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Oversight Republicans Challenge Constitutionality of President Obama’s Plan to Re-Direct TARP Funds

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Republicans have sent a letter to President Barack Obama expressing concern over the Administration’s intention to redirect taxpayer money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to pay for new ...
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Déjà Vu: Democrats Unveil $75 Billion Spending Plan

“My plan contains the largest investment increase in our nation's infrastructure since President Eisenhower created the national highway system half a century ago.  We'll invest more than $100 billion and create nearly 400,000 jobs rebuilding our roads, our railways, our dangerously deficient dams, bridges and levees...” – President Barack Obama, 2/11/2009 in Springfield, VA
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12-16-2009 – Domestic Policy – "The US Government As Dominant Shareholder" Day 1

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12-16-2009 – Information Policy – "History Museum Or Records Access Agency?"

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“The US Government As Dominant Shareholder” Day 1
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The Case of the Schizo Strategy

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12-15-2009 — National Security – "Iran Sanctions: Options, Opportunities, and Consequences"

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Smith, Issa Demand Attorney General Appeal ACORN Ruling

Washington, D.C. – Two senior House members today called on the Justice Department to appeal a recent decision in federal district court which found a congressional ban on funding for ACORN to be a bill of attainder.  House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and House Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today sent a
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Statement of Ranking Member Darrell Issa: Consideration of S. 303 – Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 2009

Mr. ISSA. Madam Speaker, earlier this year, I introduced H.R. 2392, the ‘‘Government Information Transparency Act,’’ to make federal reporting of taxpayer dollars more accessible to the American people. In committee, Chairman EDOLPHUS TOWNS and I were able to work on a bipartisan basis to get key provisions of this legislation into S. 303, which is now under consideration by the House. The Government Information Transparency Act instructs the Office of Management and Budget to ...