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Obama's Budget Proposal: What Could You Do With $3.73 Trillion?

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Waste and Abuse: The Refuse of the Federal Spending Binge

Chairman Darrell Issa Hearing Preview Statement Thursday’s hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, entitled “Waste and Abuse: The Refuse of the Federal Spending Binge,” comes during the very week that President Obama presented a $3.73 trillion budget request to Congress that requires a record $1.65 trillion in deficit spending, pushes the national debt to surpass GDP for the first time since World War II, and uses budget gimmicks to ...
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Chairman Issa Issues Subpoena for All Countrywide VIP Docs

WASHINGTON. D.C. – In December of 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), then the Committee’s Ranking Member, launched an investigation into Countrywide Financial Corporation’s infamous VIP and Friends of Angelo Program that exposed the inner workings of Countrywide’s efforts to buy friends in critical government and industry positions affecting the ...
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Chairman Issa Issues Subpoena for All Countrywide VIP Docs

WASHINGTON. D.C. – In December of 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), then the Committee’s Ranking Member, launched an investigation into Countrywide Financial Corporation’s infamous VIP and Friends of Angelo Program that exposed the inner workings of Countrywide’s efforts to buy friends in critical government and industry positions affecting the ...
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Video Release: Oversight Committee Mission Statement

Video Release: Oversight Committee Mission Statement WASHINGTON, DC – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today issued a video release of the Committee Mission Statement:
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Making Sense of the Numbers: Improving the Federal Financial Reporting Model
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The Stimulus: Two Years Later
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Burr, Thune Introduce Public Employee Pension Transparency Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 15, 2011     Burr, Thune Introduce Public Employee Pension Transparency Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and John Thune (R-SD) introduced the Public Employee Pension Transparency Act, legislation that will enhance transparency for state and local pensions and establish a clear federal prohibition on any future public pension bailouts by the federal ...
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Burr, Thune Introduce Public Employee Pension Transparency Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 15, 2011 Burr, Thune Introduce Public Employee Pension Transparency Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and John Thune (R-SD) introduced the Public Employee Pension Transparency Act, legislation that will enhance transparency for state and local pensions and establish a clear federal prohibition on any future public pension bailouts by the federal government. Congressman Devin Nunes ...
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Unfunded Mandates and Regulatory Overreach

Chairman James Lankford Opening Statement This is the first meeting of the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform. This hearing will focus on, “Unfunded Mandates and Regulatory Overreach” Since the founding of our Nation, the federal government has had to balance its own authority with that of the states, counties, and cities. While each has a unique responsibility to serve their constituents, ...