Why Congressional Hearings Are to Public Policy What Speed Dating Is to Romance (Guest Post)andygensler
committee hearings are open to public and are reported (7)___ widely in the mass media. Congressional investigations nevertheless represent one important tool available to lawmakers (8)___ to inform the citizenry and to arouse public interests in national issu...
Patel session wraps, bringing a close to today's confirmation hearings Hayley Miller After nearly six hours of questioning, Patel's confirmation hearing ended moments ago, wrapping up today's confirmation hearings. Gabbard and Kennedy hearings ended hours ago. Share Patel says ...
Looking at all federal employees, nearly 80% of the hours they work are in person, the OMB report found. Also, roughly the same share of federal and private-sector employees usually teleworked in 2022, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimate. About 22% of fe...
year and a half and two intrepid reporters for the Washington Post kept digging up more dirt, memorialized in 1976's All the President's Men. Congressional hearings mesmerized the country with tales of scurrilous doings in the White House -- much of it, it was revealed, secretly tape-...
A memorable historical example of a bear trap that led to a short squeeze and ended up causing Congressional hearings and investigations by various regulators.4In January 2021, investors believed that GameStop (GME), a video game retailer, was on a downward trajectory due to long-term business...
Widespread disbelief in the "official story" of the Kennedy assassination has inspired a library of books, congressional hearings, major motion pictures, and most recently,the declassification of thousands of documents(none of which, by the way, support the idea of a conspiracy). But more im...
Nancy Pelosi, congressional leaders' real-time reactions The reactions of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were front and center of the committee's last hearing. Videos -- shot by Alexandra Pelosi as part of a documentary project -- showed Pelosi fleeing the Capitol as the riot unfolded, telling some...
Mike also checks in on other news from Washington, including congressional hearings underway to identify the breakdown in security that allowed the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump and address ways to prevent any recurrence; a bi-partisan agreement to ban elected officials from trading stoc...
The committee also showed never-before-seen footage shot by Alexandra Pelosi, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's daughter, of Pelosi and other Congressional leaders trying to secure the Capitol on Jan. 6. In the footage, Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnel...