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Obama nomination of donor as envoy put on hold

Grassley presses firing probe

Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

President Obama's nomination of a major campaign fundraiser as ambassador to Spain has been delayed in the Senate over questions about whether the White House is withholding information from lawmakers about the abrupt firing of a government watchdog official.

U.S. quietly begins to study gun safety

Monday, Oct. 19, 2009

More than a decade after Congress cut funding for firearms research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), another federal health agency has been spending millions of dollars to study such topics as whether teenagers who carry firearms run a different risk of getting shot compared with suffering other sorts of injuries.

Hard-hit cities, states hire near-record lobbyists

Federal funds pursued in recession

Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009

Cities and states are spending near-record amounts to retain their expensive cadres of Washington lobbyists, even as the economic recession prompts layoffs, mounting deficits and falling property-tax revenues.

Obama Labor pick clears Senate hurdle

But Enzi set to impose hold

Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009

President Obama's nominee for the top legal job at the Labor Department won a key committee vote Wednesday, but a Republican senator vowed to delay the confirmation on the Senate floor.

EXCLUSIVE: Porn surfing rampant at U.S. science foundation

Number of cases overwhelms watchdog, costs taxpayers

Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009

Employee misconduct investigations, often involving workers accessing pornography from their government computers, grew sixfold last year inside the taxpayer-funded foundation that doles out billions of dollars of scientific research grants, according to budget documents and other records obtained by The Washington Times.

EXCLUSIVE: Obama nominee omitted ties to biotech

Homeland nominee advised lobby

Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009

President Obama's nominee at the Department of Homeland Security overseeing bioterrorism defense has served as a key adviser for a lobbying group funded by the pharmaceutical industry.

Wage initiative stymies labor nominee

Senator asks of union role

Friday, Aug. 28, 2009

President Obama's nominee for the Labor Department's top law enforcement job created a first-of-its-kind program in New York that deputized unions and advocacy groups to visit private businesses and report wage violations to the government, an initiative that has raised concerns holding up her appointment.

Obama top labor nominee's testimony questioned

Official had deputized unions to look for workplace violations

Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009

President Obama's choice for the U.S. Labor Department's top law enforcement job created a first-of-its-kind program in New York that deputized unions and advocacy groups to visit private businesses and report wage violations to the government, an initiative that has raised concerns holding up her nomination.

Mortgage scam convict a no-show at sentencing

Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009

Alma Preciado was a prominent mortgage broker and a rising figure in Maryland politics who once served as a delegate for President George W. Bush, but on Tuesday she became a fugitive from justice.