Obey Overhauls Investigative Unit

April 23, 2007, 12 a.m.

House Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) replaced the chief of the committee’s troubled investigative team last month with a senior aide and plans to reinvigorate the unit’s oversight function after it was largely dismantled last year.

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July 1, 11:28 a.m.

Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), in co-sponsoring legislation aimed at promoting breast cancer education? The problem, according to leading breast cancer scientists and advocacy groups, is the bill would do more harm than good. Read Full Article