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Community leaders held a forum to express their agenda for the new administration. Senior advisers to President-Elect Obama, who had pledged to sit down with grassroots leaders during his tr…

Speaker Pelosi and others spoke about House Republican leadership elections. Speaker Pelosi also hoped to pass an aid package for struggling auto companies by the end of the year.

Hedge Fund Managers and financial experts testified about federal regulation of financial markets, operation of hedge funds, and the recent global financial crisis. The hearing focused on se…

Financial market esperts testified about federal regulation of financial markets, operation of hedge funds, and the recent global financial crisis. The hearing focused on several issues incl…

Representative Van Hollen spoke about the strategies employed by the Democratic Party in various races during the 2008 election campaign, and the likely impact of a larger Democratic majorit…

Democratic leaders spoke to reporters an answered questions about the 2008 election results and how President-elect Obama and larger Democratic majorities in both houses would move forward t…

On October 29, the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on Economic Recovery, Job Creation and Investment in America. The committee heard testimony from Governors David Paterson (D-…

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, Former Treasury Secretary John Snow, and SEC Chairman Chris Cox testified about the state of the economy, recent turmoil in the U.S. and globa…

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held the second in a series of oversight hearings on the regulatory mistakes and financial excesses that led to the market breakdown on Wa…

Representative Chris Van Hollen, chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and Representative Thomas Davis, former chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, t…

Richard Fuld, Jr., board chairman and chief executive officer of Lehman Brothers Holdings and Lehman Brothers, testified about the bankruptcy of the company. Topics included his role at Lehm…

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held the second in a series of oversight hearings on the regulatory mistakes and financial excesses that led to the market breakdown on Wa…

Experts in economics, regulation, and corporate governance testified on the causes and effects of the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. Topics included excessive CEO compensation, bad judgment …

House Democratic leaders spoke to reporters following passage of a bill to providing authority to provide federal assistance to financial markets and the economy. During the press conference…

Representative Chris Van Hollen talked by remote video with reporters about the upcoming congressional elections. Representative Van Hollen is the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Ca…

U.S. House of Reps: Commodity Markets & No Child Left Behind

The second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, focused on economic issues, providing help to working Americans, and Senator Barack Obama’s visi…