May 21, 2013

CBS, AP: Dem chair of House Oversight covered up ties to Countrywide for himself, colleagues, and staff

Oversight in the time of Democrats. When Darrell Issa took over the chair of the House Oversight and … [Read more...]

CBS: House Oversight to sue Holder today on contempt citation

Transparency. The Obama administration will have to answer in court for its refusal to release … [Read more...]

Cummings | “Incomprehensible” that DeMarco Would Throw Away Up to $1 Billion in Potential Savings for U.S. Taxpayers

Cummings: “Incomprehensible” that DeMarco Would Throw Away Up to $1 Billion in Potential Savings … [Read more...]

Cummings Issues Statement on DOJ, OCC Settlement Against Capital One for Violating the Rights of Servicemembers

Cummings Issues Statement on DOJ, OCC Settlement Against Capital One for Violating the Rights of … [Read more...]

Quigley and Cummings Ask McHenry for Separate Hearing Panel for CFPB Director Cordray

Quigley and Cummings Ask McHenry for Separate Hearing Panel for CFPB Director Today, Rep. Elijah E. … [Read more...]

Are contempt charges a game of Capitol Hill chicken? Update: Boehner’s office says “no daylight” between Issa, GOP leadership

Balance-of-power hygiene. Yesterday, the White House denounced the threat from the House Committee … [Read more...]

CBS: House Oversight to vote on contempt charges against Holder

House Oversight chair Darrell Issa will bring contempt charges against Attorney General Eric Holder … [Read more...]

Video: Famed security agency covered up wasteful spending, misled investigators

Maybe they should get strip-searched. Say, wouldn’t it be ironic if an agency of the federal … [Read more...]

CBS: House Oversight Committee to take first steps on contempt charge against Holder on Fast & Furious

Brinksmanship. The fight between House Republicans, the Department of Justice, and the White House … [Read more...]

Internal Documents Show Fannie Mae Believed Principal Reduction Would Save Taxpayers Money

Internal Documents Show Fannie Mae Believed Principal Reduction Would Save Taxpayers Money Cummings … [Read more...]

Cummings Issues Statement on DeMarco Speech on the Housing Market

Cummings Issues Statement on DeMarco Speech on the Housing Market Washington, D.C. (Apr. 10, 2012) … [Read more...]

OCC Deputy Comptroller Testifies on Foreclosure Fraud Enforcement Orders

OCC Deputy Comptroller Testifies on Foreclosure Enforcement Orders BROOKLYN — Deputy Comptroller … [Read more...]

Cummings and Tierney Demand Answers from FHFA RE Principal Reduction

Cummings and Tierney Demand Answers from FHFA Agency’s Own Data Show Principal Reduction Would … [Read more...]

National Park Service ordered the D.C. Occupiers out — but they’re still there

So are the rats. For months, the National Park Service and D.C. police have allowed Occupiers to … [Read more...]

Friends of Angelo | Issa Instructs Law Firm to Conceal Members’ Identities in Countrywide Documents

Issa Instructs Law Firm to Conceal Members’ Identities in Countrywide Documents Cummings Questions … [Read more...]

Cummings Calls for Testimony and Documents from Mortgage Bank CEOs

Cummings Calls for Testimony and Documents from Mortgage Bank CEOs Letter Documents Committee’s … [Read more...]

Cummings, Tierney Urge Issa to Subpoena Documents from FHFA on Principal Reduction

Cummings, Tierney Urge Issa to Subpoena Documents from FHFA on Principal Reduction Washington, DC … [Read more...]

“Friends of Angelo” | Questions Raised About Chairman Issa’s Three-Year Campaign to Investigate Members of Congress Who Received Countrywide “VIP” Loans

Questions Raised About Chairman Issa’s Three-Year Campaign to Investigate Members of Congress Who … [Read more...]

Cummings, Davis Request Hearing in Chicago to Examine Banks’ Failure to Maintain Abandoned Properties

Cummings, Davis Request Hearing in Chicago to Examine Banks’ Failure to Maintain Abandoned … [Read more...]

Elijah Cummings Responds to Senate GOP Vote to Block Richard Cordray as Head of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Cummings Responds to Senate GOP Vote to Block Richard Cordray as Head of Consumer Financial … [Read more...]

Elijah Cummings Urges Senate to Confirm Richard Cordray As Director of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Elijah Cummings Urges Senate to Confirm Richard Cordray As Director of Consumer Financial Protection … [Read more...]

Elijah Cummings | Oversight Committee Democrats Urge FHFA Director to Produce Documents on Principal Reduction

Oversight Committee Democrats Urge FHFA Director to Produce Documents on Principal Reduction … [Read more...]

Letter | Elijah Cummings Requests Hearing on Secret Government Loans to Rescue Banks

Elijah Cummings Requests Hearing on Secret Government Loans to Rescue Banks New Bloomberg Report … [Read more...]

Big Media’s Big Failures: Non-scandal edition

Bad weather. Someone asked me whether the recent error-riddled New York Times hit piece on Rep. … [Read more...]

The NYT files: More than 13 errors in front-page piece about Issa

But don't hold your breath for corrections. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) apparently poses an … [Read more...]

Video: In memory of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry

Honor first. In December 2010, U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was shot and killed in an armed … [Read more...]

House Hearings to Answer Question: Are Loan Servicers Honoring Their Commitments to Help Preserve Homeownership?

On Thursday, June 21, 2010, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing … [Read more...]

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