of our forces as the central element of a New Direction strategy for Iraq."
- Speaker Pelosi, 7/25/07
Blog Post
July 25, 2007
UPDATE: The Committee has approved the report recommending to the House that Miers and Bolten be cited for Contempt of Congress.
Press Release
July 24, 2007
"'Leader Reid, it seems like yesterday we were here urging the Senate to end the war in Iraq and bring our troops home. And here we are, one week later, gathered here to observe a remarkable thing. An increase in minimum wage shouldn't be that remarkable, but it took 10 long years because of Republican obstructionism to block fairness for an increase in the minimum wage. Ten years. In fact, in the last Congress, the Republicans prevented consideration of the minimum wage coming to the House floor 11 times. Does that tell you whose side they are on?"
Blog Post
July 24, 2007
Working full time, a minimum wage worker brings home only $10,712 a year, nearly $6,000 below the poverty level for a family of three. Today, minimum wage workers will see the first federal pay increase in a decade. Raising the minimum wage means a $4,400 yearly pay raise--money that could pay for 15 months of groceries, or more than two years of health care.
Blog Post
July 24, 2007
Continuing the ongoing investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Army Ranger Specialist Patrick Tillman, an update from the Oversight Committee:
Blog Post
July 24, 2007
Today Oversight Committee Chairman Waxman released two new analyses that examine the impact of the Medicaid citizenship documentation requirements that went into effect in 2006. A GAO analysis shows that the requirements have caused eligible U.S.
Articles
July 24, 2007
"This is the first piece of legislation [of the six for 06] passed by the new Democratic majority in Congress to take effect. That had party leaders cheering on Capitol Hill today."
Articles
July 24, 2007
" More Armani than Carhartt, Speaker Nancy Pelosi brings her style of coalition politics to the House farm-bill debate this week as she tries to balance the need for change in federal agricultural programs with the Democrats' dream of reviving the party's historic urban-rural alliances."
Press Release
July 23, 2007
"'Today's vote to renew U.S. import restrictions on the military regime in Burma sends a clear message that those fighting for democracy and human rights in Burma do not stand alone in their struggle."