…ruling Standing Committee of the Politburo (of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China), with all this to be ratified by the 3000 delegates at this Congress, taking…

…Service’s “last mile” delivery network to private bidders. Such a move underscores what Hutkins described as a “super complex” connective web in which FedEx and UPS are simultaneously USPS’s rivals,…

…avoid criminal prosecution. So US taxpayers (and voters) want to know–did the Romneys participate in that disclosure program. Ed Kleinbard (former chief of staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation…

…to the Republican budgetary disinformation campaign. First of all, I would be holding hearings five days a week in the Senate Appropriations Committee and every other Senate committee on the…

by Bruce Webb Key Senate committee passes health care plan The Senate Finance Committee passed a long-awaited $829 billion health care bill Tuesday by a 14-9 vote. Sen. Olympia Snowe,…

…written in conference committees. The House leadership decides who is on a conference committee. “Vote no and you will not be on a conference committee while I am speaker” should…

rdan Jan 09, 2009 report Congressional Oversight Panel Feb. 6, 2009…

…more is known about the environmental impact and other issues. Meanwhile downstairs, the appropriations committee was considering a massive Emergency Supplemental Spending Bill. Allard, a member of the committee, attempted…

…statement. New additions to the statement are in boldface, while portions that were in the May statement but eliminated this time around are crossed out. The Committee believes that, even…

Expectations were for another quarter point hike, and true to form, Greenspan did not disappoint those market expectations (he never does): The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to raise…