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The U.S. House of Representatives voted 258 to 176 to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Bill Clinton.

Kenneth Feinberg testified on the procedures for the submission and resolution of individuals' and businesses' claims as a result of the April 20, 2010, explosion on the Deepwater Horizon o…

Witnesses testified on on legal liability issues surrounding the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The committee was considering legislation to raise liability caps. Additionally, survivors and the …

Witnesses testified on the effects of voluntary mortgage modification on preventing home foreclosures. The hearing was a follow-up to the subcommittee’s July 9, 2009, hearing examining the O…

Members marked up a series of seminal civil liberties bills, including H.R. 984, the State Secret Protection Act, and H.R. 3845, the USA PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009. The USA PATRIOT Amend…

In the second of four parts of a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Attorney General Holder testified about Justice Department operations. Among the topics he addressed were Justice Departme…

In the first of four parts of a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Attorney General Holder testified about Justice Department operations. Among the topics he addressed were Justice Departmen…

The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the investigation into the firing of the U.S. Attorneys in 2006. Glenn Fine, the Department of Justice Inspector General, in his testimony sum…

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller testified about FBI operations. Among the issues he addressed were FBI’s anthrax investigation, allegations of improper collection of …

Attorney General Mukasey testified at a Department of Justice oversight hearing about a number of issues including national security programs and operations, voting rights enforcement and pr…

Attorney General Ashcroft and others testified about the Department of Justice’s work and formulation of legal policies for the interrogation and detention of enemy combatants held at facili…

Witnesses testified about the role of administration lawyers in the formulation of detainee interrogation policy at Guantanamo Bay. Questions focused on the witnesses' participation in the d…

Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan testified about reported efforts to cover up the role of the White House in leaking the identity of Valerie Plame Wilson as a Central Intel…

Attorney General Mukasey testified at an oversight hearing of his department. Topics included the politicization of the Justice Department, waterboarding and torture, selective prosecution, …

The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing titled “Warrantless Surveillance and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: The Role of Checks and Balances in Protecting Americans' Privacy …

The House Judiciary Committee held an oversight hearing on the use of National Security Letters by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In response to a question by Representative Jackso…

Ms. Goodling testified about her knowledge of plans to dismiss several U.S. attorneys at the Justice Department, the role the White House might have played in the decision, and her duties at…