Below is a brief excerpt from a conversation with Prof. Howard Ernst I recorded. He reveals how he answered a question you wish didn't need asking -- What's cleaner: used toilet water or the Chesapeake Bay?
Howie Klein | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics
Grayson came to Congress promising to be a tribune for working Florida families. What drives Republicans mad is that he has been exactly that.
Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics
I talked extensively with Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and what is apparent is the Congressman's passion to reform our nation's health care system.
ProPublica | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics
by T. Christian Miller, ProPublica This story was co-published with the Los Angeles Times. Washington — Lawmakers on Thursday sharply critici...
Timothy Cooper | Posted 07.13.2009 | Media
Men II Boys is a new film that featuring interviews from BET journalist Jeff Johnson, Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and Baltimore Ravens Tight End, Daniel Wilcox.
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics
Rep. Elijah Cummings wants to help out-of-work homeowners with the bailout money banks are returning to the government. The Maryland Democrat announce...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics
Neil Barofsky, the inspector general overseeing the financial bailout, launched an audit of American International Group on Thursday. Barofsky informe...
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business
Twenty-seven members of Congress, led by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), signed a letter asking TARP watchdog Neil Barofsky to investigate the matter of...
Jane Hamsher | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics
Cummings' statements, if true, mean that many journalists have been fed a bill of goods by their "anonymous" administration sources.
Steve Parker | Posted 04.18.2009 | Business
Congress could throw hundreds of billions at GM, Ford and Chrysler -- but how could the results be any different from what we see now?'
Rep. Elijah Cummings | Posted 04.02.2009 | Business
There are still too many unanswered questions about how AIG spent its first portion of TARP assistance. We cannot allow the pattern of deception by this company to continue.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics
As of Tuesday there is no official race for the chairmanship of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee -- a spot created once Rep. Henry ...
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics
The loopholes which allow such corporate excess were not exactly handed down to Moses on tablets -- each and every loophole was approved by Congress.
Disgrasian | Posted 12.24.2008 | Media
Last week, Neel Kashkari appeared before Congress, where he was called a "chump" by Maryland Dem Elijah Cummings.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics
Henry Waxman's hard-fought capture of the House Energy and Commerce Committee chairmanship has created an opening for his soon-to-be-former seat atop ...
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 11.07.2008 | Business
Today, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform explores the causes and effects of the AIG bailout. THE AIG LUXURY RETREAT At one point, Rep...
Judd Legum | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green