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6 Oct 2011, 12:30 pm
It will be interesting to see how (and if) the Obama administration reacts to Congressional pressure on this front, and whether it’s anything more than the latest manifestation of Congress’s current blame-China mood (one of the few remaining sources of bipartisan consensus). [read post]
22 Oct 2018, 4:06 pm
“Congress is considering potential responses to the disappearance and reported death of prominent Saudi Arabian journalist and former diplomatic advisor Jamal Khashoggi. [read post]
30 May 2012, 2:54 am
A two-time former member of Congress who has been active on space issues won a Democratic primary for another Texas district last night. [read post]
30 Mar 2012, 9:32 am
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld this week notified Congress that two former U.S. [read post]
26 Jan 2013, 10:33 am
Former House Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus (R-AL) was named Chairman Emeritus of the Committee and assigned as a voting member of two important subcommittees, Capital Markets and Financial Institutions. [read post]
28 Jul 2007, 4:22 am
A New York Times article (here) provides a run-down of the various current and former members of Congress under investigation for corruption by federal prosecutors. [read post]
12 Nov 2013, 12:44 pm
In partnership with current and former service members, the National Council on Disability (NCD) – an independent federal agency that advises the President, Congress and other federal agencies on disability policy – today releases “Clearing the Backlog and Facilitating Benefits... [read post]
15 May 2007, 12:36 am
[JURIST] The Colombian high court ordered the arrest of five congressmen Monday for alleged ties to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) [CDI backgrounder] and authorities have listed an additional 15 current and former congress members and businesspersons as suspected of having ties to the paramilitary group. [read post]
17 Mar 2014, 2:59 am
They write: As former members and staff of the Church Committee we can authoritatively say: the erosion of public trust currently facing our intelligence community is not novel, nor is its solution. [read post]
29 Jun 2023, 9:00 am
Despite the fact that social discontent continues to increase, in 2022 Congress continued to approve laws aimed at ensuring the personal interests of its members, ignoring the population and its current needs. [read post]
9 Feb 2021, 9:07 am
The Sidebar begins by discussing which current and former service members are subject to the UCMJ. [read post]
20 Jul 2011, 6:45 am
There are currently more than 2,500 drug courts across the country, treating more than 120,000 Americans. [read post]
14 Oct 2015, 7:38 am
Many members who voted for the FAA have left Congress. [read post]
5 Mar 2013, 8:24 am
In addition to the 212 current members of Congress, several prominent former members of Congress, and one-time DOMA supporters, Senators Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.), Bill Bradley (D-N.J.), Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), and Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), also filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to side with Edie Windsor in her challenge to the law, arguing that DOMA: …was enacted hastily, with little independent consideration of its… [read post]
31 Mar 2011, 9:00 pm
Congress enacted Title II of GINA to protect job applicants, current and former employees, labor union members, and apprentices and trainees from discrimination... [read post]
6 Jul 2012, 8:37 am
Bloomberg: “Countrywide Financial Corp. gave discount loans to former and current members of the U.S. [read post]
2 Jul 2019, 7:44 am
ProPublica reports that "[m]embers of a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents joked about the deaths of migrants, discussed throwing burritos at Latino members of Congress visiting a detention facility in Texas on Monday and posted... [read post]
13 Jun 2014, 10:45 am
The Law Library of Congress hosted an engaging discussion with former U.S. [read post]
13 Jun 2015, 5:14 pm
Government and for the 4 million (and possibly as many as 14 million) current and former federal employees and contractors (including many Lawfare readers, unfortunately!) [read post]
21 Dec 2016, 3:58 pm
They are:extending “cooling off” periods on lobbying the government for five years after government service; “instituting a five-year ban on lobbying by former Members of Congress and their staffs”; expanding the definition of a lobbyist to cover former government officials who engage in strategic consulting; and issuing a “lifetime ban against senior executive branch officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government. [read post]
