Washington: US lawmakers accused the Obama administration on Wednesday of trampling on free speech rights and evading questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of Associated Press telephone records.
US Attorney General Eric Holder, testifying before a House of Representatives panel, provided limited responses on the issue, noting he had been recused from the probe into a government leak that led to the records seizure.
Lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee became frustrated that Holder could not answer why the subpoena to obtain the records was so broad and why the Justice Department did not first try to negotiate with AP to obtain information.
"We don't know where the buck stops," said US Representative Jim Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican....
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03:48 AM, May 16, 2013
Lawmakers are making public emails that show that Wal-Mart Stores Inc's cheif executive officer found out in 2005 that the retailer was handing out bribes in Mexico. Democratic Congressmen Elijah E Cummings and Henry A Waxman, who are investigating bribery charges at Wal-Mart's Mexico division, on Friday released emails that indicate that Mike Duke and other senior Wal-Mart officials were informed multiple times starting in 2005 about bribes being made...
07:20 AM, Jan 11, 2013
British lawmakers have backed plans for new cameras to be set up in the House of Commons that will not show their bald spots, bags under the eyes and extra weight. ...
12:54 AM, Jan 06, 2013
London: UK lawmakers will quiz executives of Starbucks, Google and Amazon on Monday about how they have managed to pay only small amounts of tax in Britain while racking up billions of dollars worth of sales here. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which is charged with monitoring government financial affairs, has invited the companies to give evidence amid mounting public and political concern about tax avoidance by big international companies....
12:13 PM, Nov 12, 2012
Washington: Condemning the shooting at a Gurudwara in Wisconsin as a "senseless" act of terrorism, the US lawmakers have termed it as a "tragic" day. "This is a tragic day for our city and for all communities of faith who share grief and concern for the victims of today's shooting and their loved ones," Wisconsin Senator, Herb Kohl said in a statement. "We also share a deep gratitude to our...
09:21 AM, Aug 06, 2012
Beijing: The decision of 30 women lawmakers to wear a traditional outfit and not a formal suit at the opening of the annual parliamentary session sparked an online storm in China, leading them to drop the idea. Their plan of wearing chi-paos, a kind of traditional long gown with a slit skirt, instead of the usual suits, was disclosed Sunday by the media in the eastern Zhejiang province and triggered...
03:25 PM, Mar 05, 2012
Washington: Nearly half of the 535 members of the US Congress have a net worth greater than $1 million, the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics says in a new study. The CPR's estimates are derived from median values for assets and liabilities listed on lawmakers' 2010 financial disclosure forms. "The vast majority of members of Congress are quite comfortable, financially, while many of their own constituents suffer from economic hardships,"...
11:14 AM, Nov 17, 2011
Washington: Two leading lawmakers on privacy - a Republican and Democrat - have asked the Federal Trade Commission to look into MSN.com and Hulu.com's installation of cookies onto users' computers that cannot be deleted. In a letter dated on Monday, Representatives Joe Barton and Ed Markey asked FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz what plans the agency had to probe the use of the so-called supercookies. The supercookies are put on users'...
10:19 AM, Sep 28, 2011
Washington: US lawmakers were close to a last-minute $3 trillion deal on Sunday to raise the US borrowing limit and assure financial markets that the United States will avoid a potentially catastrophic default. "We're very close," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the top Senate Republican who is playing a key role in the debt ceiling negotiations. Prospects improved for a significant package to cut the US deficit after Republican...
08:07 PM, Jul 31, 2011
If the US doesn't raise the $ 14.3 trillion debt ceiling by Tuesday, it will run out of money. ...
08:07 AM, Jul 31, 2011
Washington: Facing a deadline to avoid a ruinous US default, congressional leaders on Saturday braced for a tense weekend of negotiations to try to reach a compromise on a measure to increase in the country's $14.3 trillion debt limit. Senate Democrats aimed to seize the initiative by pushing their deficit-cutting plan, but entrenched differences remained less than 100 hours before the government says it will no longer be able to...
10:37 PM, Jul 30, 2011
Washington: US President Barack Obama on Monday increased pressure on Republican lawmakers to make concessions for a deal to avoid an Aug. 2 debt default and said both sides must "pull off the Band-aid" and make sacrifices. "If not now, when?" Obama said. The president met with top US lawmakers for the second-straight day in the search for a way to break a budget impasse that is holding up a...
01:20 AM, Jul 12, 2011
Washington: Formally declaring that combat mission in Iraq is over US President Barack Obama has said that this milestone should serve as a message to the world that it intends to sustain and strengthen our leadership in the 21st century. "This milestone should serve as a reminder to all Americans that our future is ours to shape if we move forward with confidence and commitment. It should also serve as...
07:38 AM, Sep 01, 2010
American Sikh leaders have complained US lawmakers that they were experiencing racial profiling, during travel. ...
01:41 PM, Jun 18, 2010
At least 10 legislators were injured during the chaotic scuffle in Chaco. ...
10:00 PM, Dec 03, 2009
73 MPs accused of serious offences; no party is innocent. ...
06:04 PM, May 17, 2009
It takes days of investigation to catch PML-Q lawmaker's lie. ...
07:13 PM, May 06, 2009
Lawmakers are critical of Bush for not demanding a no-test guarantee from India. ...
11:54 AM, Aug 19, 2007
The Bush Administration has to get Congressional approval on the bilateral deal. ...
02:41 PM, Jul 26, 2007
The statement given by Bush after signing the India N-deal has been slammed by US lawmakers as 'outrageous' and 'shameless'. ...
01:26 AM, Dec 22, 2006
