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Carol Browner, former Clinton administration EPA head and current Obama White House climate czar, instructed auto industry execs "to put nothing in writing, ever" regarding secret negotiations she orchestrated regarding a deal to increase federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards.

California Rep. Pete Stark, who chairs a key subcommittee, acknowledged Thursday night that the official rollout won't happen this week, as planned, but rather early next week.

Bills in both houses of Congress would require detailed inventories of federally managed radio frequency spectrum and create Web portals to make that information available to the public.

U.S. lawmakers requested information on Wednesday from 13 bottled water sellers including PepsiCo and Coca-Cola Co about the source of their water and its testing.

Under the plan, negotiated primarily by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus , a Montana Democrat, hospitals would accept $155 billion in cuts if the administration and its congressional allies succeeded in extending health insurance to tens of millions of people who are now without coverage.

In December, I raised the alarm over Obama eco-czar's transparency-undermining, document-deleting habits.

House Democrats working on President Barack Obama's goal of health legislation are narrowing in on an income tax surcharge on the highest-paid wage earners to help subsidize insurance for the 50 million people who lack it.

Rep. Henry Waxman , who has had an eventful couple of weeks to say the least, believes House Republican opposition to climate change legislation and the stimulus indicates they're cheering against the good ol' US of A. "It appears that the Republican Party leadership in the Congress has made a decision that they want to deny President Obama ...

The Obama administration pressed House lawmakers to strengthen legislation to overhaul health care, saying it doesna t go far enough to fix a system plagued by spiraling costs that leaves millions of Americans uninsured.

Last month, the House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act, which aims to transition America to a clean energy economy while combating climate change.

The Associated Press 77 comments VP announces White House deal with hospitals, says "reform is coming." Senate Democrats edged away Wednesday from their goal of passing ambitious health care legislation by early August amid heightening partisan controversy over tax increases and a proposed new government role in providing insurance to consumers.

You know the old adage - " making law is like making sausage. The process is a little messier and more complicated than it looks.

The investigative arm of Congress is recommending reforms for the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, saying practices that limit public access to meeting minutes and other records are cause for concern.

The legendary sports journalist, Jimmy Cannon of the now defunct New York Journal-American said of Howard Cosell: "His real name is Howard Cohen, he wears a toupee, and he claims to tell it like it is." Of Leonard Lance, it may similarly be said:A He voted as a state Senator to reappoint Deborah Poritz as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, he ...

Various legislative bills would allow greater use of generic drugs. A new legislative bill - H.R. 1548 - or the "Pathway for Biosimilars Act" was intended to provide an abbreviated process for the Food and Drug Administration to approve generic biological products, also referred to as biosimilars or follow-on biologics.

What does Republican Minority House Leader John Boehner think of "Cap & Trade" ... or is it crap & trade ? John Boehner called the climate "cap & trade" bill "a pile of $hit". Boehner know his crap, that is for certain.

Thank you for contacting me to express your views about emissions trading. Emissions trading, also known as "cap and trade," is an effort to address global climate change through the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

The American Clean Energy and Security legislation that was backed by the Obama administration and congressional Democratic leaders as a centerpiece of the drive to address climate change was approved late last week by the U.S. House.

The House of Representatives passed cap and trade legislation by a narrow margin last Friday, 219 to 212, with more than 40 Democrats voting with Republicans against the measure.

Congress will face its first big test for one of Obama's biggest and most controversial domestic priorities, stemming climate change.