Administration

House Oversight Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) has subpoenaed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) documents involving the White House as part of his committee's investigation of EPA's 2007 decision stating that California could not impose its own stricter regulations on auto emissions.

Waxman said his committee has found evidence that the EPA communicated with the White House about the decision. "Unfortunately, EPA has refused to disclose the substance and extent of its communications with the White House," Waxman said today. "The Committee must have these documents in order to understand how the agency

The House Oversight Committee announced today it will hold a hearing April 22 to "examine the broad trends, incentives, and challenges present in the Defense Department

A federal judge has ruled that Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) can collect more than $1 million in legal fees in a lawsuit against Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) over a taped phone call, the Associated Press reports.

Boehner had sued McDermott for leaking a tape of a 1996 call featuring Republican congressmen discussing an ethics case against then-Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.).

McDermott told The Hill