Wednesday | Government Executive
Panels compete for credit on classification bills
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is set to mark up legislation Wednesday to deter what critics call overclassification of government documents, in a move apparently aimed at pre-empting bills ...
Nation: Harman, Third Way Aid House Candidates
Rep. Jane Harman and Third Way, a centrist Democratic group that focuses on communications strategy, joined together this week to provide training on national security policy to more than a dozen Democratic ...
The motivation for blocking investigations into Bush lawbreaking
Harper 's Scott Horton yesterday interviewed Jane Mayer about her new book, The Dark Side .
We enjoy the First Amendment Center's collection of quotations on the First Amendment.
We continue our coverage from the 2008 Aspen Ideas Festival with a special Fourth of July panel.
Savage repeatedly referred to Pelosi as Mussolini, called her "the Mussolini in a skirt"
Summary: On his radio show, Michael Savage repeatedly referred to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as Mussolini, at one point calling her "the Mussolini in a skirt." He later referred to her as "Nancy Pelosi ...
Blogging the Product Safety Bill Conference
I should probably call this entry retrospective blogging on the product safety bill conference since it took place at 4ish Wednesday and will continue after Congress returns from the July 4 recess.
Recording Industry, Radio Broadcasters Fight to Control the Volume
Last week the House Judiciary Committee held hearings on a bill that would make radio broadcasters pay royalties to the recording industry in exchange for playing their songs.
House OKs immunity for aiding wiretaps
The House easily approved a compromise bill yesterday setting new electronic surveillance rules that effectively shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits arising from the government's warrantless ...
Top Stories: House easily passes compromise surveillance law
The House Friday easily approved a compromise bill setting new electronic surveillance rules that effectively shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits arising from the government's terrorism-era ...
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A former FBI agent assigned to hunt Chinese spies carried on a lengthy affair with an alleged Chinese double agent and allowed her access to classified documents, federal prosecutors charged Wednesday.
Democrats lead in wealth category
This is in reply to Mr. Jimmy Cole's spin that only Republicans in Congress are rich.
Lawmaker seeks to set standards for DHS handling of sensitive unclassified info
House Homeland Security Intelligence Subcommittee Chairwoman Jane Harman, D-Calif., Thursday introduced legislation that would set parameters for the Homeland Security Department's "controlled unclassified ...
California Recognizes Ledtronics Founder
The California State Assembly observed May as Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, and with that presented the Fourth Annual Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Awards.
Clintonites try to move past RFK remark
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's comments evoking the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in June 1968 continued to reverberate across the political world Sunday, as Clinton campaign surrogates took to the airwaves ...
On Final Stretch, Hillary Says She's Not Quitting
White House hopeful Hillary Clinton marched into the Democrats' final full week of campaigning in defiant form Sunday, vowing no surrender to Barack Obama despite the crippling odds against her.
Although Roots Are In Mass., Kennedy's A Washingtonian Too
In the corridors of power, Rep. Jane Harman wields much influence, having become one of the leading authorities in the House on homeland security.
Cliff Numark:`A track record of results'
Torrance is a great community. And we need to keep it great - through smart planning to protect our neighborhoods and create jobs.
Key Dems seek to withhold funding for DHS satellite office
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Homeland Security Intelligence Subcommittee Chairwoman Jane Harman, D-Calif., on Thursday asked other House chairmen to withhold funding ...
“It prohibits the public-safety broadband licensee from accepting third-party funds after receiving FCC grants and from using government funding to repay outstanding debts. The bill also mandates strict reporting requirements to the FCC and Congress.”
THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION'S ATTEMPT TO REVAMP the 700 MHz D Block could be shaped as much by substance as by timing, with Democrats seemingly in less of a hurry than Chairman Kevin Martin to get the ... via RCR Wireless News