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All House offices are reminded that the Second Quarter Mass Mail Report for 2007 is due on July 16, 2007. Information from the Mass Mail report, which details the total number of pieces mailed during the quarter and the total cost of those mass mailings, will be published in the Quarterly Statement of Disbursements of the House.
WASHINGTON – Last week, Vernon Ehlers, (R-MI), Ranking Republican for the Committee on House Administration, received a letter from members of the Executive Board of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Standards Board expressing strong opposition to the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007 (H.R. 811).
WASHINGTON — The three member Task Force, Chaired by Representative Charles Gonzalez, D-Texas, met Thursday with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to approve the proposed Engagement Plan for investigating the contest filed in Florida’s 13th District between GOP incumbent, Representative Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., and challenger, Christine Jennings.
The Election Task Force, which is examining issues related to the contested election in Florida's 13th District between incumbent Congressman Vern Buchanan (R-Fl.), and challenger Christine Jennings, will meet on Thursday, June 14, 2007, at 3:00 p.m., in 1310 LHOB to consider the GAO Work Plan.
Rep. Vern Ehlers (R-Mich.), Ranking Republican Member of the Committee on House Administration, released the following statement today following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) announcement that Congressman Robert Brady of Pennsylvania had been named Chairman of the Committee on House Administration.
Dear Colleague:
WASHINGTON — With less than 18 months until the 2008 General Elections, Democrats on the Committee on House Administration opted to sidestep the bipartisan approach offered by GOP members in today's proceedings, and rammed their 11th hour attempt at election reform legislation through committee.
WASHINGTON – In recent weeks, state and local officials from over 35 states, and various other national organizations, have expressed their opposition to H.R. 811, election reform legislation introduced by Representative Rush Holt, D-N.J.
The Committee on House Administration will meet on Tuesday, May 8, 2007, at 1:00 p.m., in 1310 LHOB to consider H.R. 811. Also included will be consideration of four election contests: Russell v. Brown-Waite (FL–5), Gonzalez v. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln (FL–21), Curtis v. Feeney (FL-24), Cox v. McCrery (LA–4).
WASHINGTON — Today, the three member Task Force, Chaired by Representative Charles Gonzalez, D-Texas, voted to direct the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct an investigation of the contest filed in Florida’s 13th District between GOP incumbent, Representative Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., and Democratic Challenger, Christine Jennings.
