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NEWS ABOUT: Congressional hearings

Congressional hearings stories: 15 news summaries
H1N1 OUTBREAK

 Vaccine Scarier 
 Than Swine Flu: Poll 

Concern high and building, but 60+% don't plan to get a shot

Oct 22, 09 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Americans are spooked by the growing threat of swine flu but even warier of the vaccine. Half of respondents in a recent Washington Post poll are a “great deal” or “somewhat” worried they or a family member will catch H1N1, up from 39% in August. But more... More »

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Health and Human Services • Congressional hearings • public health • children • Joe Lieberman • Inoculation • vaccination • vaccine • Kathleen Sebelius • pandemic • swine flu • H1N1 virus

(Newser) - Karl Rove was intimately involved in the firing of at least three of the US Attorneys sacked for purportedly political reasons during the Bush administration, emails obtained by the Washington Post show. One note mentions a senator who “asked that we remove the US Atty” and “couldn’t... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • Karl Rove • email • Congressional hearings • Harriet Miers • US attorney firings



 Feds Start 
 Criminal Probe Into 
 Salmonella Outbreak 

FDA, Justice Dept. team up for investigation of Georgia peanut plant

Jan 30, 09 3:36 PM CST
(Newser) - The federal government has begun a criminal investigation into the peanut-driven salmonella outbreak, after it was revealed that a supplier shipped product that initially tested positive for the bacteria, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The House has called representatives from two testing labs, which certified negative results, to testify. Peanut Corp.... More »

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Department of Justice • FDA • Congressional hearings • salmonella • outbreak • safety testing • criminal investigation • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America

Once United, Big 3 Take Different Roads to Bailout

Automaker bring different bailout concerns in appeal for federal aid

Dec 1, 08 9:53 AM CST
(Newser) - When the automakers return to Congress this week to beg for a federal bailout, they’ll no longer be presenting one case among them. Each company will unveil its own rejuvenation plan, reports the New York Times. Ford, in best financial shape, wants only the promise of access to federal... More »

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Congress • Chrysler • Congressional hearings • General Motors • automaker • Ford • Big Three • bailout • financial crisis

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

McCain Move 'Desperate', Say GOP Strategists

Nominee gets public support, but private views are scathing

Sep 25, 08 5:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republican leaders are publicly praising John McCain's decision to suspend his campaign and seek a postponement of this Friday's debate because of the economic crisis. But off the record, GOP strategists have been scathing about their nominee's latest surprise move. One Republican told the Washington Post it was "desperate... More »

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John McCain • Congressional hearings • suspension • campaign • Election 2008 • bailout • financial crisis

FBI Looks to Expand Powers of Investigation

Agency wants to open cases without reason for suspicion

Aug 21, 08 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Department of Justice is aiming to relax restrictions on the FBI so agents can investigate people without any clear reason for suspicion, congressional Dems tell the New York Times. The plan, which may be revealed in September, has attracted concern, including a letter from four Democratic senators warning that... More »

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Congress • FBI • Congressional hearings • Ted Kennedy • Russ Feingold • Michael Mukasey • congressional Democrats • Richard Durbin • investigations

Congress Calls Up Clemens

Pitcher and ex-trainer invited to tell their stories to committee; showdown expected

Jan 5, 08 6:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Roger Clemens, who has vehemently denied the allegations of steroid use made in the Mitchell report, has now been asked to make that pitch under oath in front of a congressional committee, the Washington Post reports. The committee also wants to hear from his former strength trainer, Brian McNamee, along... More »

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steroids • Congressional hearings • Roger Clemens • Andy Pettitte • Kirk Radomski • Mitchell Report

Credit Card Execs Grilled
Over Rate Hikes

Lawmaker threatens legislation to stop sudden increases

Dec 4, 07 6:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Lawmakers grilled credit card execs today over the practice of hiking interest rates on customers who pay on time, the AP reports. Senator Carl Levin called it unfair, but Bank of America and Discovery execs said that factors like credit scores also affect rates. "It's important criteria for how... More »

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Bank of America • Congressional hearings • credit card • Carl Levin • Discover

Families of Jailed Chinese Dissidents Slam Yahoo

Hope Congressional hearings will bring pressure for men's release

Nov 8, 07 1:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Families of two jailed Chinese dissidents who appeared at Congressional hearings on the matter yesterday say they hope hearings would pressure China to release the men, who were imprisoned after Yahoo released information about them to their government. After the hearing, Yahoo execs met with the family members privately, apologizing... More »

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China • Yahoo • Congressional hearings • Jerry Yang • Tom Lantos • Michael Callahan

Elle Woods,
Is That You?

Slate's legal correspondent is tougher on Dems than they were on Goodling

May 24, 07 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Monica Goodling cleared a very low bar in her Congressional testimony yesterday, Slate's Dahlia Lithwick argues, and she can thank the Democrats who questioned her for making her look good. The majority members of the House Judiciary Committee, "in expecting to question the Great Exploding Idiot Barbie," Lithwick... More »

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Department of Justice • US attorney • Monica Goodling • Congressional hearings • House Judiciary Committee • scandal

Ninth Fired Prosecutor Named

Addition to list belies Gonzales testimony, shifts timetable

May 10, 07 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Alberto Gonzales heading for more congressional grilling tomorrow—this time by the House—the Washington Post reports that a ninth federal prosecutor, Todd P. Graves, was asked to step down from his job in January 2006. Graves, who served in Kansas City, said he was told to resign to... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • US attorney • Congressional hearings • Todd P. Graves • scandal

Democrats Dole Out Subpoenas

Congress gets tough on U.S. attorneys players—and calls Condi in to talk Iraq

Apr 26, 07 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic Congress flexed its oversight muscle today, with both houses dishing out subpoenas all the way up to Condi Rice. A House committee subpoenaed the Secretary of State to discuss the lead-up to the Iraq War, while both the House and Senate Judiciary Committees summoned aides involved in the... More »

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Congress • Monica Goodling • Congressional oversight • Democratic Congress • US attorneys scandal • Senate Judiciary Committee • Congressional hearings • House Judiciary Committee • Condoleezza Rice • subpoena • Iraq war

Brother Decries 'Calculated Lies'
On Pat's Death

Kevin Tillman, Jessica Lynch testify on military myth-making

Apr 24, 07 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The military created an "utter fiction" around Pat Tillman's friendly-fire death, the brother of the former NFL star told a congressional panel today. The Army used his death as an opportunity to bolster support for the war, Kevin Tillman said, calling early reports that Pat had been killed in... More »

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Pat Tillman • Democratic Congress • Jessica Lynch • Congressional hearings • friendly fire • Kevin TIllman • US Army

Dems Score
With Subpoenas

They can't pass bills, but they can sure
hold hearings

Mar 20, 07 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats haven't managed to score with a single one of the bills drafted in their giddy first 100 hours, but playing hardball with hearings has proved more fruitful. In cranking up the congressional oversight machinery, write Richard Simon and Noam Levey, they've dominated headlines and applied pressure to the administration. More »

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Bush administration • ethics • Congress • Valerie Plame • investigation • Democrats • Congressional oversight • Democratic Congress • Congressional hearings • subpoena • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • George W. Bush

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