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  • June 2008

    • Paulson Seeks Expanded Fed Powers

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 19, 08 6:39 AM CDT

      Paulson Seeks Expanded Fed Powers

      Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson today will urge Congress to broaden the Federal Reserve’s oversight role on Wall Street, giving it the authority to demand data from financial institutions to help prevent incidents like the Bear Stearns collapse. Any major change in regulatory authority would have to be approved by Congress, reports the Washington Post . More »

  • May 2008
  • April 2008

    • Key Inspector Says FAA Crackdown Long Overdue

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 10, 08 2:26 PM CDT

      Key Inspector Says FAA Crackdown Long Overdue

      The Federal Aviation Administration is too lax, and its recent toughening-up long overdue, the Transportation Department’s inspector general Calvin Scovel told senators today. The agency should not rely, as it has until recently, on airlines to voluntarily disclose safety oversights, and shouldn’t provide loopholes for the appropriate penalties when they do, according to the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      airline industry  • American Airlines  • FAA  • oversight  • Department of Transportation

  • November 2007

    • Budget Batters FDA Oversight of Foreign Drugs

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Nov 1, 07 4:10 AM CDT

      Budget Batters FDA Oversight of Foreign Drugs

      The federal Food and Drug Administration's spotty record inspecting foreign drug manufacturers will be even worse next year as its budget drops just as developing countries are flooding the market with new medications, reports the Washington Post . Foreign drug plants are inspected only once every eight to 12 years because of budget restrictions, as opposed to every two years required for American makers. More »

  • August 2007
  • July 2007
  • June 2007

    • CIA Dirty Deeds Detailed in Documents

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 27, 07 5:13 AM CDT

      CIA Dirty Deeds Detailed in Documents

      Assassination plots, illegal wiretapping and spying at political conventions were among the lowlights illuminated in hundreds of pages of CIA documents from the Watergate era declassified yesterday. Illicit acts known in the agency as the "family jewels" included a $150,000 CIA payment to a mobster to kill Fidel Castro and a plan to poison an African premier. More »

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      CIA  • Michael Hayden  • Richard Nixon  • Congressional investigations  • oversight  • Watergate  • family jewels

    • Dems Threaten to Pull VP Funds

      newser  |  The Hill  |  Jun 26, 07 5:13 AM CDT

      Dems Threaten to Pull VP Funds

      Angry Democrats are threatening to ax Dick Cheney's budget if the vice president continues to defy regulations on classified documents, the Hill reports. Executive branch agencies are required to provide reports justifying secret documents to an oversight office; Cheney has refused, claiming that his office is neither solely executive nor legislative. More »

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      Democrats  • Dick Cheney  • vice president  • Charles Schumer  • oversight  • Rahm Emanuel

  • April 2007

    • Congress Studies Lost Art Of Oversight

      newser  |  Christian Science Monitor  |  Apr 9, 07 8:21 PM CDT

      Congress Studies Lost Art Of Oversight

      Consider the U.S. attorneys  investigation the tip of the iceberg: With more than a dozen probes launched in its first 100 days, Congress is ramping up to reclaim its role as a watchdog over the executive branch, the Christian Science Monitor reports, honing skills that haven't been in demand in the capital for over a decade. More »

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      Congress  • politics  • investigation  • US attorney  • oversight

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