Read more Congressional investigations stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/973/congressional-investigations.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:47:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72887/house-eyes-ethics-probes-on-30-members.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs the House ethics committee yesterday was voting to go forward with full investigations of Democratic Reps. Maxine Waters and Laura Richardson, it was putting out a bigger fire started when an internal document revealed more than 30 lawmakers were under scrutiny was leaked on the Internet. “No inference should...http://www.newser.com/story/72887/house-eyes-ethics-probes-on-30-members.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 4:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65650/goldman-sachs-subpoenaed-in-fraud-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Senate committee has subpoenaed Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and other financial institutions as part of an investigation into mortgage-market fraud, sources tell the Wall Street Journal . The probe appears to focus on emails and other internal communications that may show bankers' doubts about the safety of mortgage-backed securities, which...http://www.newser.com/story/65650/goldman-sachs-subpoenaed-in-fraud-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Jul 2009 6:38:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/42530/bush-could-block-probes-even-after-he-steps-down.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Bush may be able to maintain his executive privilege to block investigations even after he leaves office, the New York Times reports. Harry Truman successfully claimed he had the right not to testify in 1953, nearly a year after he left office, and Richard Nixon later used Truman's case...http://www.newser.com/story/42530/bush-could-block-probes-even-after-he-steps-down.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Nov 2008 5:34:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/21235/senate-to-hold-drug-water-hearings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlarmed by an AP story, two top senators vowed yesterday to probe drug traces in US drinking water. Sen. Barbara Boxer and Sen. Frank Lautenberg plan to lead hearings next month to "protect our residents and clean up our water supply," Lautenberg said. The first of AP's three PharmaWater stories...http://www.newser.com/story/21235/senate-to-hold-drug-water-hearings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Mar 2008 6:50:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/14023/house-page-program-under-fire-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHouse leaders called for an independent investigation yesterday into “allegations” related to teenage pages after two Republican resignations from the House Page Board. The Republicans faulted House Clerk Lorraine Miller, a page program administrator, for not “immediately” alerting them to misbehavior. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, who resigned, said four pages have...http://www.newser.com/story/14023/house-page-program-under-fire-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Dec 2007 15:07:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/10709/budget-batters-fda-oversight-of-foreign-drugs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe federal Food and Drug Administration's spotty record inspecting foreign drug manufacturers will be even worse next year as its budget drops just as developing countries are flooding the market with new medications, reports the Washington Post . Foreign drug plants are inspected only once every eight to 12 years because...http://www.newser.com/story/10709/budget-batters-fda-oversight-of-foreign-drugs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Nov 2007 4:10:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/4454/did-drug-officials-boost-gop-reps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPublic appearances by top guns in the Office of National Drug Control Policy may have been used to support vulnerable GOP Congressman in the run-up to the '06 elections, a Democratic lawmaker charged yesterday. Henry Waxman, chair of the House Oversight Committee, said it was part of a larger White...http://www.newser.com/story/4454/did-drug-officials-boost-gop-reps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Jul 2007 17:16:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3569/cia-dirty-deeds-detailed-in-documents.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAssassination plots, illegal wiretapping and spying at political conventions were among the lowlights illuminated in hundreds of pages of CIA documents from the Watergate era declassified yesterday. Illicit acts known in the agency as the "family jewels" included a $150,000 CIA payment to a mobster to kill Fidel Castro...http://www.newser.com/story/3569/cia-dirty-deeds-detailed-in-documents.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 Jun 2007 5:13:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3026/democrats-dont-live-up-to-hype.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSeven months after wresting control of Congress from Republicans, Democrats have failed to make good on their promises, writes the Economist . Almost none of the bills introduced in the first "100 hours" has become law, AG Alberto Gonzalez still has a job, and an Iraq pullout is nowhere in sight.http://www.newser.com/story/3026/democrats-dont-live-up-to-hype.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 Jun 2007 16:36:39 CDT