Barack Obama has not just passively failed to end religious discrimination in federally-funded employment. Obama has actively blocked efforts to end the religious discrimination.

The House Armed Services Committee appears to have a two year backlog in the release of committee hearing transcripts to the public. But these transcripts are not actually transcripts: they are links to WMA audio files, not text files. Furthermore, the links are dead and the audio now removed. The situation is worse than it [...]

We are at CyberWar, our national politicians tell us, and in a CyberWar we must be ever CyberVigilant and on CyberGuard against our CyberEnemies. Usually, showing up is a prerequisite for vigilance. Earlier today, the full House Armed Services Committee was called together for a hearing entitled “U.S. Cyber Command: Organizing for Cyberspace Operations.” There [...]

Solomon Oriz: “Is there anything that we can do to preserve the military capabilities threatened by wind farm developments at Naval Air Station Kingsville and other military bases?”

The investigation shows that the U.S. military operation is contributing to the culture of corruption in Afghanistan that makes it possible for terrorists to retain their safehavens.

Fact: in the 111th Congress of 2009-2010, the House Judiciary Committee has convened more hearings on the subject of football head injuries than hearings on the subject of the Patriot Act.

When you’re a member of Congress who gets more than 15% of your campaign money from the energy industry, what’s the “tragedy of the first proportion” surrounding the unprecedented and ongoing spill of oil into the Gulf of Mexico? Joe Barton, June 17, 2010: “I think it is a tragedy of the first proportion that [...]

Arnold and Porter is lobbying on behalf of the AUVSI, to seek the elimination of legislative barriers to the international sale of killer robots. Will Congressman Glenn Nye and his aides be talking about that particular agenda with the lobbyists of Arnold and Porter tonight?

Date of House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held hearing on the “administration of the Freedom of Information Act”: Thursday, March 18. Response obtained when selecting a link to view a webcast of this hearing: “The program you are trying to view is not available. Please try later.” Response obtained when selecting a link [...]

Notable House and Senate Hearings for the week of March 22-26, 2010: Banking and Finance Monday, March 22 at 5 PM the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee will hold a markup session to consider and pass on a bill by Chairman Christopher Dodd called the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010. The [...]