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Congress Gets Ugly Portrait of Lehman's Last Days

Investment giant knew of liquidity concerns, gave out $5B in bonuses

Oct 6, 08 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lehman Brothers’ departing executives were negotiating millions in bonuses while the bank begged for taxpayer money to avoid bankruptcy, a House committee finds after reviewing documents. At a hearing today on Capitol Hill—the first on the financial crisis—the investment firm was painted as one run by irresponsible leaders... More »

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Henry Waxman • Congressional hearings • House of Representatives • Lehman Brothers • Richard Fuld • financial crisis

Cheney May Have Told Libby to Out Plame

'Scooter' told FBI
agents it's 'possible'
that VP gave order

Jun 3, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - "Scooter” Libby told the FBI it was “possible” that Dick Cheney ordered him to out CIA agent Valerie Plame to the press, the Washington Post reports. The revelation appears in a redacted FBI report under examination by a House panel led by Henry Waxman. The panel now wants... More »

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Dick Cheney • Patrick Fitzgerald • Henry Waxman • Lewis Scooter Libby • Scott McClellan

 Clean-Air Changes
 'Imperil Parks' 

Rules make allow power plants nearby

May 16, 08 4:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Clean air rules likely to be changed this summer are causing serious concerns about future pollution at some of America's most spectacular national parks, reports the Washington Post. The changes will pave the way for 28 new coal-fired power plants near ten parks, according to a report supported by some... More »

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Henry Waxman • Clean Air Act • Environmental Protection Agency • air pollution • air quality • National Park Service • Shenandoah National Park • Mesa Verde National Park • Theodore Roosevelt National Park • National Parks Conservation Association

House Hits High Bonuses
at Strapped Companies

Fat cats to face executive pay hearing

Mar 7, 08 7:53 AM CST
(Newser) - A House committee wants to know why the CEOs of three companies mired in the subprime crisis collected massive bonuses as their firms bled billions, AP reports. The targets include Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, and Countrywide, all of which posted stunning losses last year. Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo and the former... More »

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Henry Waxman • Citigroup • executive compensation • Merrill Lynch • Countrywide Financial • Charles Prince • Angelo Mozilo • Stanley O'Neal • subprime crisis • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Congress Asks Justice Dept. for Clemens Probe

Bipartisan letter wants to look at star's steroids denials for perjury

Feb 27, 08 1:56 PM CST
(Newser) - A congressional committee today asked the Justice Department to examine Roger Clemens’ denials under oath that he used performance-enhancing drugs and determine if they constitute perjury, the AP reports. In the letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Reps. Henry Waxman and Tom Davis cite the pitcher's statements contradicting those of... More »

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steroids • MLB • Henry Waxman • Roger Clemens • anabolic steroids • Tom Davis • Andy Pettitte • perjury • Michael Mukasey • human growth hormone • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • Brian McNamee • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

GOP Hinders Search for Missing White House Emails

Anyone could change messages in 'primitive' system, expert testifies

Feb 27, 08 4:44 AM CST
(Newser) - The GOP National Committee is now refusing to search for and turn over backup tapes of thousands of missing White House emails, reports the Washington Post. The move is a reversal of a previous commitment to retrieve thousands of up to a million messages that vanished in a 1000-day period.... More »

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Henry Waxman • White House • Office of Administration • e-mail system • missing e-mails • Steven McDevitt • technical analysis • Iraq war • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

House Panel May Go After Clemens on Perjury

Panel drafts letter asking Justice Dept.
to investigate

Feb 26, 08 10:54 AM CST
(Newser) - The congressional panel that questioned Roger Clemens about steroids has drafted a letter asking the Justice Department to investigate whether he committed perjury, the New York Times reports. The letter doesn't name his former trainer, Brian McNamee, who testified the same day and insisted Clemens is lying, but that could... More »

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Congress • Department of Justice • steroids • Henry Waxman • Roger Clemens • perjury • human growth hormone • baseball • Mitchell steroids investigation • Brian McNamee • performance-enhancing drugs

Clemens, McNamee Both Grilled Hard

Clemens lawyers lash out at committee chair Waxman

Feb 13, 08 1:50 PM CST
(Newser) - The biggest fireworks in today's House Oversight Committee hearings on the Mitchell Report involved Brian McNamee's claims that Roger Clemens and Jose Canseco discussed steroids and HGH at a party at Canseco's house several years ago. Clemens says he was playing golf the day of the party, and has receipts... More »

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MLB • Henry Waxman • New York Yankees • Roger Clemens • Mitchell Report • Brian McNamee • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

House Probes Clemens Denial

Legend & accuser to testify about steroids

Jan 10, 08 8:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Congress will investigate baseball legend Roger Clemens' vehement denials that he used steroids. Both Clemens and his accuser, personal trainer Brian McNamee, were scheduled to testify next week before the House committee that exposed drug abuse in baseball. But their testimony has been postponed a month for a wider and... More »

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Department of Justice • steroids • Henry Waxman • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • human growth hormone • baseball • Brian McNamee • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

EPA Chief Ignored Staff
on Calif. Ruling

Auto industry pushed White House to sway him, sources say

Dec 21, 07 1:58 PM CST
(Newser) - The EPA chief—under heavy pressure from the auto industry—rejected his own staff's advice in denying California’s request to set its own fuel economy standards, the Los Angeles Times reports. Stephen Johnson told the state that it’s request was unnecessary in the wake of the new... More »

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Chrysler • Dick Cheney • California • greenhouse gases • Henry Waxman • Arnold Schwarzenegger • fuel efficiency • Environmental Protection Agency • Barbara Boxer • energy bill • fuel economy standards • Stephen Johnson • George W. Bush

Active Player Proved He Was Clean, Escaped Mitchell Report

Provided evidence he'd disposed of drugs

Dec 14, 07 5:10 PM CST
(Newser) - An unnamed player who was found to have purchased anabolic steroids managed to keep his name out of George Mitchell's scathing 400-page report on drug abuse in baseball, the New York Times reports after interviewing the former senator. Contacted by Mitchell's investigative team, the player and his lawyer provided evidence... More »

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MLB • Henry Waxman • George Mitchell • anabolic steroids • human growth hormone • baseball

Bush Blocking Plame Probe, Says Waxman

He wants Mukasey
to defy new boss, release documents

Dec 4, 07 8:13 AM CST
(Newser) - A House committee chairman investigating the Valerie Plame affair says the White House is blocking special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald from providing key documents from his investigation, the Washington Post reports. Fitzgerald agreed to hand over his findings before the Bush administration stepped in, says Henry Waxman, who has called on... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • Valerie Plame • Patrick Fitzgerald • Henry Waxman • CIA leak investigation • Michael Mukasey • George W. Bush

Blackwater Investigator's Brother Has Ties to Firm

State Dept. official steps aside after admitting "ugly rumors" are true

Nov 14, 07 8:17 PM CST
(Newser) - The State Department’s top official investigating Blackwater withdrew from the probe today after a dramatic admission that his brother has links to the private security contractor. At a congressional hearing, Howard Krongard initially called the alleged ties “ugly rumors,” but after a recess during which he called... More »

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Iraq • Congress • Henry Waxman • State Department • Blackwater • Howard Krongard

Dems Skewer Rice Over
Iraq Foul-ups

Condy accused of lax oversight of  Blackwater, corruption, US embassy

Oct 25, 07 6:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - House Democrats today grilled Condoleezza Rice over alleged State Department bungling in Iraq, from failure to supervise private security contractors like Blackwater to ignoring corruption in the new Iraqi government to sloppy oversight of the new US embassy in Baghdad. Usually composed, Rice showed signs of frustration today, as Dems... More »

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Henry Waxman • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Blackwater • congressional Democrats • Paul Hodes

Blackwater Blamed for Fallujah  Bloodshed

Murder of unprepared patrol sparked battle

Sep 28, 07 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Blackwater, the private security firm under investigation for a dozen civilian deaths in Iraq last week, is now being faulted for actions that led to a 2004 battle in which 36 US soldiers and 600 civilians were killed.  Blackwater is charged with sending a disorganized, unprepared four-man team into... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • Henry Waxman • State Department • Blackwater • contractors • Fallujah • David Marin • Donna Zovko • Wesley Batalona • Michael Teague • Scott Helvenston • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

State Dept. Stonewalls Blackwater Investigation

House panel: Firm ordered not to disclose information without White House OK

Sep 26, 07 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Documents revealed yesterday show that the State Department ordered Blackwater USA, the private security firm accused of shooting Iraqi civilians last week, not to disclose information about its Iraq operations without White House approval. The State Department order has interfered with a congressional probe into Blackwater, angering the reps investigating... More »

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Iraq • Henry Waxman • White House • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Blackwater • private security firm

Rumsfeld Denies Role in Tillman Cover-Up

On Hill, ex-Pentagon chief rejects personal responsibility

Aug 1, 07 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Donald Rumsfeld took no responsibility today for the bungled handling of the reporting and investigation of Pat Tillman’s death, saying he always stressed honesty at the Pentagon. Before a House committee, the ex-defense secretary denied allegations he was involved in the military plot to claim the ex-NFL star was... More »

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Afghanistan • Pentagon • Pat Tillman • Donald Rumsfeld • Henry Waxman • oversight • Department of Defense • Army Rangers

Feds Hid Toxic Trailer Danger

Refused to conduct tests even after a death

Jul 20, 07 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some 120,000 Hurricane Katrina victims lived in emergency trailers for months, even though FEMA knew they were toxic, with formaldehyde levels 75 times the safety threshold, the Washington Post reports. Officials suppressed the the information and failed to order tests, emails show, because they didn't want to do anything... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • Henry Waxman • oversight • FEMA • trailers • toxic • FEMA trailers

Did Drug Officials Boost GOP Reps?

White House arranged appearances to prop up weak candidates, Dems charge

Jul 18, 07 5:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Public appearances by top guns in the Office of National Drug Control Policy may have been used to support vulnerable GOP Congressman in the run-up to the '06 elections, a Democratic lawmaker charged yesterday. Henry Waxman, chair of the House Oversight Committee, said it was part of a larger White... More »

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Congress • Congressional investigations • Henry Waxman • White House

Secretive Veep Won't Give Up Documents

Cheney defies executive order to provide sensitive info

Jun 22, 07 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - For the past 4 years, Dick Cheney's office has declined to file reports on classified information in its possession, flouting an executive order. When pressed, the VP's staff recently proposed abolishing the oversight office, reports the Washington Post. Says the chair of the House committee that released a chronology... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • Congressional oversight • Henry Waxman • privacy • vice president

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