Government Oversight

He said that there are some estimates that tens of thousands of non-citizens vote in federal elections.

Obama's change to the welfare law will remain in effect until the Senate approves the resolution, which is not likely.

Obama and Congress should take a pay cut if they can't stop automatic spending cuts set to begin in January. 

House Democrats have introduced legislation that would essentially nullify many of the state-based voter ID requirements.

House Republicans have added another bill to their busy schedule this week: one that would force mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to jettison certain non-critical assets in an effort to shrink the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs).

The Market Transparency and Taxpayer Protection Act, from Rep. Robert Hurt (R-Va.), is expected to get a vote sometime between Wednesday and Friday, the last three days the House will be in session before the November election. Republicans added the bill to this week's agenda on Monday — it is one of more than two dozen suspension bills members hope to approve.

House Republicans this week will pass a resolution disapproving of an Obama administration rule that would let states waive current requirements that welfare recipients must look for work in order to receive welfare benefits.

The GOP has set up a vote on H.J.Res. 118 for this week, a response to a July 12 memo from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Under that memo, federal welfare grants to states under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program could be disbursed even if the recipients of this help are not looking for work.

Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) introduced a bill Thursday to cut the federal advertising budget in half.

Tester's bill, S. 3540, requires federal agencies to cut their advertising budgets by at least 50 percent. Tester cited studies showing that the government spent nearly $1 billion on advertising in 2010.

The bill capping spending at $500,000 is a reaction to several lavish government conferences Republicans have targeted as wasteful spending.

The GOP bill says an investigation shows Solyndra's application was "driven by politics and ideology and divorced from economic reality."

The bipartisan group said this month's shooting in Wisconsin is just the latest hate crime against Sikh-Americans.