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NEWS ABOUT: Congressional investigations

Congressional investigations stories: 15 news summaries
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House Eyes Ethics Probes on 30 Members

Reps under scrutiny named in leaked document

Oct 30, 09 4:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the House ethics committee yesterday was voting to go forward with full investigations of Democratic Reps. Maxine Waters and Laura Richardson, it was putting out a bigger fire started when an internal document revealed more than 30 lawmakers were under scrutiny was leaked on the Internet. “No inference... More »

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Congressional investigations • Internet leak • House Ethics Committee • Zoe Lofgren • Maxine Waters • Laura Richardson • influence peddling

Goldman Sachs Subpoenaed in Fraud Probe

Senate seeks evidence that banks foresaw mortgage meltdown

Jul 30, 09 6:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Senate committee has subpoenaed Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and other financial institutions as part of an investigation into mortgage-market fraud, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. The probe appears to focus on emails and other internal communications that may show bankers' doubts about the safety of mortgage-backed securities, which... More »

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Congress • Ben Bernanke • Congressional investigations • Goldman Sachs • Deutsche Bank • subpoena • Carl Levin • Senate committees

Bush Could Block Probes Even After He Steps Down

Soon-to-be ex-prez has Truman, Nixon precedents for keeping executive privilege

Nov 13, 08 5:34 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush may be able to maintain his executive privilege to block investigations even after he leaves office, the New York Times reports. Harry Truman successfully claimed he had the right not to testify in 1953, nearly a year after he left office, and Richard Nixon later used Truman's case... More »

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Bush administration • Congress • Congressional investigations • subpoenas • executive privilege • subpoena • US Constitution • George W. Bush

Senate to Hold Drug Water Hearings

Lawmakers press EPA to establish task force on contaminants

Mar 11, 08 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alarmed by an AP story, two top senators vowed yesterday to probe drug traces in US drinking water. Sen. Barbara Boxer and Sen. Frank Lautenberg plan to lead hearings next month to "protect our residents and clean up our water supply," Lautenberg said. The first of AP's three... More »

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Congressional investigations • Congressional oversight • Environmental Protection Agency • pharmaceutical • drinking water • Barbara Boxer • water supply

House Page Program Under Fire Again

Bipartisan support for probe into charges about teen pages

Dec 13, 07 3:07 PM CST
(Newser) - House leaders called for an independent investigation yesterday into “allegations” related to teenage pages after two Republican resignations from the House Page Board. The Republicans faulted House Clerk Lorraine Miller, a page program administrator, for not “immediately” alerting them to misbehavior. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, who resigned, said four... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congressional investigations • John Boehner • congressional pages • Ginny Brown Waite

Budget Batters FDA Oversight of Foreign Drugs

Commissioner to testify before Congress today

Nov 1, 07 4:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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China • FDA • India • Congressional investigations • imports • oversight • prescription drugs • developing countries • House Energy and Commerce Committee

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

CIA Dirty Deeds Detailed in Documents

Illicit 'family jewels'
of Watergate era declassified

Jun 27, 07 5:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Democrats Don't Live Up to Hype

New majority's accomplishments are
few, and mostly symbolic

Jun 12, 07 4:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seven months after wresting control of Congress from Republicans, Democrats have failed to make good on their promises, writes the Economist. Almost none of the bills introduced in the first "100 hours" has become law, AG Alberto Gonzalez still has a job, and an Iraq pullout is nowhere in... More »

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Congress • Alberto Gonzales • Democrats • Republican • Congressional investigations • Democratic Congress • Senate Democrats • 100 hours • Iraq war • George W. Bush

No. 2 at Justice to Step Down

May 14, 07 6:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty will quit the Justice Department after admitting he misled a Senate committee in its investigation into nine fired US attorneys. Three other top Justice officials have resigned in recent weeks, but McNulty, AG Alberto Gonzales' second-in-command and himself a former US attorney, is the highest-ranking... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • US attorney • investigation • Congressional investigations • Attorney General • Paul McNulty

Comey Defends Fired Attorneys

Most were strong performers, former deputy AG tells
House panel

May 4, 07 8:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most of the U.S. attorneys axed en masse by the Justice Department last year weren't underperforming, former Deputy Attorney General James Comey told a House panel yesterday. Comey, who left Justice over a year before the firings, said he'd rated the attorneys' performance for Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson... More »

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Bush administration • Congress • Alberto Gonzales • US attorney • Monica Goodling • Congressional investigations • Democratic Congress • James Comey • scandal

Bush Still Gonzo For Alberto

Senate testimony "increased my confidence," says President

Apr 24, 07 7:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush is sticking with his beleaguered attorney general despite negative reviews of his performance at last week's Senate hearing from both sides of the aisle. Bush said the testimony from Alberto Gonzales on the pink-slipped U.S. attorneys, roundly characterized as evasive, "increased my confidence in his ability.... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • Senate hearings • Congressional investigations • Attorney General • US attorneys scandal • George W. Bush

Gonzales Refuses to Resign

Bipartisan criticism peppers AG's Senate testimony on U.S. attorney firings

Apr 19, 07 4:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said under oath today he had only limited involvement in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys and "did not do anything improper." Testifying before  clearly hostile lawmakers, he spurned calls that he step down, saying, "The moment I believe I can no... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • US attorney • Congressional investigations • Attorney General • US attorneys scandal • Senate Judiciary Committee • scandal

Four Years of Rove E-mails
Go Missing

E-mails may have covered attorney firings

Apr 13, 07 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four years of emails from Karl Rove that are being sought in a congressional investigation are missing and may have been deleted by Rove himself, the Republican National Committee acknowledged yesterday. The RNC operates the server for non-official e-mail accounts Rove and other White House players use for political business;... More »

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Bush administration • US attorney • Karl Rove • politics • Congressional investigations • RNC • email • US attorneys scandal • executive privilege • scandal

(Newser) - Emails the White House handed over to investigators today outline a systematic plan to fire U.S. attorneys who were too independent. D. Kyle Sampson, chief of staff to Alberto Gonzales, shot off a memo just after Bush's second inauguration suggesting Justice retain only attorneys who had "exhibited loyalty... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • US attorney • Kyle Sampson • Congressional investigations

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