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Kulongoski appointed Deputy Director Eriks Gabliks to serve as acting director following Minnis' departure. "We play an important role in training and certification, and we will continue to do that," Gabliks said Tuesday. "We have a great staff and great...
Tags: John Minnis, Ted Kulongoski, House Judiciary Committee, Salem, Jack Minnis, Law Crime
November 22, 2009 Fourteen immigrants who were in the country illegally when their relatives were killed in the World Trade Center attacks are still waiting to gain permanent residency, and their lawyer said their tenuous immigration status could be...
Tags: Ms. Maloney, Ms. Steinberg, Congress, humanitarian parole, small group, House Judiciary Committee, Seattle, Illegal immigration to the United States, Immigration to the United States, Illegal immigration, September 11 attacks, Crimes, Carolyn B. Maloney, Parole, Social Issues
Hispanic lawmakers say an old adversary, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, has his fingerprints all over a push to prohibit illegal immigrants from buying health insurance plans in a new market for people who don’t get insurance through their employers....
Tags: House-Senate, White House, House Democrats, House Judiciary Committee, Republican House, Rahm Emanuel, CHC, illegal immigration, health care, hispanic lawmakers, Wilson, John Conyers, Chris Van Hollen, Democratic Party, Nydia Velᅢᄀzquez, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Xavier Becerra, Politics, Social Issues
A federal judge from Louisiana who had run up big gambling debts routinely solicited money and gifts from lawyers with cases before his court, Congressional investigators said Tuesday as the House opened impeachment hearings in the judge’s case.
Tags: federal judges, House Judiciary Committee, Kansas City, Judicial disqualification, United States House Committee on the Judiciary, Trial, Legal procedure, Thomas Porteous, Impeachment, Law Crime, Credit card, Impeachment in the United States, Judicial Task force on Judicial Impeachment, Impeachment investigations of federal Judges, USA PATRIOT Act, Supreme Court of the United States
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-New York), warned that the measure was wholly unconstitutional. Act," sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California), "is in blatant violation of the Constitution's prohibition against Bills of Attainder," said Nadler, the chairman...
Tags: Congressional Research Service, The New York Times, acorn employees, Ohio Republican Party, federal funding, George W. Bush, voter registrations, Jerrold Nadler, House Judiciary Committee, registrations form, Center, Acorn Computers, Acorn, John Conyers, Community organizing, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Hannah Giles, Politics, Law Crime
House Judiciary Committee put National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell on the defensive this morning, pressing him for explanations of how he is making the violent game safer for players and what he's doing for disabled retirees. Rep. John...
Tags: Roger Goodell, PDT NFL, head injury, House Judiciary Committee, nfl commissioner, brain disease, commissioner roger, Seattle Seahawks, football field, Congress
R.I.— Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch has approved a new affiliation between Roger Williams Medical Center and St. Joseph's Health Services. The hospitals have created a holding company that would oversee both institutions while maintaining...
Tags: Rhode Islanders, House Judiciary Committee, R.I, nation formal
The legislation would repeal portions of the 1945 McCarran-Ferguson Act that allows states to regulate health insurance providers without federal intervention. But critics of the law say that 64 years after its passage, the result has been regional monopolies...
Tags: Barack Obama, Obama Urges Wall Street, health insurers, health care, insurers industry, House of Representatives, House Judiciary Committee, president barack, antitrust protection, New York City
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers announced Friday the committee plans to hold hearings on the lasting impact of head injuries among NFL players. The hearings will also look into players' medical coverage and "other matters," according to...
Tags: NFL, head injuries, nfl players, House Judiciary Committee, Congressional, hold hearing
Even as the issue of torture seems likely to burst back onto the public agenda this week - thanks to the greatly anticipated release of an internal CIA report - one of the most progressive voices in Congress is arguing that the Obama White House has a...
Tags: obama, violating the law, torture, an internal cia report, new york congressman jerry nadler, house judiciary committee, the huffington post, investigation, anti-torture act of 1996, special prosecutor, attorney general eric holder, department of justice, the clinton impeachment