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I am an intern at the Sunlight Foundation, where I mainly write and edit for Congresspedia, and also work with the Sunlight Network. I will be a senior at George Washington University, where I major in Political Science and minor in Physics. I'm the Administrative Director and Co-President of the GW chapter of the Roosevelt Institution, a student public policy think tank. I'm originally from Garland, TX, but I now live in DC.

In addition to regular updates of Congresspedia's articles and front page, I have so far created or worked extensively on the following pages:

Please feel free to leave a comment or question on my talk page.

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This week

  • After returning from a four day trip to the Middle East, Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) called on President Bush to begin a troop withdrawal from Iraq by Christmas 2007.(Washington Post story)
  • Rep. Bob Filner was charged with assault and battery, a Class 1 misdemeanor punishable by a $2,500 fine and up to one year in prison, following an incident at Dulles airport.(The Hill story)

Last week

  • House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman James Oberstar (D-Minn.) announced his intention to introduce nationwide bridge repair legislation once Congress reconvenes in September.(CQ story)
  • It was revealed that Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) secured $6 million in earmarks that could have benefited a questionable real estate purchase, which the Senator recently sold back amid controversy.(TPM Muckraker story)
  • Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) announced his intention to return to his home state for the first time since suffering a brain aneurysm on Dec. 13, 2006.(Roll Call story)
  • Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), reversing an earlier decision, returned all illegal campaign contributions he received from the seafood industry.(TPM Muckraker story)
  • Just before the August congressional recess, the House passed comprehensive energy legislation, which would be funded through increased taxation on oil and gas companies.(CQ story)

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  • The Senate failed to invoke cloture on May 16 on an amendment (S.AMDT.1098) by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) to end all funding for the Iraq War and set a March 2008 deadline for troop withdrawal.
  • The Senate passed S.4, a bill similar to one passed in the House to implement many of the 9/11 commission recommendations, on March 13.
  • The House passed a bill (H.R. 1) implementing the recommendations of the 9/11 commission on Jan. 10, as part of the new Democratic majority's "First 100 Hours" agenda.

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  • After GOP members successfully stalled the appropriations process in the House, on Jun. 13, House Republicans and Democratic leaders came to a tentative agreement over earmark disclosure in the FY2008 appropriations bills. (The Hill story)
  • After President Bush called for doubling U.S. aid for global HIV/AIDS relief, a House Appropriations subcommittee approved on Jun. 5 a measure allowing the president, now or in the future, to waive current laws requiring one-third of U.S. aid for HIV/AIDS prevention to be spent on abstinence-only programs. (AP story)
  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced on Jun. 1 her intention to create an independent ethics commission that would allow outside groups to file complaints against members of Congress, which previously could only be filed by other members.
  • President Bush called for an additional $30 billion in the FY 2008 budget for AIDS relief in Africa as part of a continuation of PEPFAR (President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief), on May 30. (New York Times story)
  • The House passed the Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007 (H.R.1255), which would restore the 1978 law making presidential records public after 12 years that President Bush amended by Executive Order to allow documents to be withheld indefinitely, on Mar. 14 by a veto-proof margin of 333-93.

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  • Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) introduced the Safe Food Act of 2007 (S.654) in the Senate, which would establish a Food Safety Administration, responsible for ensuring the security of the food supply from all forms of contamination, on Feb. 15.
  • The House passed the National Uniformity of Food Act (H.R.4167), which would prohibit states or local governments from establishing or continuing requirements imposed on food that are not identical to federal requirements, on March 8, 2006, by a vote of 283-139.

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  • House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) accused the Department of Transportation on Jun. 12 of improperly lobbying Congress regarding requests to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by California and other states to set their own emission standards higher than federal law mandates. (The Hill story)
  • The House passed the Safe American Roads Act of 2007 on May 15 in a vote of 411-3. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Nancy Boyda (D-Kan.) and would restrict the number of trucks originating in Mexico coming into the U.S..

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