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Dr. Barry Blesser, director of engineering for 25-Seven Systems, is talking to the staff of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about the technical properties of the Arbitron Portable People Meter system.

Rep. Peter Welch is asking a U.S. House committee to launch an investigation into a private security firm operating in Iraq after bribery allegations surfaced Wednesday in a media report.

U.S. Rep. Todd Platts, R-York County What exactly is the GAO? U.S. Rep. Todd Platts, R-York County, has applied for the job of comptroller general of the United States, a kind of national auditor who oversees Congressional spending.

Let the record show...that I posted this and immediately headphoned some Velvet Davenport.

Although it's unclear as to what the implications are at this time, the top lawyer from Bank of America , Brian T. Moynihan, wasn't legally allowed to practice law during the period the Merrill Lynch deal was going down.

In 2006, the minority party in Congress issued a dire report on the "unprecedented erosion of the democratic process." Democratic Rep.

As House Democrats prepare to introduce new health care reform legislation this week, federal employees' health benefits once again became a political football in the debate over the bill.

Add Bob Kelly to the list of financial services executives who aren't clamoring for the top job at Bank of America Corp.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency still does not know the exact number of coal ash dumps at the nation's power plants, but it's moving ahead with plans to regulate them.

At the annual American Bankers Association conference in Chicago, protesters faced off against the bankers who refused to extend them credit even after getting bailed out.

Published: Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 2:07 a.m. The Social Security numbers and family information of every master sergeant in the U.S. Army, federal tax forms, medical records, FBI surveillance photos, the location of a safe house for the Obama family, and now a secret report of the House ...

American International Group Inc. a s payments to banks face closer congressional scrutiny after a House Republican requested records to review whether the Federal Reserve Bank of New York quashed the insurera s effort to pay less than 100 percent on derivative contracts.

Yesterday I introduced the bi-partisan Viral Hepatitis and Liver Cancer Control and Prevention Act of 2009, in order to address a silent, deadly, national Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C epidemic impacting America.

On Wednesday, October 28, the Special Master for Troubled Asset Relief Program Executive Compensation Kenneth Feinberg testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Reporting from Washington - The Obama administration's pay czar will tell Congress this morning that he does not favor expanding his authority to dictate compensation to employees at companies beyond the seven largest recipients of government bailout money.

Two Democratic lawmakers wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Tuesday to express concern about the Senate Finance Committee's health care reform bill, saying the legislation could impose significant health care insurance taxes on federal employees.

A food industry group is voluntarily halting promotion of its nutrition labeling program after federal regulators said such systems may be misleading consumers, officials with the group said Friday.

Mr. Towns comes to town... Topic started by BJ2 on Oct 25, 2009 2:07:46 pm ...and gets a couple of VIP loans -- "without his knowledge" that it was a VIP loan.

Rep. Edolphus Towns The bipartisan efforts on the part of congressional Democrats seems to know no bounds.

A House panel is investigating the role of mortgage lenders in the financial crisis and is seeking information from some of the biggest U.S. companies to determine if they used deceptive practices to lure borrowers into the housing boom.