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30 Dec 2013, 12:33 pm
In the Senate, under Article 1, section 3, one third of the Senate seats are up for election during the second year of a Congress. [read post]
4 Nov 2009, 1:02 am
John Kerry, Chair of the Senate foreign relations committees and Rep. [read post]
23 Nov 2009, 11:47 am
Congress Introduces Criminal Justice Reinvestment Act of 2009Congress Introduces Criminal Justice Reinvestment Act of 2009 This week, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative Adam Schiff introduced the Criminal Justice Reinvestment Act of 2009. [read post]
16 Dec 2017, 4:10 pm
After some procedural drama, Congress passed sweeping new tax legislation on December 20, 2017. [read post]
24 May 2018, 1:21 pm
Senators Amy Klobuchar and Roy Blunt [official websites] released a bipartisan bill [text, PDF] Wednesday overhauling sexual harassment policy for members of Congress and Capitol Hill staff, including requiring lawmakers to pay for financial settlements out of their own pockets. [read post]
20 Mar 2007, 4:17 pm
Demonstrative of the mood in Congress over the handling of the US Attorney fiasco, the Senate voted 94-2 in favor of a bill that would cancel the attorney general's power to appoint U.S. attorneys without Senate confirmation. [read post]
14 Jul 2005, 1:44 pm
[JURIST] US Senators said Thursday at a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing [witness list, statements] that Congress should enact legislation to define the legal status of prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay, while the Pentagon called such a plan too restrictive since present laws enable the US to detain the prisoners for an unlimited period of time. [read post]
28 Nov 2018, 3:14 am
(I do not know how historically anomalous it is, either--i.e., in how many of the first 115 Congresses a unified majority of Senators represented less than half the nation. [read post]
21 Dec 2018, 12:00 pm
Congress passed legislation requiring lobbyists to disclose any prior convictions. [read post]
27 Jun 2013, 4:53 pm
Dallas Morning News, Will Congress Truly Pursue Tax Reform 2.0 or... [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 7:57 pm
The average age of Members of the H ouse at the beginning of the 115th Congress was 57.8 years; of Senators, 61.8 years, among the oldest in U.S. history. [read post]
4 Oct 2018, 6:08 pm
The average length of service for Representatives at the beginning of the 115th Congress was 9.4 years (4.7 House terms); for Senators, 10.1 years (1.7 Senate terms). [read post]
21 Oct 2014, 3:54 pm
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation Chairman John D. [read post]
29 Dec 2020, 12:15 pm
On December 28, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), Chair of the Senate IP Subcommittee, and Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), Ranking Member of the Senate IP Subcommittee, sent another letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey expressing disappointment over the company’s continued refusal to cooperate on hearings around copyright reform. [read post]
25 Apr 2023, 7:04 am
Wash Post, Schumer Announces Senate Will Vote on the Equal Rights Amendment This Week The Senate will vote on the Equal Rights Amendment this week — 100 years after it was first introduced in Congress — Senate Majority Leader Charles... [read post]
27 Jan 2009, 5:22 am
Section 382 was enacted by Congress to prevent tax-motivated acquisitions of loss corporations. [read post]
4 Nov 2008, 8:36 am
He has just released the "Statistical Report Card" that identifies Senate unprinted hearings from 2003 (108th Congress, 1st session). [read post]
30 Apr 2015, 8:14 am
The Library of Congress has an interesting article in "The Signal: Digital Preservation" newsletter, titled "Helping Congress Archive Their Personal Digital Files. [read post]
31 Jan 2017, 1:19 pm
All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. [read post]
4 Feb 2015, 4:09 am
Congress continues to be debating whether to intervene in the Obama administration's deferred action programs. [read post]
