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Barton Calls BP Escrow Fund 'Shakedown'; Hayward 'Devastated' by Spill
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyBP chief executive Tony Hayward told members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday that he is "devastated" by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and that his company is committed to stopping the spill, cleaning up the devastated shoreline and compensating the people affected by it. "I give you my word," he said, "we will make this right." But in sometimes withering questioning by members of the congressional subcommittee investigating the causes of the April 20 explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon rig, Hayward refused to answer specific inquiries about the accident. Instead, ...
Ticktock ... Morning on Capitol Hill as Vote Nears
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (March 19) -- As the countdown clock begins winding down today to this weekend's historic vote on health care, staffers on Capitol Hill prepare for a day that looks very much like the day before and the day before that. "Whaddaya think? Get outta here by 11?" one Hill staffer says to another as they ride an elevator in what passes for late morning here, 8:45 a.m. "I'm thinking 1 [a.m.]," the other replies. "That way 11 will feel good." Long hours, and exhaustion, are standard here. But as House Democratic leaders scramble behind closed doors to nail down the last few votes they ...
Watchdogs: Following the Money in Health Insurance and International Banking
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThis week, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), sent open letters to the heads of America's four largest health insurance companies -- WellPoint, United Health, Humana, and Aetna -- asking how often their clients have been denied insurance coverage based on pre-existing conditions. The committee also wants information on maternity coverage and premium increases; asked the four insurance chief executives to respond by March 12 if they plan to voluntarily provide the information; and requested their testimony at a committee hearing on March ...
Evan Bayh Is Most Conservative Senate Democrat, Ratings Say
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThe most conservative Senate Democrat? The most liberal Republican? Read all about it in National Journal's vote ratings, drawn up to measure the ideological range of this fightin' and feudin' 111th Congress. National Journal, an influential and deeply reported magazine and Web site, used its own editors and reporters to compile more than 90 roll-call votes on economic, social and foreign policy legislation in the Senate and the House of Representatives. They then graded lawmakers as liberal or conservative based on those votes. They've been doing it since 1981 and, as always, there were ...
About That Interior Dept. Sex, Gift Scandal...
By Liza Porteus Viana - Politics DailyAnd you thought nothing exciting happened at the Interior Department.Members of Congress are delving into reports of a "fraternity house atmosphere" at the department's Denver branch of the Minerals Management Service, responsible for marketing oil and natural gas that energy companies barter to the government in lieu of cash royalty payments for drilling on federal land. Government officials in both Denver and Washington who deal with billions of dollars in oil royalties apparently partied, had sex with and accepted golf and ski outings from employees of energy companies they did business ...
Waxman Slams Military Contract Fiasco
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyOn Tuesday military officials testified before a House Committee about a huge military contract somehow awarded to a company run by a 22-year-old man from Miami Beach to provide arms to coalition troops in Afghanistan, despite the fact that Diveroli is on a State Department watch list designed to monitor suspected international arms dealers. A $298 million contract was issued to Efraim Diveroli's company, AEY. AEY and a supplier the company worked with were also on the list. In March, The New York Times published a story about how Diveroli's company, with only a handful of employees, managed ...
U.S. Embassy Arms Cover Up?
By Liza Porteus Viana - Politics DailyRep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif) thinks the U.S. embassy in Albania may have helped an indicted weapons dealer hide the Chinese origin of ammunition sent to Afghanistan, and that the embassy tried to keep information about the ammunition from Congress.Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, saying: "The Oversight Committee has received information that the U.S. ambassador to Albania held a late-night meeting with the Albanian Defense Minister at which the ambassador approved removing evidence of the ...
Henry Waxman Still Terrorizing MLB
By Eamonn Brennan - AOL NewsHenry Waxman has gone about as far as he can go in ensuring that professional baseball players aren't using steroids. A bevy of high-profile Congressional hearings -- including the brilliant Roger Clemens castration -- should, right or wrong, be enough for any league or player to think twice about defrauding their sport. The fear of Waxman is palpable and prohibitive. Just look at that man. His moustache is pure terror. Still, with all that in his pocket, Waxman won't let the steroid issue die. He's unhappy about "misinformation" he believes Bud Selig and Donald Fehr provided regarding the ...
Waxman Revisits Plame Saga
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyHouse Oversight and Government Reform Committee Henry Waxman wants to look into the Valerie Plame outing, citing a disclosure Scooter Libby made to the FBI in which Libby indicated to investigators that he may have been instructed by Vice President Dick Cheney to out Plame. Waxman wants the FBI to turn over records of an interview they conducted with Cheney during the course of the investigation that ended with the conviction Libby for perjury and the subsequent commutation of his sentence by President Bush. In a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Waxman said that recent revelations ...
In Edwards' Wake
By David Knowles - Politics DailyThe United Steelworkers of America, who had previously endorsed John Edwards, now switches to Obama. From South Carolina comes word that 6 of the delegates John Edwards earned in the state will be going to Obama.And more previously neutral superdelegates heed the call:California's Henry Waxman and Howard Berman endorse Obama.Washington's Jim McDermott endorses Obama.D.C. superhero super Larry Cohen endorses Obama.No big news for Clinton today. A pick-up of 10 delegates so far for the Illinois Senator. First Read's superdelegate scorecard since last Tuesday is Obama 35.5, Clinton 1.5. ...
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