House Oversight Dems Change Lock On Hearing Room Door After GOP Video
After GOP members of the House oversight committee shot footage for a "campaign style video" in the committee room, Democrats responded by changing th...
After GOP members of the House oversight committee shot footage for a "campaign style video" in the committee room, Democrats responded by changing th...
Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics
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.
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 ...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Rep. Edolphus Towns | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics
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.
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
Michael Markarian | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics
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.
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 ...
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...
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...
HuffingtonPost.com | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.21.2009 | Home