Updated at 5:08 p.m.
In the tide of abortion-related legislation sweeping the nation, among the popular proposals is to mandate counseling services for women seeking an abortion. Many states already do require women do receive counseling before an abortion – 34, according to the Guttmacher Institute, and 24 of these More…
The first of several promised clashes over U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulatory powers came this week at a hearing over a Republican bill that would block the agency from regulating greenhouse gases out of concern for climate change.
At a heated Wednesday hearing by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee More…
Well, it’s official. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) is seeking the ranking spot on the House Natural Resources Committee. If he gets it, he’ll leave his position as the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce energy and environment subcommittee.
But it turns out he’s not the only one seeking More…
The Democratic leadership of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter today to Mariner Energy CEO Scott Josey requesting a “briefing” on the possible causes of today’s Vermilion 380 oil rig explosion.
The letter was sent by committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), and subcommittee chairmen Edward Markey More…
In the three months after the Gulf oil spill, BP allocated three times more to its advertising budget than it did in the same three months last year, according to data released today by a congressional committee.
According to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which is conducting an investigation More…
A key subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow in an attempt to sort out varying accounts of the amount of oil that has been taken care of in the Gulf of Mexico. The hearing will also touch on seafood safety, another big issue More…
Obama defends “coked-up stimulus monkeys.”
Henry Waxman won’t mind if the “difficult” Dems lose reelection.
Next Michelle Obama will be telling us to eat cake.
Conservatives argue Prop 8 ruling shouldn’t count because the judge is gay.
The House passed an oil spill response package today in a 209-193 vote, despite strong objections from Republicans.
The package passed after hours of floor debate. Republicans argued that the bills are ill conceived, would kill jobs and are too far-reaching.
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) is not moved by the oil industry’s argument that House oil spill legislation would prematurely require specific blow-out preventer technology and other well design measures.
Industry groups like the American Petroleum Institute say the cause of the April explosion on the Deepwater Horizon well should More…
After a legislative year chock full of big accomplishments, The New York Times reports that Democrats are looking to go small in the lead-up to midterm elections this November:
Democrats will try to stave off electoral disaster in November with tools like these: electric-car batteries, free mammograms and loans
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