Congressional hearings
Should the Mueller Report Be Made Public? Does Anyone Remember Kenneth Starr?
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People advocating for the unfettered public release of the Mueller Report must deal with the legacy of the current special counsel statute.
endangered species
Endangered Species Act Faces Its Own Extinction
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A House bill, a Senate committee hearing, and action by the Interior Department point to changes in legal protections for endangered species.
Nonprofit News
Under Impeachment Threat, IRS Chief Testifies in House Judiciary Committee Hearing
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Koskinen insists any delays were oversights and mishandling by career employees unaware of pending subpoenas and his own memos mandating preservation of evidence.
Congressional hearings
House GOP Reaches Deal on Koskinen Impeachment; Hearing Next Wednesday
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A compromise has apparently been reached on impeaching the IRS Commissioner over the conservative nonprofit targeting scandal.
colleges and universities
Congressional Committee Starts Hearings on University Endowments
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The House Ways and Means Committee’s hearings on large university endowments will examine their connection to growing student debt.
Congressional hearings
IRS Commissioner Faces Impeachment Vote over Nonprofit Targeting Scandal
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Though it’s unlikely to lead to conviction, two U.S. representatives have introduced a privileged resolution meant to fast-track impeachment proceedings for John Koskinen—who wasn’t even in charge during the IRS scandal!
Nonprofit News
Student Loan Debt Highest at Modest Colleges
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Malcolm Gladwell has been critical of the tendency of the very rich to give to universities that are also already very rich. Why not give to institutions that need it to ensure that it spreads the educational opportunity?
anti-abortion
Daleiden Walks Away from Sting Charges but Civil Suits Await
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Sting video purveyor David Daleiden has been cleared of the charges flowing from a grand jury indictment, but he still faces a number of civil suits.
Nonprofit News
Activists: Pentagon Misled Congress on Military Sexual Assaults to Block Legislation
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Reports indicate Pentagon officials misled Congress to block legislation meant to reform and improve outdated procedures for prosecuting the epidemic level of sexual assault in the military.
Nonprofit News
Doctors Petition Congress to Allow Government Gun Violence Research
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In a pointed coincidence in timing, several hours before the shooting in San Bernardino, significant physicians groups delivered a petition to Congress pressing lawmakers to end the “effective ban” on gun violence studies by certain government agencies.