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| Â | Congressional <b>Committeesb> and Unfriendly Witnesses |
 | | Most of the justices disapproved of HUAC's heavy-handed tactics, but, as Justice Robert Jackson explained in 1949, they felt "it would be an unwarranted act of judicial usurpation to strip Congress of its investigatory power or to assume for the courts the function of supervising congressional <b>committeesb>." In short, HUAC had a free hand. | | | But because congressional hearings were immune from the due process requirements that accompanied criminal prosecutions, the <b>committeesb> had more leeway to denounce and accuse. | | | The most important were Senator McCarthy's Permanent Investigating Subcommittee of the Government Operations Committee and Pat McCarran's powerful Senate Internal Security Subcommittee (SISS), both of which conducted exactly the same kinds of investigations as HUAC. |
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| Â | Political Science |
| | Provides information on public policy legislation in 23 topical areas; key votes; interest group ratings; biographical, political, and electoral data about members of Congress since the 97th Congress; Congressional Encyclopedia (providing 250 topical articles about Congress from CQ's Congress A to Z); and Congressional Dictionary (defining 900 terms, from CQ's American Congressional Dictionary). | | | Also includes searchable texts of Statutes at Large, 1789-1873, selected volumes of the Congressional Serial Set, the Journals of the Continental Congress and additional sources for the early Congress. | | | (American Memory Project, Library of Congress.) Includes searchable texts of House and Senate Journals, with links to digitized images of Annals of Congress, Register of Debates, and Congressional Globe. |
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http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/polsci/
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| Â | U.S. Government Documents - Legislative Branch Resources |
| | The Continental Congress Broadside Collection (253 titles) and the Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (21 titles) contain 274 documents relating to the work of Congress and the drafting and ratification of the Constitution. | | | This evolving service also provides general background information about U.S. Senate legislative procedures, Senate facilities in the U.S. Capitol, and the history of the Senate. | | | Voting records for members of Congress, and ratings of members of Congress based on their votes on legislation supported or opposed by over 20 special interest//lobbying groups. |
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http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/dsc/legislative.html
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| Â | Congressional Committee Information |
| | Congressional YellowBook is searchable on its own or in conjunction with the Federal, State, Municipal, Associations, and NonProfit sector books | | | Updated once per year in September so may be outdated at the beginning of a new Congress | | | Committee and subcommittee assignments provide links to the phone, fax, district office, e-mail address, and biography of individual members |
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http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/comm.html
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| Â | United States House of Representatives - encyclopedia article about United States House of Representatives. |
| | The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. | | | Like the Senate, the House of Representatives meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. At one end of the chamber of the House is a rostrum from which the Speaker presides. | | | The largest committee of the House is the Committee of the Whole, which, as its name suggests, consists of all members of the House. |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/United+States+House+of+Representatives
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| Â | United States Senate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Control of Senate <b>committeesb> is almost always by seniority within the majority party, but there is now a four-term limit. | | | Senators are elected by their state as a whole; if both Senate seats are contested in one election year, the elections will be separate and all voters in the state will cast votes for one candidate in each of the two races. | | | Senators serve for terms of six years; the terms are staggered so that approximately one-third of the Senate is up for election every two years: each time there are elections in about 33 states for one of the two seats. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate
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| Â | U.S. Senate: <b>Committeesb> Home |
| | Due to the high volume and complexity of its work, Congress divides its tasks among approximately 250 <b>committeesb> and sub <b>committeesb>. | | | Learn about the history of the Senate committee system, and how it has evolved since the Senate created its first permanent <b>committeesb> in 1816. | | | In the Senate there is one officially recognized caucus -- the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control established by law in 1985. |
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http://www.senate.gov/committees/index.cfm
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| Â | Wisconsin Senate <b>Committeesb> |
| | Representatives Seratti, Gunderson, Black, and Hebl; Senators Lazich, Robson, and Coggs. | | | Representatives Jeskewitz, and Hubler; Senators Reynolds, and Wirch. | | | Senators S. Fitzgerald, Reynolds, Stepp, Jauch, Robson, and Hansen. |
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| Â | Robert Ellis Smith |
| | He is often an expert witness in privacy cases; he is also asked to testify before Congressional <b>committeesb> and state legislatures. | | | Smith has twice been asked to write the definition of privacy for the World Book Encyclopedia. |
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| Â | List of U.S. House <b>committeesb> - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This is a list of U.S. Congressional <b>committeesb> (standing <b>committeesb>, joint <b>committeesb> and special <b>committeesb>) that are currently operating in the United States House of Representatives, the lower house of the United States Congress. | | | Chairmanship of joint <b>committeesb> alternates with each Congress between the senior majority Senator and the senior majority Representative. | | | "List of Standing <b>Committeesb> and Select Committee and their Subcommittees of the House of Representatives of the United States together with Joint <b>Committeesb> of the Congress with An Alphabetical List of The Members and Their Committee Assignments." Retrieved June 16, 2005. |
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| Â | List of Senate <b>Committeesb> |
| | Meeting of the Senate (except on Tuesday 25th February when Cabinet is scheduled to meet).(Adjourns sine die) | | | House of Reps. Meeting Resumption of debate on Report of the Joint Select Committee on the Constitution and Report of the Constitution Review Commission. | | | House of Reps. Meeting Continuation of debate on Report of the Joint Select Committee on the Constitution and Report of the Constitution Review Commission. |
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| | The complete list of House <b>committeesb> and members, along with the body's latest actions, can be accessed from the main House web page. | | | The complete list of Senate <b>committeesb> and members, along with the body's latest actions, can be accessed from the main Senate web page. | | | The Senate Judiciary Committee is chaired by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT); Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) is the senior minority party (Democrat) member (the “Ranking Member”). |
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http://www.immigrationforum.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=46
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| Â | Legislative Histories of U.S. Laws |
| | Members of the House or Senate introduce bills for consideration by the Congress. | | | Committee prints are studies prepared by the staff of a Congressional committee or by the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress, containing analysis of a problem, research papers, proposed solutions, bibliographies, and other useful material. | | | The Committee Report on the bill is one of the most important documents of the law's legislative history. |
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| Â | David Lewis - NC House of Representatives |
| | Each also elects a Sergeant at Arms, who serves as "police officer" for his house and whose assistants act as doorkeepers while the body and its <b>committeesb> are meeting. | | | There will be a dozen or more <b>committeesb> for each body, and their work is very important, as every bill introduced will be studied by at least one committee in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. | | | Each house elects a Principal Clerk who is responsible for keeping the necessary records of the house. |
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| Â | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The United States of America |
| | A principle of the Massachusetts constitution of 1780 was interpreted by the supreme court of that state as abolishing slavery. | | | By the Constitution the judicial power of the United States is vested in a supreme court, and such inferior courts as the Congress may, from time to time, ordain and establish. | | | In examining the constitutionality of a state law one is to assume that the state legislature has power to pass all acts whatever, unless they are prohibited by the Constitution of the United States or by the constitution of the state. |
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| Â | Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |
| | The Office of the Clerk is pleased to announce the launch of Kids in the House–an interactive center that helps kids learn about the United States House of Representatives and its role in lawmaking. | | | At this site, you can obtain copies of House documents, including public disclosure forms, made available by the Clerk as part of his official duties. | | | Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |
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| Â | Articles - United States Senate |
| | The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. | | | Like the House of Representatives, the Senate meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. At one end of the Chamber of the Senate is a dais from which the Presiding Officer (the Vice President or the President pro Tempore) presides. | | | United States´´, although the Senate´s advice and consent is required for the appointment of certain executive branch officials, it is not necessary for their removal. |
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http://www.centralairconditioners.net/articles/United_States_Senate
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| Â | Congressional Committee Profiles |
| | That road starts in the <b>committeesb> and subcommittees of Congress where members hold hearings, draft, debate, and revise legislation — and where each word is carefully crafted. | | | In short, congressional <b>committeesb> are the legislative trenches — and the bigger the bill, the higher the stakes, the more generous the campaign donations to members of the committee with jurisdiction over the issue. | | | Because it is at this point during the legislative process that they can change America's public policies. |
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| Â | United States House of Representatives, 109th Congress, 1st Session: Homepage |
| | Search the Roll Call votes as compiled under the direction of the Honorable Jeff Trandahl, Clerk of the House. | | | Oversight plans based on the jurisdiction of the committee and the hearing schedules for the 109th Congress. | | | U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515 (202) 224-3121 TTY: (202) 225-1904 |
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| Â | U.S. Senate: <b>Committeesb> Home |
| | In the Senate there is one officially recognized caucus -- the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control established by law in 1985. | | | Supreme Court Nominations is a list of nominees to the Court since 1789. | | | Within chamber guidelines, however, each committee adopts its own rules; thus, there is considerable variation among panels. |
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| Â | House of Delegates <b>Committeesb> - West Virginia Legislature |
| | House of Delegates <b>Committeesb> - West Virginia Legislature | | | <b>Committeesb> Bill Drafting Budget Division Court of Claims Crime Victims LASD PERD Postaudit Public Information Special Investigations Joint Rules | | | President Members <b>Committeesb> District Maps Senate Clerk Senate Rules |
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| Â | Committee Codebooks - Committe Codebooks |
| | The committee codebook includes the names and dates of existence for all House, Senate, and Joint <b>committeesb>, subcommittees, and select and special <b>committeesb> from 1947 to 1993. | | | (130) Special Committee to Conduct an Investigation and Study of the Financial Position of the White Bridge Commission (1956) | | | (187) Select Committee on the Financial Position of the White County Bridge Commission (1955-1957) |
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| Â | List of <b>Committeesb> Investigating Enron |
| | Following is the list of Congressional <b>committeesb> investigating Enron with scheduled hearing dates: |
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| | Names, titles, addresses, and phone numbers of more than 11,000 key information sources on health programs and legislation, including congressmen and health legislative aides, major congressional health <b>committeesb>, and state, county, city, and Federal regional health officials. | | | Quarterly directory of members of Congress, including <b>committeesb> and aides, state delegations and district maps, leadership, and informal organizations of the Senate and House. | | | Annual listing of departments and agencies of the Federal Government, congressional <b>committeesb>, and private nonprofit organizations. |
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| Â | Week in Review January 3-14, 2005 |
| | A spokesperson for Sikkema, Ari Adler, said that leaders from both the Senate and the House are reviewing the new idea of priority-based subcommittees. | | | Schwarz Named to Three <b>Committeesb>: While his assignments are yet to be given a formal stamp of approval by the U.S. House Republican Conference or the White House, U.S. Representative Joe Schwarz (R–Battle Creek) was named to three <b>committeesb>: the Agriculture Committee, Science Committee and the Armed Services Committee. | | | Weaver’s resignation will give Governor Granholm the opportunity to appoint her replacement to a court that currently holds a 5-2 advantage in favor of Republican nominated justices. |
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| Â | U.S. Senate: <b>Committeesb> Home |
| | Learn about the history of the Senate committee system, and how it has evolved since the Senate created its first permanent <b>committeesb> in 1816. | | | Due to the high volume and complexity of its work, Congress divides its tasks among approximately 250 <b>committeesb> and sub <b>committeesb>. | | | In the Senate there is one officially recognized caucus -- the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control established by law in 1985. |
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| Â | New York State Senate >> About the Senate >> Historical Timeline |
| | Local <b>committeesb> in New York select and send delegates to First Continental Congress, an intercolonial congress, which is held in Philadelphia between September 5 and October 6. | | | The committee submits a draft of state constitution to Convention of Representatives of the State of New York which then revises it. | | | By the end of 1958, this special committee is replaced by the Temporary Commission on the Revision and Simplification of the Constitution which also generates reports containing recommendations regarding the State Constititution. |
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