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March 21, 2007
"I hope the Democrats, under Speaker Nancy Pelosi, keep pushing to set a deadline for withdrawal from Iraq, because they are providing two patriotic services that the Republicans failed to offer in the previous four years: The first is policy discipline."
Blog Post
March 21, 2007
A release from the Judiciary Committee:
Judiciary Subcommittee Authorizes Chairman Conyers to Issue Subpoenas in US Attorney Investigation(Washington, DC)- Today, the House Judiciary Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee (CAL) voted to authorize the full committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) to issue subpoenas for current and former White House and Justice Department officials Karl Rove, Harriet Miers, William Kelley, Scott Jennings and Kyle Sampson, as well as documents that the Committee has not yet received.
Blog Post
March 21, 2007
The Energy Committee's Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality is currently holding a joint hearing with the Science Committee's Subcommittee on Energy and Environment entitled "Perspectives on Climate Change."
Witnesses: Former Vice President Al Gore and Dr. Bjørn Lomborg, Adjunct Professor, Copenhagen Consensus Center, Copenhagen Business School
Press Release
March 20, 2007
"With the war in Iraq now in its fifth year, the need for a strategy to bring the involvement of United States combat troops in the fighting to an end is all the more urgent. The plan approved last week by the House Appropriations Committee, which conditions U.S. support on the accomplishment of performance benchmarks by the Iraqi government and establishes a process for shifting the focus of the U.S. military mission from combat to training and redeploying our troops, in my judgment offers a better chance for success than the open-ended commitment favored by President Bush."
Press Release
March 20, 2007
"'Despite President Bush's request that our assistance to Iraq continue to be given with 'no strings attached,' the United States cannot afford an open-ended commitment to a war without end. A means must be devised to end the U.S. combat role in Iraq and reduce our troop levels, so that we can begin to rebuild our military and reclaim our position of leadership in the world."
Blog Post
March 20, 2007
Last night, on the 4th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War, Speaker Pelosi spoke on the House floor about the Democrats' plan for Iraq:
The U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act.
Here is what other military experts have said in endorsing the Democrats' plan:
Blog Post
March 20, 2007
As noted earlier, today the House is debating a bill to speed up the repair and rebuilding of homes and affordable rental housing in areas affected by Katrina, Rita and Wilma, ensure continued rental assistance for both families that have moved back to their home areas and for families displaced by these hurricanes, and provide reimbursements to communities and landlords that were generous in providing assistance to hurricane evacuees in the aftermath of the storms.
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Blog Post
March 20, 2007
The hearing has now concluded, and two questions raised by Reps. Adam Schiff (CA-29) and Artur Davis (AL-07) remain unresolved. Rep. Schiff questioned Glenn A. Fine, the Justice Department inspector general, and FBI General Counsel Valerie Caproni on "blanket NSL's," which were apparently used in an attempt to "authorize many of the requests retroactively." He also questioned them on internal complaints about the process. Rep. Davis followed up Rep.
Blog Post
March 20, 2007
Today the House will debate the Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act of 2007, introduced by Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-35). When it passed out of the Financial Services Committee, the Committee's release described the bill:
House Financial Services Committee Passes Comprehensive Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing BillHouse Floor Action to follow
Blog Post
March 20, 2007
Right now the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. John Conyers (MI-14), is holding a hearing on the Inspector General's Independent Report on the FBI's use of National Security Letters. It is being webcast live on the Committee's web site, and aired on C-Span 3.
Frequent Errors In FBI's Secret Records Requests
John Solomon and Barton Gellman, Washington Post - March 9, 2007