In some cases, representation can seem to have very little to do with the substantive issues representatives in Congress tend to debate. Instead, proper representation for some is rooted in the racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, gender, and sexual identity of the representatives themselves. This form ...
Testimony before the Sub-Committee on Oversight and Investigations, Armed Services Committee, United States House of Representatives ACS is the world's largest scientific society and is congressionally chartered. MIT chemist receives national recognition More than $3 million in congressionally directed ...
This article examines the 1998 elections in the Dominican Republic: its main actors, the electoral campaign, and its results and implications. On 16 May 1998, the Dominican electorate went to the polls to elect 30 senators, 149 diputados (deputies or lower chamber representatives), 115 mayors (...
But that’s only part of the story. For some representatives, particularly those far from New York City, it’ll likely be business as usual as they win reelection with little to no formal opposition. And of course, Republicans are eager to win back the three House seats Democr...
Last night (June 26), Rep. Joe Crowley, one of the top democrats in the House of Representatives, lost his New York primary to 28 year-old community organizer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The Bronx-born politician has been advocating for the disposal of ICE, Medicare for all, and gun control...
👨⚖️ Santos Saga:Rep. George Santos’ (R-NY) request to keep the names of his bail guarantors privatewas rejectedby a federal judge in Long Island, who gave the embattled congressman time to appeal the ruling before the names are made public. ...
April 27, 2011: key stakeholders including the Regional Planning Commission, major Birmingham commercial real estate development firms, congressional office representatives, HUD officials, Birmingham Business Alliance officials and others attended a site tour with comments provided by BLI, EPA, and ADEM....
2012 CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Congressional Research Service 7-5700 www.crs.gov RL30076 Congressional Gold Medals, 1776-2012 Summary Senators and Representatives are frequently asked to support or sponsor proposals recognizing historic events and outstanding ...
“no” vote, as well as those members who were absent. But many readers were also told that staff had no idea how their representative voted, or refused to disclose their representative’s vote, citing the privacy of the closed-door meeting. A few representatives have spoken about the vote...
And yet, whereas our elected representatives are forced to iron out difficult compromises on spending on a yearly basis, in regulatory matters they face no such constraint, and as a result they have become profoundly passive in most policy areas. To be sure, Congress itself was originally ...