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January 14, 2009
January 14, 2009Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced today that the House Democratic Steering Committee has nominated appointments to the House Agriculture Committee, House Education & Labor Committee, House Foreign Affairs Committee, House Judiciary Committee, House Natural Resources Committee, House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, House Science & Technology Committee, House Small Business Committee, and House Veterans' Affairs Committee. Full release.
Rather than provide a check on the abuses of those in power, Accuracy in Media editor Cliff Kincaid says the media are making excuses for Obama Treasury Secretary nominee Timothy Geithner's failure over the years to pay a variety of taxes and to make sure those he hired as domestic help had legal status in the U.S. The media, Kincaid argues, are functioning as arms of the Obama Transition office. The most popular excuse, first put forward by the Obama office, is that Geithner just made "honest mistakes." This excuse has been picked up by the media, he notes. Full release.
The U.S. House of Representatives today delivered a tremendous victory for children's health by voting to increase federal tobacco taxes, including a 61-cent increase in the cigarette tax, to fund reauthorization and expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). By both reducing tobacco use -- the number one cause of preventable death in our country -- and expanding health care coverage, this legislation will create a healthier future for literally millions of children. We look forward to Senate approval of this legislation and its signature into law by President Obama. Full release.
Today, Global Action for Children (GAC) honored Senators Richard Lugar (R-IN), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA-09) and Betty McCollum (D-MN-04) with the first annual GAC Children's Champion Award at the Newseum. The award recognizes those who have done outstanding work on behalf of orphans and vulnerable children in the developing world. Full release.
Four leading education and business organizations -- CoSN, ISTE, SIIA and SETDA -- today applauded President-Elect Barack Obama's call to invest in technology for the classroom as part of the forthcoming economic recovery package and urged targeted action by Congress. The groups endorsed the President-Elect's goals to "equip tens of thousands of schools, community colleges, and public universities with 21st century classrooms ... [and] provide new computers, new technology, and new training for teachers" to not only prime the nation's economic pump but also allow "students in Chicago and Boston [to] compete with kids in Beijing for the high-tech, high-wage jobs of the future." Full release
To modernize an outdated Congressional budget process in light of the daunting economic challenges facing the nation, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) today announced a landmark partnership to build bipartisan consensus for a core set of reforms. The Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform will convene the nation's preeminent experts to make recommendations for how best to strengthen the budget process used by federal lawmakers. CRFB will manage and staff the commission under the leadership of its prestigious board of directors. Full release
Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, submitted a statement for the record to the Senate Judiciary Committee today praising the nomination of Eric Holder to be Attorney General of the United States. The Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on Holder's nomination tomorrow. Full release
Peter Flaherty, President of the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), today made the following statement: President-elect Obama should withdraw Timothy Geithner's nomination for Treasury Secretary. Obama says that middle-class families with incomes of $250,000 are wealthy and their taxes should be raised, but he wants a Wall Streeter who didn't pay his taxes to be his point man on the economy. Full release