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Carrie Johnson, Washington Post - June 14, 2007
The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee yesterday said he was "troubled" by disclosures that President Bush had expressed policy views that prompted administration lawyers not to file court briefs supporting investors.Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said the Bush administration was wrong to allow concerns about class-action lawsuits to override efforts this week by the Securities and Exchange Commission to file a brief in an upcoming Supreme Court case.
"You've got the president making economic arguments," Frank said in an interview yesterday. "Those aren't legal arguments. . . . I think they're setting a bad precedent."
Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post - June 13, 2007
The D.C. voting rights bill has won another victory. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved the legislation this morning by a vote of 9 to 1.Virginia's Sen. John W. Warner (R), cast the dissenting vote, but in an encouraging sign for advocates, three Republicans voted in favor of giving the District a full voting member in the House: Susan Collins of Maine, George V. Voinovich of Ohio and Norm Coleman of Minnesota.
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton:
Enforces the provisions of the 1968 Gun Control Act, which has been law for nearly 40 yearsImproves the accuracy of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), which was created in 1994 -- with many records currently not in the system
Authorizes $375 million a year for three years in grants to states and their courts to import the records of those barred from purchasing a firearm under the 1968 Gun Control Act into the federal NICS system
Protects the privacy of all records, including mental health records, by prohibiting their use for any purpose outside of NICS
The Education and Labor Committee is currently holding a markup of the "College Cost Reduction Act of 2007." The bill would be the single largest investment in college financial aid since the GI Bill, helping millions of students and families pay for college -- and doing so at no new cost to U.S. taxpayers. The legislation would boost college financial aid by nearly $20 billion over the next five years, paying for itself by reducing excessive federal subsidies paid to lenders in the college loan industry. It also includes $750 million in federal budget deficit reduction.
June 13, 2007
The President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
Judiciary Chairmen Conyers, Leahy Issues Subpoenas For White House Officials, Documents...Senate, House Judiciary Panels Compel Former White House Officials To Provide Testimony, Information In Connection With Investigations Of U.S. Attorney Firings And Politicization Within Dept. Of Justice
WASHINGTON (Wednesday, June 13) -- Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., today issued subpoenas to two former White House officials compelling them to provide testimony and related information as part of ongoing congressional investigations into the mass firings of well-performing federal prosecutors and the politicization of hiring and firing within the Department of Justice.
Chairman Henry Waxman gives opening remarks: