Senators met to vote on the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, the “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” policy in the military and the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)…
View in Congressional Chronicle22,763 viewsKeith Hall testified about the most recent report on unemployment. The unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent.
297 viewsWitnesses testified on international aviation screening standards and airline security measures. Among the topics they addressed were the use of image scanners and pat-downs at security chec…
334 viewsWitnesses testified about the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s implementation of the 2008 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, which authorized greater appropriations for the CPSC an…
843 viewsDeputy Assistant Attorney General Greg Andres and international criminal law attorneys testified on the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The law, passed in 1977, made it il…
19,562 viewsSenator-elect Mark Kirk was sworn in as the senator from Illinois to fill the seat held by Roland Burris following the election of President Barack Obama.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,581 viewsWitnesses testified on the rules for television negotiations and recent disputes over broadcast carriage. Fox’s parent company News Corporation pulled its channels from Cablevision systems i…
775 viewsThe Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held an oversight hearing on the Transportation Security Administration. In his testimony, John Pistole defended the TSA’s aggressiv…
23,821 viewsThe Senate debated taking up a tax incentive package to encourage business to bring overseas back to the U.S.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,359 viewsSenator Klobuchar (D-MN) spooke about the problem of distracted driving, driver education, and highway safety. Her remarks were part of the opening of a summit on distracted driving hosted b…
224 viewsTimothy Porteous and Ronald Bodenheimer testified at an impeachment trial for New Orleans federal Judge Thomas Porteous for corruption and engaging in a kickback scheme with a Louisiana law …
1,183 viewsWitnesses testified about government information gathering of rape data on reported rapes and victimization surveys. They focused on problems in data gathering as well as the need to improve…
1,943 viewsRobert Creely testified at an impeachment trial for New Orleans federal Judge Thomas Porteous. Judge Porteous was accused of ongoing corruption and engaging in a kickback scheme with a Louis…
4,114 viewsEnvironmental experts, researchers and a parent of a child with autism testified on the state of research into the role of environmental factors in autism and neuro-development disorders. Am…
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