Recent incidents raise concerns about whether Administration officials improperly used taxpayer funds to pay for efforts to influence public opinion.
Rep. Waxman, Democratic Leader Pelosi, Rep. Miller, Rep. Cummings, and other senior Democratic leaders release a new Government Accountability Office study that identifies more than $1.6 billion in public relations and media spending by the Bush Administration over the last two and a half years.
In a letter to Chairman Davis, Rep. Waxman asks that the Committee investigate reports that the U.S. military is secretly paying Iraqi newspapers to present positive images of the military and the U.S. mission in Iraq.
Rep. Waxman asks GAO to assess the costs of the President's "60 Stops in 60 Days" tour and related Administration efforts to rally political support for his Social Security proposals.
Reps. Waxman, Miller, and DeLauro write to HHS about a recent report that the agency continues to use prepackaged video news releases as part of the Department's public relations efforts.
A new report released by Reps. Waxman and other senior members of Congress details how the Social Security Administration has systematically altered its public communications.
The Comptroller General writes to all executive branch agency heads to advise them of the restrictions on spending for "publicity and propaganda," specifically noting the GAO's finding that some prepackaged news stories are illegal covert propaganda.
The House Democratic leadership and ranking Democratic members ask the President to direct the release of all contracts for secret publicity campaigns to promote administration policies.
A new report finds that the Bush Administration spent a record $88 million on government-funded public relations contracts in 2004, a 128% increase since 2000.
Democratic Leader Pelosi, Democratic Whip Hoyer, Rep. Waxman, Rep. Obey, Rep. Rangel, Rep. George Miller, Rep. Levin, and Rep. DeLauro raise concerns that the Social Security Administration’s 2005 communications plan could violate the prohibition on publicity and propaganda by promoting the message that Social Security is facing a collapse.
In light of recent incidents in which taxpayer funds have been improperly used to influence public opinion, Democratic Leader Pelosi, Rep. Waxman, and six other senior members of Congress ask GAO to examine the use of covert propaganda by departments and agencies under the Bush Administration.
Democratic Leader Pelosi, Rep. Waxman, Rep. George Miller, Rep. Obey, and Rep. Cummings write the President about three recent incidents in which taxpayer funds have been improperly used by Administration officials to pay for covert efforts to influence public opinion.
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