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January 8th to January 14th, 2007
Global Public Media on the Senate Energy committee hearings on geopolitics of oil
January 1st to January 7th, 2007
AFP on yahoo with preview to new Congress. Says committee meetings start January 9th, and quotes Biden on troops.
NYT on Cheif Justice Roberts' request for higher pay for judges, article quotes Sen. Leahy, the incoming Senate Judiciary Chair, as supporting the justice's position.
NYT editorial discussing environmental issues and the incoming democratic members of Congress.
NYT article on Edwards' presidential priorities, mentions "The incoming Senate and House Appropriations Committee chairmen, Sen., Robert Byrd of West Virginia and Rep. David Obey of Wisconsin", who plan to keep spending at 2006 levels.
Lugar in NYT on Bush and Iraq. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
NYT peice on the new democratic house, contrasting with Repuclican tactics.
WaPo on McCain and Bush vs. Senate Foreign Relations committee on sending more troops.
WaPo on Senator Dodd, presidential ambitions, and potential cash flow from the Senate Banking Committee.
NPR on Waxman and investigations.
The Hill on Waxman creating a new subcommittee on transparency (that seems to apply mostly to the executive branch).
ENS on Boxer statement that Environment and Public Works Committee will scrutinize how the EPA has tried to weaken rules for smog.
YubaNet.com Boxer has introduced two bills that will help protect the American public from drinking water contaminated by the toxic chemical perchlorate.
Seattlepi.com Rep. Markey reintroduced legislation that will make Arctic National Wildlife Refuge a wilderness area that is off limits to drilling.
Bloomberg on Gates being called to testify in Senate Armed Services Committee. (according to Levin aid)
Iowa Farmer Today on Harkin and 2007 Farm Bill goal. U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee
Washington Times on Leahy and Justice Department refusing to hand over documents. Senate Judiciary Committee
AP on renaming of House Natural Resources Committee.
Market Watch on Frank and wage gap. House Financial Services Committee
CQ through NYT on House Ethics Committee and Feeney and Weldon trip funding.
Fox on Democrats keeping House term limits for chairs that was started by republicans in 1994.
PR Newswire Majority Leader Harry Reid names Sen. Barbara Boxer as chair of Senate Ethics Committee until Sen. Tim Johnson recovers.
Lee News Service on Denny Rehberg (R-Mont) asking Pelosi to create a House Indian Affairs Committee.
Washington Times on Democrats renaming House Interior Relations Committee to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Herald Tribune (southern Florida newspaper) on apparent House Administration Committee plans to proceed slowly with Fl-13 voting inquiry.
AP on democrats renaming 5 committees.
NYT on White House's search for new lawyers in the face of impending investigations.
Rapid City Journal on impending oversight hearings.
LA Times on earmark reform.
NYT on greater coordination (compared to pre-1994) between Pelosi and House Committee Chairs.
December 25th to December 31st
WaPo article profiling new House Staff Directors.
House Internal Relations Investigative Subcommittee report on Oklahoma City Bombing previewed by the AP on yahoo.
Internetnews.com on Democrats now in charge of the Energy and Commerce House committee, mostly touches on net neutrality and privacy issues.
Seattle Times about the Democrats' plans to cut big oil subsidies and to establish a renewable energy fund.
WaPo on Biden, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and sending further troops to Iraq.
AP article in "The Plain Dealer" on Senate Intelligence Committee report on Atta investigation.
C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb interviewed on NPR regarding cameras in the House, and getting quicker access to house vote information. Here is the PDF from C-SPAN of the letter they sent to Pelosi.
NPR on incoming democrats and national security.
Nancy Pelosi's opinion article in the CS Monitor on creating an open congress. (from November 14th edition)
Baltimore Sun on Bush hiring new lawyers in the wake of the democratic takeover and impending investigations.
Iowa Farmer Today on Senator Harkin and the 2007 Farm Bill. U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee
Hispanic Business .com on Mel Martinez and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Reuters on Jennings, Buchanan, and Holt, and the disputed Florida 13th district election for the US House seat. An investigation may happen in the House Administration Committee. CQ Politics' article on same. New York Times on same.
Detroit News on Conyers and inappropriate staff activities. Mentions House Judiciary Committee (he'll be the chairman), and the Ethics Committee (saying the matter will probably be closed).
AP article in the International Herald Tribune on Senator Biden, the "incoming head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee", trying to open access to "millions of documents from the Nazi era in Germany."
Tulsaworld.com on Inhofe beating out Warner for status as the ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
Mohave Daily News on Specter and Leahy (incoming chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee) discussing legislation about detainees.
Fairview Observer on new Communications Director of Senate Republican Conference, Ryan Loskarn.
AP in the USA Today on Representative McNerney's democratic radio address and "integrity and civility in Washington".
Gannett on Kennedy and sick leave. House Education and Workforce Committee, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
McClatchy on Roberts leaving the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Feedback to WaPo on their article about new committee staff, saying they should have mentioned the Committee on House Administration and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and bringing up the "Bush nomination for membership in the Election Assistance Commission."
NPR on Representative Slaughter and House Rules Committee and restricting earmarks.
AP on Reyes, the House Intelligence Committee, and prioritizing stabilization over investigation.
December 18th to December 24th
CNN on Pelosi and cameras on the house floor. (see .pdf of c-span's request here.)
New York Times editorial calling for quick reforms in ethics and transparency from Reid and Pelosi.
AP in NYT on Dem committee opportunities, with discussion of progressiveness of new members and McDermott quote on dog catching bus.
NYT on limited scope of new democratic moratorium on earmarks.
NYT Op-Ed advocating transparency in the house (video cameras in all committee rooms) and detailing democratic waste pre-1994.
NYT on house budget committee pressuring Bush to fund Iraq war by committee.
NYT on Senate Foreign Relations Committee report on US foreign embassies strained by relationship to military.
Editorial in NYT on Ways and Means committee asking NCAA about tax-exempt status.
[Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument NYT] on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument.
NYT mentions the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's new chair, Barbara Boxer, discussing an appeals court "[striking] down the Bush administration's strategy for reducing smog".
Lieberman in NYT on Chemical Plants and security plans. (Senate Homeland Security Committee]
WaPo on Pelosi and the transition into the majority.
WaPo writing on funding the Iraq war.
WaPo on Venezuala's reaction to the Senate Foreign Relations committee report on Non Governmental Organizations.
December 10th to December 17th
The New York Times on Pelosi's plan for a new Select Committee on Intelligence Oversight.
WaPo on new chairs and upcoming investigations.
Google News Search for House + Committee sorted by date from 12/10/06 to 12/17/06 (at 8:45 pm).
Google News Search for Senate + Committee sorted by date from 12/10/06 to 12/17/06 (at 8:45 pm).
Times Picayune on The House Insurance committee and homeowners. Karen Carter, Jim Tucker
New York Times on last minute earmarks before congress adjourned. Rules committee, Hastert, Reid
New York Times on age of Senators.
New York Times editorial discussing work set out for committees. leahy, judiciary, intelligence, rockefeller
New York Times on Reyes (new chair of the House intelligence committee) and telling Sunni from Shiite.
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