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Tom Davis, who teamed up with Al Franken and wrote comedy sketches during the early years of "Saturday Night Live," died Thursday, according to Franken.

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New bill proposes penalty for gridlockupdated: Thu Mar 15 2012 10:22:00

Rep. Cooper and Tom Davis explain their bill, which would freeze congressional pay in the event of budget gridlock.

SI.com: Determined Pearl could rise from depths of NCAA messupdated: Wed Aug 24 2011 21:11:00

The three-year show-cause the NCAA handed to Bruce Pearl on Wednesday was little more than a formality. Tennessee fired Pearl in March -- after backing him for months -- because it realized such a penalty was coming, and wanted to save its own hide. The Vols escaped further sanctions from the NCAA, whose decision on Pearl was just. When you're intent on cracking down on rule-violators, and have extremely limited investigative powers, you need to make examples out of liars.

SI.com: Clemens ready to resume fighting as perjury trial opens Wednesdayupdated: Mon Jul 04 2011 23:09:00

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Roger Clemens' tenacious pursuit of victory on the pitcher's mound is re-emerging as he enters federal court this week to fight charges he lied about using drugs and to try to ruthlessly discredit the former friend who says he did.

SI.com: Tom Verducci: Roger Clemens chose this pathupdated: Fri Aug 20 2010 09:09:00

The indictment of Roger Clemens was a formality from the day he told former Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia and Rep. Harry Waxman of California the legal equivalent of, "Gimme the ball." He didn't have to testify at that House committee hearing in 2008. He did so willingly. He did so because Roger Clemens always took the ball, no matter how much cortisone, anti-inflammatories and convincing of his own body -- he always talked about his body like it was not of his self, but rather like a tradesman's tool -- that it took.

SI.com: Michael McCann: Despite new confession, McGwire faces no perjury threat from 2005updated: Tue Jan 12 2010 10:23:00

Mark McGwire testified before the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives on March 17, 2005. During the hearing he declined to answer questions about whether he used steroids. On Monday, McGwire admitted that he did use steroids. SI.com's Michael McCann discusses the legal fallout.

SI.com: S.L. Price: Despite spending millions, Snyder running Redskins into groundupdated: Mon Nov 09 2009 02:21:00

It's all about him now. Whether Dan Snyder secretly wanted this when he bought the Washington Redskins a decade ago is less intriguing a question than why it took so long to become clear, but then, there were so many distractions along the way. There was so much free-agent cash thrown about, year after year, and the rise and fall of Steve Spurrier, and the return of Joe Gibbs, and the slew of forgettable quarterbacks, and the strange hiring of Jim Zorn -- so many high-drama ideas gone wrong -- that it was hard to cut through and see that maybe this was the real plan all along.

SI.com: Report: Sosa tested positive for steroids in 2003updated: Wed Jun 17 2009 10:47:00

NEW YORK (SI.com) -- Sammy Sosa, whose memorable home run race with Mark McGwire in 1998 is credited with helping revive baseball after the 1994 players' strike, tested positive for steroids in 2003, according to the New York Times. The Times cited "lawyers with knowledge of the drug-testing results from that year."

California firefighters making a dent as weather improvesupdated: Sat May 09 2009 21:51:00

Fog, low winds and cool ocean air were giving firefighters hope Saturday that the wildfire that has ravaged parts of Southern California for days may be coming under control.

Commentary: St. Paul, Minnesota -- the land of make believeupdated: Tue Sep 02 2008 08:43:00

This week the Republicans gather for their convention. For four days, they will labor under the illusion their party is still relevant. It's not.

House GOP unveils 'change' agenda for fallupdated: Wed May 14 2008 16:39:00

Sensing trouble in the fall, the House GOP leadership on Wednesday addressed recent losses in special Congressional elections by unleashing a new agenda aimed at changing that party's image.

House panel requests federal probe of Clemens' testimonyupdated: Wed Feb 27 2008 17:37:00

Leading members of the House of Representatives asked the Justice Department on Wednesday to probe whether baseball great Roger Clemens "committed perjury and made knowingly false statements" during a congressional hearing.

SI.com: Michael McCann: Congress united against Clemens in request for probeupdated: Wed Feb 27 2008 17:04:00

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's request to the Justice Department may trigger lasting consequences from both legal and political perspectives.

SI.com: Seth Davis: Once left for the cellar, Drake's on topupdated: Tue Feb 26 2008 14:15:00

Of all the surprises during the 2007-08 college basketball season, the one that has to rank at the top of the list is this: It's cool to be Drake.

SI.com: Stewart Mandel: Drake proves itself worthy of lofty national rankingupdated: Mon Feb 25 2008 12:09:00

INDIANAPOLIS -- The sentence seems as implausible now as it has for three decades, but this time there's undeniable evidence to back it up.

SI.com: Michael McCann: What's next for Clemens?updated: Wed Feb 20 2008 17:18:00

SI.com legal analyst Michael McCann has been closely following the Roger Clemens-Brian McNamee story since the release of the Mitchell Report late last year. Today he answers seven key questions about what lies ahead for Clemens after last week's Congressional hearing.

SI.com: Michael McCann: Clemens stands tall on the Hillupdated: Thu Feb 14 2008 08:36:00

Though stumbling on a couple of questions and leaving several others unanswered, Roger Clemens nonetheless emerged favorably from Wednesday's hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Keep in mind, Clemens' primary goal was not to preserve or rehabilitate his baseball reputation or even to convince the legions of fans who disbelieve him -- as others have written, he may have failed miserably on those ends -- but rather to avoid perjury charges. Unless verifiable physical evidences emerges to the contrary, it seems unlikely the available evidence would lead to a conclusive finding that he committed perjury. Here's why, along with other observations:

SI.com: Michael McCann: Examining the latest twist in the sagaupdated: Thu Feb 07 2008 15:48:00

1) What physical evidence did Brian McNamee provide the government?

SI.com: Michael McCann: Tejada facing trouble with investigationupdated: Thu Jan 17 2008 16:02:00

Although the Justice Department has not yet accepted the invitation from Congressmen Henry Waxman and Tom Davis to investigate whether Miguel Tejada lied to the staff of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform -- let alone has the Justice Department commenced an investigation or come to findings unfavorable to Tejada -- Tejada could find himself in serious trouble if the government can prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that he knowingly and willfully lied about a matter material to the Committee's investigation.

Time.com: Congress's Wild Pitch on Steroidsupdated: Mon Jan 14 2008 18:00:00

Viewpoint: The House helped baseball begin to crack down on steroids three years ago. But by stepping into the Roger Clemens mess, Washington can only strike out

SI.com: Bill Trocchi: Drake, not Iowa or Iowa State, is best team in Iowaupdated: Sat Dec 22 2007 01:01:00

The best basketball program in Iowa doesn't play in the Big Ten or Big 12 and has not reached the NCAA tournament in 36 years. But after seven straight victories over Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa, Drake is now the king of the Hawkeye state.

Warner to retire from Senateupdated: Fri Aug 31 2007 21:15:00

Sen. John Warner, R-Virginia -- the respected former Navy secretary and outspoken critic of the current state of affairs in Iraq -- will not seek re-election to a sixth term, he announced Friday.

Warner: I will still speak outupdated: Fri Aug 31 2007 21:15:00

Warner: I will still speak out

Dems can't pass bills, but they wield a mean subpoenaupdated: Tue Aug 21 2007 21:35:00

Congressional Democrats are using subpoenas and other investigatory powers to expose Bush administration missteps and push for policy changes even as they struggle at times to enact legislation.

Plame Wilson: Leak severely hurt U.S. intelligenceupdated: Fri Mar 16 2007 12:16:00

Valerie Plame Wilson told Congress Friday the leak of her identity as a CIA covert operative "has jeopardized and even destroyed entire networks of foreign agents."

Deadly jobs of Iraq contractors examined in Congressupdated: Thu Feb 08 2007 02:17:00

A manager for a private security contractor warned executives that he lacked proper equipment in Iraq a day before four of its employees were killed and two were left hanging from a bridge, a House committee disclosed Wednesday.

Brown serving as consultant to FEMAupdated: Tue Sep 27 2005 03:47:00

A congressional panel on Tuesday is expected to scrutinize the decision to keep ousted Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Michael Brown on the federal payroll.

Former FEMA director Brown to testify at House hearingupdated: Wed Sep 21 2005 13:43:00

The former director of FEMA will testify next week as part of a House committee's probe into the government's response to Hurricane Katrina.

Nobody asked me, but....updated: Mon Aug 15 2005 14:14:00

Once again, I owe a debt to Jimmy Cannon, the late and truly great New York sportswriter who, from time to time, wrote a column full of witty and sentimental one-liners he called, "Nobody asked me, but ..."

A pragmatist with principlesupdated: Mon Jul 25 2005 09:52:00

To all those irate Americans, especially my brothers and sisters on the press bus, who hourly bad-mouth Congress as posturing partisans more concerned with election returns than practical results, meet six-term Rep. Tom Davis.

Reagan Airport to allow general aviation flightsupdated: Wed May 25 2005 07:31:00

General aviation and charter aircraft flights will resume at Washington's Reagan National Airport, almost four years since the flights were stopped after the September 11 terrorist attacks, authorities said.

Husband seeks autopsy on Terri Schiavoupdated: Mon Mar 28 2005 00:13:00

Terri Schiavo's husband has asked that an autopsy be performed on his wife after she dies so that a full report can be done on the extent of her brain damage, an attorney for Michael Schiavo said Monday.

Congressmen fault baseball's steroid policyupdated: Wed Mar 16 2005 19:06:00

A day before a congressional hearing on steroid use in baseball, the two top members of the investigating committee said baseball's new policy appears to be more smoke and mirrors than a legitimate attempt to crack down on steroid use.

Fortune: Can Stan O'Neal Save Merrill? He's ripping apart the securities firm, piece by piece. He's making enemies. He's updated: Mon Sep 30 2002 00:01:00

There is no easy way to pad it. Some people just don't like Stanley O'Neal. The CEO-in-waiting of the world's biggest securities firm has an uncanny knack, it seems, for stirring up animosity. Curr...

Fortune: The GOP's in a Grand Old Panicupdated: Mon Feb 15 1999 00:01:00

It's well known by now that despite his impeachment, or maybe because of it, Bill Clinton's polls are at near-record highs. What isn't so obvious is how the Democrats are profiting--and the Republi...

Money Magazine: YOU MAY ALREADY BE A VICTIM OF FRAUD Investment schemes of telephone pitchmen can rob you of $10,000, $100,000 or more. Think youpdated: Tue Aug 01 1989 00:01:00

Intelligence always had been Paul Collins' strongest asset. Until his retirement in 1985, he served as superintendent of a California public school system. He also helped found two colleges and the...

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