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House Oversight Committee Requests Information on Michael Cohen Case

Vishnu Kannan Fri, Jul 19, 2019, 2:48 PM

On Friday, July 19 House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York requesting information related to two questions: First, whether the Justice Department’s policy against indicting a sitting president at all influenced the office’s decision not to bring charges against the president for violating campaign finance laws in the Michael Cohen case; and second, whether the attorney general or other department leaders influenced these decisions.

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Livestream: Confirmation Hearing of Mark Esper as Secretary of Defense

Vishnu Kannan Tue, Jul 16, 2019, 10:09 AM

The Senate Armed Services Committee is holding a hearing on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. on the nomination of Secretary of the Army Mark T. Esper to be secretary of defense. Read his prepared testimony here. Watch the hearing live below and here.

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Intelligence Identities Protection Act

Congress Should Think Twice Before Expanding the Intelligence Identities Protection Act

Gabe Rottman Tue, Jul 16, 2019, 8:00 AM

The law prohibits the disclosure of identities of U.S. covert agents under certain circumstances. Now the CIA is fast-tracking an expansion.

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Livestream: House Judiciary Hearing on Constitutional Processes for Addressing Presidential Misconduct

Vishnu Kannan Fri, Jul 12, 2019, 8:45 AM

The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing titled “Lessons from the Mueller Report, Part III: Constitutional Processes for Addressing Presidential Misconduct” at 9:00 a.m. on Friday. A video of the hearing is available below and here.

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Alter the Committee Hearing Format for Mueller’s Testimony

Margaret Taylor Tue, Jul 9, 2019, 8:00 AM

Committees typically alternate in five-minute segments between members of Congress of different parties. There’s no reason to do that for Robert Mueller.

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House Ways and Means Committee Sues for Trump Tax Returns

Quinta Jurecic Tue, Jul 2, 2019, 1:11 PM

The House Committee on Ways and Means has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service in order to obtain President Trump's tax returns. The complaint is available here and below.

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Appellate Briefs in Mazars Case

Hadley Baker Mon, Jul 1, 2019, 5:05 PM

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has filed its brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Trump v.

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Scholarship

Trump, Congress and Presidential Alliance Powers

Mira Rapp-Hooper, Matthew Waxman Mon, Jul 1, 2019, 8:10 AM

In a new Washington Quarterly article, the authors argue that the post-World War II expansion of the presidential alliance powers enables President Trump to weaken alliances from within.

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Livestream: Hearing on Social Media Companies’ Efforts to Counter Extremist Content and Misinformation

Vishnu Kannan Wed, Jun 26, 2019, 9:45 AM

The House Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing titled, “Examining Social Media Companies' Efforts to Counter Online Terror Content and Misinformation” at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday. A video of the hearing is available here and below.

Witnesses include

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Livestream: House Homeland Security Committee Hearing on Artificial Intelligence and Counterterrorism

Vishnu Kannan Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 9:45 AM

The House Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing titled, “Artificial Intelligence and Counterterrorism: Possibilities and Limitations” at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday. A video of the hearing is available here and below.

Witnesses include:

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House Oversight Committee Requests Information on Michael Cohen Case

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Livestream: Confirmation Hearing of Mark Esper as Secretary of Defense

Intelligence Identities Protection Act

Congress Should Think Twice Before Expanding the Intelligence Identities Protection Act

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Livestream: House Judiciary Hearing on Constitutional Processes for Addressing Presidential Misconduct

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Alter the Committee Hearing Format for Mueller’s Testimony

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House Ways and Means Committee Sues for Trump Tax Returns

Documents

Appellate Briefs in Mazars Case

Scholarship

Trump, Congress and Presidential Alliance Powers

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Livestream: Hearing on Social Media Companies’ Efforts to Counter Extremist Content and Misinformation

Artificial Intelligence

Livestream: House Homeland Security Committee Hearing on Artificial Intelligence and Counterterrorism

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