Defense Appropriations
Representative Granger, who has been to Iraq twice and is a supporter of the Bush Administration’s policy in Iraq, spoke about the Iraq war. She discussed defense appropriations and authoriz…
49 viewsRepresentative Granger, who has been to Iraq twice and is a supporter of the Bush Administration’s policy in Iraq, spoke about the Iraq war. She discussed defense appropriations and authoriz…
49 viewsThe Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina held a hearing, titled “Hurricane Katrina: Preparedness and Response by the State of Mis…
534 viewsRepublican leaders spoke to reporters about Representative Mrutha’s call for withdrawal of military forces from Iraq and his criticisms of the Bush administration’s characterization of war c…
68 viewsThe House unexpectedly voted down the $142 billion appropriations conference report for the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Departments. The vote was 209 to 223. The House th…
View in Congressional Chronicle446 viewsSecretary Chertoff testified about funding for FEMA and the agency’s ability to provide relief to victims of Hurricane Katrina. He said that inadequate funding had hampered federal responses…
162 viewsIn the first afternoon portion of hearings, Mr. Brown testified about federal, state and local responses to Hurricane Katrina. In his testimony he placed blame for inadequate relief and reco…
361 viewsThe House will consider four bills under suspension of the rules; possible consideration of the conference report to HR 6, energy policy bill; possible consideration of HR 3283, a bill aimed…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,346 viewsThe House plans to finish work on HR 2601, Foreign Relations authorization bill; possibly work on HR 3070, NASA authorization bill; take the postponed vote on a suspension bill debated Monda…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,019 viewsRep. Granger talked about human and civil rights for women around the world. On April 9-10 she will return to the Middle East to take part in a forum with 150 Iraqi women about the role of w…
546 viewsMichael Leavitt, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, testified about the Fiscal Year 2006 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services. Among the issues h…
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