Grassroots Organizations and Policy Agenda
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…
441 viewsCommunity 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…
441 viewsWitnesses testified about recent turmoil in the financial markets, regulation of investment banking procedures, and on the need to enact legislation quickly on the Bush Administration $700 b…
1,562 viewsThe final day of the Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado, had a theme of change. Events included the reading of party resolutions, and tributes t…
11,266 viewsA hearing was held to examine issues related to tactilely distinguishable currency for the blind. Witness spoke about their reaction to a May appeals court ruling which said that similar pap…
304 viewsFederal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testified about U.S. monetary policy and the state of the U.S. economy. In his testimony and subsequent questions, he focused on the threat posed …
1,069 viewsA hearing was held on proposals to mandate a nationwide electronic employment verification system (EEVS), focusing on protecting U.S. workers from unintended consequences of EEVS errors and/…
885 viewsThe House debated a bill that would temporarily halt the federal government’s oil purchases for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in order to reduce gas prices. Lawmakers also worked on a bill…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,021 viewsDon Cazayoux was sworn in as the representative of the Sixth District of the State of Louisiana.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,549 viewsFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified about monetary policy and the state of the economy. In speaking of Federal Reserve interest rates, he said that slowing economic growth posed …
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