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The midpoint of that resulting range was used to rank the politicians. In the Senate, 68 legislators were estimated to be worth at least $1 million, led by Herb Kohl, a Democrat from Wisconsin, who was worth an estimated $214,570,011 in 2008. Full Article at The New York Times
Top-ranking House Republicans called on Vice President Joe Biden to stop citing "inaccurate" statistics of jobs "created or saved" as a result of the $787 billion economic stimulus package. Full Article at The Hill
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 14: Ranking member Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) speaks during a hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill October 14, 2009 in Washington, DC. View Photo »
By failing to call government witnesses to this hearing, the committee is abdicating its responsibility to oversee the government policies and actions that shaped the Merrill Lynch acquisition
Keeping up their attack on the Obama administration's stimulus plan, top House Republicans today urged the man in charge to stop claiming jobs that haven't been confirmed. Full Article at Political Intelligence
—Guy Chazan contributed to this article. Printed in The Wall Street Journal, page A8 Congressional Republicans have started investigating climate scientists whose hacked emails suggest they tried to squelch dissenting views about global warming. Full Article at EcoEarth News
A few days after leaked e-mail messages appeared on the Internet, the U.S. Congress may probe whether prominent scientists who are advocates of global warming theories misrepresented the truth about climate change. Full Article at CBS News
WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 26: (L-R) U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Sen. John Thune (R-SD), Rep. Jerry Moran (R-KS), and House Minority Whip Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) wait for entering the Senate Radio TV Studio for a news conference on Capitol Hill February... View Photo »
Towns' action came after repeated public ridicule from the leading Republican on the committee, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), over Towns's failure to launch an investigation into Countrywide Mortgage's reported sweetheart deals to VIPs.
Source: Wall Street Journal Congressional Republicans have started investigating climate scientists whose hacked emails suggest they tried to squelch dissenting views about global warming. Full Article at Democratic Underground
Just hours after Sen. Charles Grassley and Rep. Darrell Issa released a report Friday on their investigation into the abrupt firing of AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin, the Obama White House gave the lawmakers a trove of new,... Full Article at Rantburg
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WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 14: Ranking member Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) speaks during a hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill October 14, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 26: (L-R) U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Sen. John Thune (R-SD), Rep. Jerry Moran (R-KS), and House Minority Whip Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) wait for entering the Senate Radio TV Studio for a news conference on Capitol Hill February 26, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 26: (L-R) U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Sen. John Thune (R-SD), Rep. Jerry Moran (R-KS), and House Minority Whip Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) wait for entering the Senate Radio TV Studio for a news conference on Capitol Hill February 26, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 26: U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) (C) speaks as House Minority Whip Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) (L) and Rep. Jerry Moran (R-KS) (R) listen during a news conference on Capitol Hill February 26, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 26: U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) (C) speaks as House Minority Whip Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) (L) and Rep. Jerry Moran (R-KS) (R) listen during a news conference on Capitol Hill February 26, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Chairman of the FreedomWorks and former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX) (L), Committee Chairman Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY) (R) and ranking member Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) (C) share a moment prior to a hearing before the House Oversight and Governm...
View Photo »WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Chairman of the FreedomWorks and former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX) (L) talks to Committee Chairman Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY) (R) and ranking member Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) (C) prior to a hearing before the House Oversight and Government Ref...
View Photo »US. Rep.Darrell Issa (L), Ranking Member and Rep. Edolphus Towns (R), Chairman make opening remarks during a joint hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and its Domestic Policy Subcommittee on November 17, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
View Photo »US. Rep.Darrell Issa (L), Ranking Member, and Rep. Edolphus Towns (R), Chairman, listen to testimony during a joint hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and its Domestic Policy Subcommittee on November 17, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington.
View Photo »The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's ranking Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, prior to the start of the committee's hearing on the role of the federal government in the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch me...
View Photo »Kenneth Feinberg, Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation, left, talks with House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members, from second left, the committee's ranking Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. , Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y. , and Rep. Wm.
View Photo »Kenneth Feinberg, Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation, left, talks with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's ranking Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, ``before the start of the committee's hearing.
View Photo »Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. , the ranking Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee question Neil Barofsky, special inspector general of the Trouble Asset Relief Program (TARP), on Capitol Hill in Washington.
View Photo »The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's ranking Republican Sen. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. , questions a witness during a hearing on the Flu Vaccine Program, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - JULY 16: Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (R) talks with Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) (L) arrives for testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee July 16, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - JULY 16: Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (R) talks with Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) (L) arrives for testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee July 16, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »Committee ranking member U.S. Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) (R) greets Bank of America CEO and President Kenneth Lewis (L) as he arrives to give testimony about his company's acquisition of Merrill Lynch, at a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capito...
View Photo »House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ranking Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. , right, greets Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Lewis on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 11, 2009, prior to Lewis testifying before the committee.
View Photo »House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif. , shares a laugh with committee member Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, as they wait for the starts of the committee's hearing on the financial meltdown.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 26: (L-R) U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Sen. John Thune (R-SD), Rep. Jerry Moran (R-KS), and House Minority Whip Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) wait for entering the Senate Radio TV Studio for a news conference on Capitol Hill February 26, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »By failing to call government witnesses to this hearing, the committee is abdicating its responsibility to oversee the government policies and actions that shaped the Merrill Lynch acquisition
Towns' action came after repeated public ridicule from the leading Republican on the committee, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), over Towns's failure to launch an investigation into Countrywide Mortgage's reported sweetheart deals to VIPs.
Behind closed doors and with no approval from Congress, the FRBNY added an additional $13 billion of debt on the backs of taxpayers to give a backdoor bailout to AIG’s creditors, including Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Société Générale and Deutsche Bank ... The lack of transparency and accountability in...
It is absolutely unconscionable that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which were at the heart of the subprime housing collapse last fall that sent our economy into a tailspin, should be without independent oversight at a time when the federal government now owns over half of all the mortgages in the United S...
Despite skyrocketing unemployment rates and millions of lost jobs, the administration continues to peddle jobs 'saved and created,' figures to avoid accountability for their job-killing policies
Just hours before [Scozzafava] endorsed the Democrat, she received calls from Barack Obama's chief of staff Rahm Emanuel. She also received calls from the Chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Senator Chuck Schumer ... Was Scozzafava promised something in return for her endorsement o...
Just hours before [Scozzafava] endorsed the Democrat, she received calls from Barack Obama's chief of staff Rahm Emanuel. She also received calls from the Chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Senator Chuck Schumer ... Was Scozzafava promised something in return for her endorsement o...
Doug Hoffman is a Ronald Reagan conservative that has received endorsements from conservative leaders all over the country including conservative New York Republicans like former Governor George Pataki, but most important, he has the endorsement of conservative Republican voters in his own district
Rather than learning from the mistakes of his predecessor, President Obama has entangled the federal bureaucracy across the private sector ... This was a political bankruptcy and not handled through a bankruptcy judge as our law requires.
The benefits and strategy behind the Countrywide VIP program were reminiscent of the benefits Jack Abramoff bestowed on individuals with political influence. It needs to investigate Countrywide's efforts to buy influence
It is now apparent that you knew, or at least should have known, about the bonus payments to Merrill Lynch employees no later than December 18, 2008
It is disturbing that ACORN was awarded a grant when fire departments all over the country are struggling to make ends meet and get the equipment and training they need to protect their local communities ... A grant of nearly $1 million in Homeland Security funding was awarded to ACORN, money that might...
It is disturbing that ACORN was awarded a grant when fire departments all over the country are struggling to make ends meet and get the equipment and training they need to protect their local communities ... A grant of nearly $1 million in Homeland Security funding was awarded to ACORN, money that might...
Mr. Chairman, I challenge you today to either issue a subpoena to Bank of America to get those records or allow this committee to have an open vote so the people of America can understand that, in fact, this is an important issue
The lack of an appropriate firewall between ACORN's charitable activities and its political arm has raised significant questions regarding the appropriateness of their status as a taxable non-profit corporation and their management of federal dollars
Federal law is in place to prevent the political machinery of a campaign from carrying over to the White House after an election ... Activating artists and art groups reliant on NEA funds under the implied threat of withholding future grants is a Chicago-style tactic that should have been left on the ca...
Federal law is in place to prevent the political machinery of a campaign from carrying over to the White House after an election ... Activating artists and art groups reliant on NEA funds under the implied threat of withholding future grants is a Chicago-style tactic that should have been left on the ca...
Rush Limbaugh is not the leader of the party. Sarah Palin is not the leader of the party. In fact, [Republican National Committee Chairman Michael] Steele is not the leader of the party
Rush Limbaugh is not the leader of the party. Sarah Palin is not the leader of the party. In fact, [Republican National Committee Chairman Michael] Steele is not the leader of the party
Whether it be Congress' oversight committee, the Justice Department or the IRS, we need to take seriously the question of whether or not ACORN has been abusing its receipt of taxpayer dollars to further a political agenda and whether its status as a not-for-profit corporation is appropriate or not
- greenahead
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- sudhanshu
1 day ago
time for government. Time to get into character as darrell issa lol
- IsaVillalva 2 days ago
- daylinews
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California Republican Darrell Issa is the richest lawmaker with a net worth of over $250 million.
- vonhitten 3 days ago