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The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee questioned Alice Rivlin on her qualifications at a confirmation hearing to become the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee held a hearing on Invention Marketing. Subcommittee Chair Joe Lieberman (D-CT) and committee members heard testimony concerning allegations that inve…

Ratings for Video Gaming is the issue before the Joint Subcommittee of members of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee And the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Sam Nunn, D-Georgia, convened the hearing to focus on the possible misuse of federal funds by the Blue Cross Blue Shield health care associa…

The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, chaired by Ohio Democrat John Glenn, held a hearing to examine unfunded mandates. In particuliar the committee looked at various proposals now befo…

The Senate Subcommittee on Governmental Affairs and the Judiciary conducted a hearing on video game violence. Witnesses included representatives Sega of America and Nintendo of America, as w…

Witnesses testified concerning violence in video games produced for Nintendo and Sega. Graphic scenes from a number of Sega games were shown throughout the hearing, which included the infamo…

The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee heard testimony from a number of witnesses concerning unfunded federal mandates like the Clean Air Act and the detrimental effect it has on local an…

The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee heard testimony from IRS officials and other government employees on a recent government report detailing misconduct by Internal Revenue Service emp…

The subcommittee heard testimony from the Librarian of Congress, attorneys, and respresentatives of academic groups on the recent release of the private papers of the late Supreme Court Just…

The committee heard testimony on reauthorizing the independent counsel law which expired last December. The law provided for a special court to appoint an outside special prosecutor to inves…

The Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Services heard testimony on the federal licensing procedures on the importing and selling of firearms. The hearing was part of an inve…

The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee heard testimony from CIA Director James Woolsey on the spread of weapons of mass destruction, including his speculation on the effects of the spread…

Witnesses testified in front of the Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Government Management. The subcommittee members discussed legislation for reforming the federal …

The committee continued to hear testimony from Representative Leon Panetta (D-CA) on his upcoming confirmation to Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

The Senate Governmental Affairs committee heard testimony from members of Congress and Representative Leon Panetta on his confirmation to head the Office of Management and Budget, which prod…

The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee conducted a confirmation hearing for Alice Rivlin to be Deputy Budget Director in the Office of Management and Budget. Ms. Rivlin, who served as the…