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Dems Seek Info About Firms That Funded Anti-Bribery Law Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Two Democratic congressmen are investigating whether the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's tenacious attack on a key anti-bribery statute has l...

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Scott Walker Gave Dubious Testimony To Congress: House Dems

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.21.2012

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In light of a videotape that surfaced earlier this month, Democrats with the House oversight committee say they want embattled Wisconsin Gov. Scott Wa...

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Issa Wants Contempt Vote, But Boycotted When Dems Wanted One

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.04.2012

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WASHINGTON -- House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is threatening a vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Con...

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Dems: Mortgage Boss Hid Proof Obama's Mortgage Breaks Would Save Billions

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.01.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday accused the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency -- who has refused to follo...

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Romney Adviser Left Amid Ethics Investigation: Aide

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 04.26.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A top labor adviser to GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney stepped down from his volunteer role with the campaign not long before he wa...

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Congress Looks Into Walmart's Lobbying Against Anti-Bribery Law

The Huffington Post | Alice Hines | Posted 04.25.2012

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Two congressmen investigating the Walmart bribery scandal announced on Wednesday that they will also begin probing Walmart's lobbying against the Fore...

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Walmart To Be Investigated By Congress Over Mexican Bribery Scandal

The Huffington Post | Alice Hines | Posted 04.23.2012

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Soon, the world's biggest retailer will be forced to answer to Congress. Two Democratic Representatives launched an investigation Monday afternoon...

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Anger, Apologies At Congressional Hearing On GSA's Lavish Conference

HuffingtonPost.com | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 04.17.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Tempers flared and apologies were issued Monday during a congressional hearing investigating a lavish conference and what officials call...

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Republican Lawmaker Accidentally Reveals Truth Behind Solyndra Investigation

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- After months of investigations into Solyndra and other Department of Energy loans failed to produce a smoking gun, one Republican lawmak...

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Senior Dem Blasts Issa Over 'Unsubstantiated' Energy Probes

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.20.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The powerful chair of the House Oversight Committee has launched "unsubstantiated" investigations into the Department of Energy, the com...

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House Dems Walk Out Of Birth Control Hearing

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 02.16.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Three Democrats walked out of a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on religious liberty and the birth control rule on Thursda...

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Ex-Fannie Mae Employee: Executives 'Philosophically Opposed' To Loan Forgiveness

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 02.09.2012

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Fannie Mae executives are refusing to forgive part of homeowners' mortgage debt because they are "philosophically opposed" to the idea, according to a...

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Occupy DC Reacts To Planned McPherson No- Camping Enforcement

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 01.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Occupy DC protesters at Tuesday morning's House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on their McPherson Square encampment a...

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Top Democrat Hits Back On Darrell Issa's Occupy DC Probe

| Posted 01.12.2012

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By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) appears to be in the early stages of launching an investigation into the Department of...

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Iran Threat Reduction Act Actually Enhances Threat of War

Stephen Zunes | Posted 01.14.2012

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Never in the history of this country has Congress ever restricted the right of the White House or State Department to meet with representatives of a foreign state, even in wartime. If this measure passes, it will establish a dangerous precedent.

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House Oversight Committee Conflict

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has begun to assert veto control over how Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ...

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'Green News Report' - September 22, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.22.2011

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Enough Is Enough

Rep. Elijah Cummings | Posted 10.22.2011

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Enough with the inaction, enough with the inflammatory rhetoric, and enough with the partisan gamesmanship. The American people have spoken. It's time to listen and act.

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Maxine Waters: 'The Tea Party Can Go Straight To Hell'

Posted 10.21.2011

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Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) had some harsh words for the Tea Party at a forum in Inglewood, California Saturday. With California's jobless rate n...

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Elijah Cummings: Obama Needs To 'Fight Harder' For Black Community

Posted 10.21.2011

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Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), responding to the high unemployment rates in the black community, said that African-Americans feel President Barack Obam...

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House Dems Accuse Issa Of Shilling For 'Corporate Interests' With NLRB Subpoena

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.12.2011

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This item has been updated with comment from Issa's office. House Democrats accused Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) on Friday of overstepping his boun...

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Rep. Patrick McHenry's Wall Street Goon Squad Targets Elizabeth Warren -- and America's Consumers

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 07.24.2011

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Elizabeth Warren tells the truth, talks straight, and fights for the middle class, and that makes her dangerous to the people who call the shots for "leaders" like Patrick McHenry and Spencer Bachus.

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Issa, Cummings Clash Over Subpoenas Of Obama Administration

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Darrell Issa issued two subpoenas this week targeting the Obama administration, reigniting a dispute with Democrats on the House Ov...

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GOP Chairman's Transparency Probe Faces Democratic Opposition

AP | TED BRIDIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Some Democrats in Congress objected Wednesday to early steps taken by the new Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Govern...

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Issa Blocks Dem From Making Case Against JPMorgan At Start Of Foreclosure Hearing

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON - House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa's investigation into the foreclosure crisis is off to a rough start. On Wednesday, the ranking Demo...

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