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GOP Line on Financial Crisis: Blame the GSE’s

By | 10.06.08 | 12:16 pm

The House oversight committee is holding a hearing now on the collapse of Lehman Bros. and the financial crisis generally. This hearing– and four others– will likely provide hints of how Congress, post-bailout bill, will try to revamp how the government polices Wall Street.

The committee has produced internal More…

Report: Oil Industry Held to ‘Honor System’

By | 09.17.08 | 5:59 pm

Mismanagement of the Dept. of Interior’s royalty-in-kind program has cost the government millions in revenues from oil and natural gas companies, according to a biting report released Wednesday. The Project on Government Oversight, or POGO, a watchdog organization that issued the paper, called for the abolition of More…

Cronyism, Cocaine, Oil…and now Congressional Oversight

By | 09.11.08 | 2:10 pm

That was quick.

Yesterday the Interior Dept. inspector general unveiled three lurid reports of sexual misconduct, drug dealing and partying with oil executives at Interior’s Mineral Management Services.

Today the House oversight committee said there will be a hearing next Wednesday to scrutinize MMS and their oil and More…