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COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) — Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings is being honored with a service award by the Howard County Center of African American Culture. Friday’s award presentation will come during a program at Howard Community College in Columbia on...
"This means that the entire goal of Fast and Furious -- to target these two individuals and bring them to justice -- was a failure." Representatives with the Justice Department and its subagencies declined to comment. In a statement e-mailed to The...
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. , right, confers with the committee's Ranking Member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, prior to the start of the committee's hearing on the... View Photo »
But a reward fund means little if someone is worried about being killed
Elijah Cummings, D-Md. , and John Tierney, D-Mass. , members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Federal Housing Finance Agency spokesman Corinne Russell did not have an immediate comment. The agency oversees Fannie Mae and...
Feb 8 (Reuters) - Two Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday accused the regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from blocking the firms from reducing principal on the mortgages they back for ideological reasons. Representatives Elijah Cummings and John...
FHFA spokeswoman Corinne Russell did not have an immediate comment. The agency oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which were taken over by the federal government in 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 24: Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) (L) listens to Committee ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) (R) as Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray (C) looks on prior a hearing before... View Photo »
Many Americans are struggling to understand why banks deserve such preferential treatment while millions of homeowners are being denied assistance and are at increasing risk of foreclosure
But his party members continue to exalt him and one can only wonder for how long. This was Eric Holder’s sixth time testifying with the investigation and in attendance offering words of support was Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Democratic member of the House...
Again. Mr. Savage only brings up a quote from Representative Burton about Mr. Holder stonewalling them. He could have talked about Mr. Issa’s opening statement about the DOJ not cooperating. Instead, Mr. Savage jumps to the ranking Democrat,...
Elijah Eugene Cummings (born January 18, 1951) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 7th district of the State of Maryland (map) since 1996. Full Article
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. , right, confers with the committee's Ranking Member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, prior to the start of the committee's hearing on the controversial fast and furious program...
View Photo »Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, center, speaks at an election night celebration after winning a re-election bid in Baltimore, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. Pictured with Rawlings-Blake are Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. , left, and her husband Kent, right.
View Photo »U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD) reads a note he received from a concerned constituent as he talks to reporters after a Democratic caucus meeting about debt relief legislation with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, August 1, 2011. A bill that...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 28: (L-R) U.S. Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA), Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) listen to testimony during a...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 28: U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) (2nd L) speaks as Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) (L) and other House Democratic members listen during a hearing before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee February 28, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: (L-R) U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Sen. Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT), Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), and Comptroller General of the United States and head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Gene...
View Photo »House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. , right, accompanied by the committee's ranking Democrat Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. , presides over the committee's hearing on the Freedom of Information Act, Thursday, March 31, 2011, on Capitol Hill in...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 02: Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (L) greets committee chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) (2nd R) House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill June 2, 2011 in Washington, DC. Barbour testified during a hearing titled ÒMaking the Gulf Coast Whole...
View Photo »Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn. , center, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, to discuss the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) "High Risk Series" report. From left are, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. , Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif....
View Photo »House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. , right, confers with the committee's Ranking Member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, prior to the start of the committee's hearing on the controversial fast and furious program...
View Photo »But a reward fund means little if someone is worried about being killed
Many Americans are struggling to understand why banks deserve such preferential treatment while millions of homeowners are being denied assistance and are at increasing risk of foreclosure
Congress and the president passed a law directing the FHFA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to maximize assistance to homeowners
