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House Oversight Dems Change Lock On Hearing Room Door After GOP Video

HuffingtonPost.com | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.21.2009 | Home


After GOP members of the House oversight committee shot footage for a "campaign style video" in the committee room, Democrats responded by changing th...

It's Not Just ACORN, Says Congressman Grayson

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics


Kathleen Wells, J.D.

I talked with Congressman Alan Grayson in detail about his efforts to stop the government cash flow to contractors that cheat the government and overcharge the American taxpayers.

Richard Cantor: Moody's Exec Denies Claims Of Inflated Ratings

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — A key House lawmaker wants to make credit rating agencies – widely criticized for failing to give investors adequate warning ...

Greenberg's AIG Rescue Plan Makes Him $588 Million Richer

nypost.com | Paul Tharp | Posted 09.22.2009 | Business


Hank Greenberg's triumphant return to his beloved American International Group is nearly complete -- making him $588 million richer than he was in the...

Bank Of America Trial With SEC Coming

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 09.22.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Bank of America Corp. now faces a trial with the Securities and Exchange Commission over billions in bonuses paid at Merrill Lynch,...

Bank Of America Hiding Behind Its Lawyers: Rep. Towns

AP | Stephen Bernard | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business


NEW YORK (AP) -- Bank of America Corp. was facing a deadline Monday to turn over additional information about its acquisition of Merrill Lynch, this t...

Congress Reviewing Sammy Sosa's Sworn Testimony Following Steroid Use Report

AP | Posted 07.18.2009 | Chicago


WASHINGTON — A congressional committee will look into former baseball slugger Sammy Sosa's denial that he used illegal performance-enhancing dru...

Providing Parental Leave Benefits Invests in Federal Working Families

Rep. Edolphus Towns | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics


Rep. Edolphus Towns

As new parents, federal workers are forced to decide between staying home with their children without pay or return to work early. We believe this is a choice federal workers should not have to make.

INVESTIGATION: Are Obama Officials Helping Execs Avoid Pay Caps?

Washington Post | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics


A congressional oversight committee opened an investigation yesterday into whether the Obama administration is circumventing a law that limits lavish ...

House Panel Wants Merrill Bonus Records

Wall Street Journal | DAN FITZPATRICK | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business


A U.S. House committee chairman is asking Bank of America Corp. CEO Ken Lewis and a Merrill Lynch & Co. lawyer to produce records and information rela...

Kucinich To Investigate "Executive Assassination Ring"

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics


Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich has sent a letter to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns on Friday requesting an ...

Rep. Ed Towns: Merrill Execs May Have "Obstructed" Investigation

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 04.12.2009 | Business


Rep. Edolphus Towns, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, came out in support of Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Thurs...

A Great Tragedy for Great Apes

Michael Markarian | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics


Michael Markarian

There are more than 1,000 chimps still in U.S. labs and the time cannot come soon enough to give these highly intelligent and social creatures the refuge they deserve.

New York Reps Aren't Sold On Gillibrand, May Back McCarthy

The Hill | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics


New York lawmakers are so far unwilling to throw their support behind newly crowned Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D), and several say they could support a ...

Edolphus Towns, Waxman's Replacement, Was Once Target Of Federal Probe

Village Voice | By Wayne Barrett | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics


Poised to succeed the legendary Henry Waxman as chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Brooklyn congressman Ed Towns was once t...

Blacks In Congress Split Over Menthol Cigarettes

New York Times | Stephanie Saul | Posted 08.02.2008 | Business


Free cigarettes are no longer handed out at Congressional Black Caucus functions. And it has been years since anyone referred to Edolphus Towns, Democ...