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U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva Endorses First Congressional Candidate Howard Shanker
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- U.S. Rep. Raul M. Grijalva has enthusiastically endorsed Howard Shanker, a Democratic candidate for Congress from Arizona's First District, the seat currently held by Rick Renzi who will not be running in the next election. Congressman Grijalva is a member of the Committee on Education and Labor,...
Tags: Arizona, congressman, Government, Leadership, Rep., Subcommittee, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2008-04-07
Congress to hear Mattel testimony on lead content
WASHINGTON -- Companies behind recent recalls of children's toys and jewelry have told Congress that their Chinese suppliers assured them the products were virtually lead-free, though in one case a simple store-bought test revealed dangerous levels of the toxic metal. Congress is investigating the recent spate of...
Tags: jewelry, MARKETING, Mattel Inc., recall, subcommittee, supplier, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-09-19
The Law: Executive Order 13422: an expansion of presidential influence in the rulemaking process.
Executive Order 13422, issued by President George W. Bush in January 2007, contains the most significant changes to the presidential regulatory review process since 1993. The changes include requirements that agencies designate a presidential appointee as a "regulatory policy officer" who can control rulemaking activity and...
Tags: agency, MARKETING, officer, Planning, president, Register, rulemaking, Subcommittee, Technology, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-09-01
Fellows in Service to the Nation
Congress could have been blindsided by the energy crisis of 1973. There was an oil embargo. Gasoline prices soared. Fistfights broke out near filling stations. As lawmakers pondered what to do, they were able to call on a new resource for information-Barry Hyman, the first ASME Federal Fellow. The Senate...
Tags: HARDWARE, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, SOFTWARE, subcommittee, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-07-01
Congressmen Doyle and Wamp Launch Congressional Caucus on Robotics
To: SCIENCE EDITORSContact: Matt Dinkel, +1-202-225-2135, or Laura Condeluci, +1-202- 225-3271, both for Pennsylvania Congressman Mike Doyle and Tennessee Congressman Zach Wamp WASHINGTON, June 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Congressman Mike Doyle and Tennessee Congressman Zach Wamp today announced the formation of a bi-partisan Congressional Caucus on Robotics. The caucus will...
Tags: congressman, Pennsylvania, robotics, Robots, Subcommittee, Tennessee, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-06-20
Congress continues work on immigration legislation: the findings of a nationwide poll conducted on behalf of the National Immigration Forum and the Manhattan Institute released last month show that 75 percent of Americans polled support a comprehensive im
With multiple national polls showing widespread support for comprehensive immigration reform, Congress continues to move toward a debate on immigration legislation. Although Senate leaders have not reached bipartisan consensus on the actual bill to consider, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has scheduled...
Tags: immigrant, immigration, subcommittee, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, visa, worker
Research articles 2007-05-07
Bush says 'interviews' OK but not subpoenas
WASHINGTON -- President Bush said Tuesday he is willing to go to court to protect his closest aides from testifying before Congress and urged Democrats to accept his offer, made in the investigation into the firing of eight U.S. attorneys. The White House told Congress that Bush's Deputy...
Tags: attorney, Bush, Democrat, E-mail, subcommittee, U.S., U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Senate, White House
Research articles 2007-03-21
Congress investigates methods of data sellers
WASHINGTON -- Congress begins hearings today on the techniques used by private data-collection companies to obtain phone records and other information. Law enforcement agencies often go to such companies for information. They do so to save time and avoid seeking subpoenas or warrants for the information, even though the...
Tags: phone, subcommittee, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2006-06-21
Falungong has US Congress hearing, Washington rally
WASHINGTON AFP — China has deployed a network of some 1,000 spies to keep tabs on the Falungong spiritual movement in Australia, and the number of agents in the United States is likely even higher, a former Chinese diplomat said. Chen Yonglin, a former diplomat who defected to Australia...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, agent, Australia, Beijing, China, diplomat, subcommittee, torture, U.S. Congress, Washington
Research articles 2005-07-21
Guard BRAC Closures Need Governor's OK
The latest Capitol Hill news from the NGAUS Legislative StaffHouse Speaker Dennis Hasten, R-Ill., told Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld that "any and all actions taken under [the Base Realignment and Closure process] against Air and Army National Guard bases without consent of the governors of those states be stopped...
Tags: Air Force, Benefits, commission, Governor, HEALTHCARE, president, Rep., SALES, SOFTWARE, subcommittee, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2005-04-01
AFGE Backs House Measure to Block Changes at EEOC
WASHINGTON, June 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- More than 100 members of Congress are urging a House Appropriations subcommittee to reject an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EEOC request to use funding from its fiscal 2005 appropriation to set up a privatized national customer service center and close and consolidate field offices....
Tags: agency, call-center, MARKETING, SOFTWARE, subcommittee, U.S. Congress, workplace
Research articles 2004-06-14
Q & A with U.S. Rep. Albert R. Wynn: Congressman Albert R. Wynn represents the Fourth Congressional District of Maryland, which includes parts of Prince George's and Montgomery Counties. He defines his mission in Congress as helping to expand economic
Elected in 1992, Rep. Wynn currently serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee, where he is a member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, and the Subcommittee on Environment and Haz Elected in 1992, Rep. Wynn currently...
Tags: Subcommittee, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2005-06-01
The evolution of online privacy: 2000-2003
ABSTRACT Prior to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Congress and the courts were backing demands for greater accountability and restraint from online companies and law enforcement agencies over wiretapping and other intelligence-gathering activities. The FTC conducted investigations exposing some online data-gathering companies of...
Tags: agency, Bush, computer, cookie, DoubleClick Inc., FTC, Government, INTERNET, privacy, Regulations, SECURITY, Subcommittee, technology, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Senate, Web
Research articles 2003-07-01
Source material: Nixon's ghost haunts the presidential records act: the Reagan and George W. Bush administrations.
Former president Nixon's legal campaign to reclaim ownership over his White House materials after they were seized by an act of Congress has profoundly influenced how the Reagan and George W. Bush administrations have attempted to exercise a maximum controlling interest in their own White House materials. In the 1977...
Tags: administration, Administrator, Bush, Government, president, regulation, Regulations, Subcommittee, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Justice, White House
Research articles 2002-12-01
Fisheries Conversation and the oceans in the 107th congressional session
Since being elected to Congress, ocean and coastal conservation and management issues have been a top priority for me, and I am proud to serve as the 107th Congress chair of the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans. This subcommittee of the House of Representatives Resources Committee has jurisdiction...
Tags: conservation, Leadership, NOAA, subcommittee, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2002-01-01
Tracing Issue Definition and Policy Change: An Analysis of Disability Issue Images and Policy Response.(Statistical Data Included)
We examine the role of issue definition in disability policy change. Based on qualitative and quantitative evidence from media coverage and congressional hearings, we conclude that policy change was influenced by the redefinition of disability issues from medical and economic definitions to a new sociopolitical perspective....
Tags: Administration, analysis, Council, disability, Jones, Subcommittee, Technology, U.S. Congress, Youth
Research articles 2001-06-22
Washington Outlook - efforts to develop environmental policy - Brief Article
Over the last Few months, AMERICAN FORESTS has worked to bring the values and goals of our ecosystem-restoration-and-maintenance policy agenda to leaders in the new Administration and in Congress. We have met with Dave Tenny, acting undersecretary for natural resources and environment in the Agriculture Department, and Forest Service chief...
Tags: Leadership, subcommittee, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2001-06-22
Congress sharpening its focus on state regulation.(insurance)
A topic once rarely discussed in polite circles in Washington is now being debated with increasing vigor in the offices of lobbyists and the halls of Congress. The topic is an increased federal role in insurance regulation. The subject was once nearly taboo because...
Tags: agent, FINANCE, Insurance, Mr., regulation, Rep., subcommittee, U.S. Congress, uniformity
Research articles 2001-06-04
Undoing Miranda
I. INTRODUCTION You have the right to remain silent. If you choose to waive that right, anything you say may, and likely will, be used against you. You have the right to consult with an attorney. If you cannot of ford to retain counsel, the state will provide you with...
Tags: officer, prosecutor, senator, statute, Subcommittee, U.S., U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2000-01-01
The Pentagon Shell Game
What Congress doesn't know won't hurt it. That may be the thinking of the Pentagon, but don't tell that to Rep. Jerry Lewis, a California Republican who chairs the House Appropriations subcommittee on Defense. His subcommittee discovered the Department of Defense likes secretly to shuffle money around without telling Congress...
Tags: Air Force, FINANCE, Games, Investment, Pentagon, subcommittee, U.S. Congress
Research articles 1999-10-18