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- 1From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsThe appointment of a Supreme Court Justice is an event of major significance in American politics. Each appointment is of consequence because of the enormous judicial power the Supreme Court exercises as the highest...
- 2From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsBefore Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet U.S. House of Representatives Hearing on June 8, 2021 Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Issa, and Members of...
- 3From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsFederal administrative agencies carry out their statutorily prescribed responsibilities in many ways. Perhaps most significantly, agencies may, pursuant to congressionally delegated authority, promulgate rules with the...
- 4From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsThe Constitution vests Congress with the legislative power, which includes authority to establish federal agencies and conduct oversight of those entities. Criminal investigations and prosecutions, however, are generally...
- 5From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsThe U.S. Constitution establishes a system of dual sovereignty between the states and the federal government, with each state having its own government, endowed with all the functions essential to separate and...
- 6From:Yearbook of International Environmental Law(1) Introduction This report seeks to inform and analyse some of the most relevant legislative and judicial developments related to environment protection in Brazil during the year 2017. The report will first present...
- 7From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsMay 17, 2007 Summary This report describes the FY2008 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Administration requested a net appropriation of $35.5 billion in net budget authority for...
- 8From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsIn this appendix, the reader will find excerpts from the report of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The excerpts are the verbatim recommendations related to congressional organization that are...
- 9From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsWhether it is enacting minimum wage, health, or other laws, Congress derives its policymaking authority from two key parts of the Constitution: Article I and the Fourteenth Amendment. Article I, Section 8, grants...
- 10From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsIn this appendix, the reader will find excerpts from the report of the Gilmore Commission. The excerpts are the verbatim recommendations related to congressional organization that are contained in this report. Different...
- 11From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsReconciliation measures follow the same legislative path to enactment as other legislation. After a bill is submitted to him, the President has 10 days (excluding Sundays) in which to approve or disapprove it. If the...
- 12From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsSummary Both Houses have approved proposals to reauthorize USA PATRIOT Act sections scheduled to expire at the end of the year. The House passed H.R. 3199 on July 21, 2005, 151 Cong. Rec. H6307; the Senate, S. 1389...
- 13From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsIn this appendix, the reader will find excerpts from the report of The Brookings Institution. The excerpts are the verbatim recommendations related to congressional organization that are contained in this report....
- 14From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsSummary Federal courts, like Congress and the presidency, are important forums for resolving the political, economic, and social conflicts that characterize American society. From the beginnings of the republic, when...
- 15From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsPerceptions of the War Powers Resolution tended to be set during the Cold War. During the 1970s the issues revolved largely around the adequacy of consultation. The 1980s raised more serious issues of Presidential...
- 16From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsAfter 34 years of experience with it in practice, controversy continues over the War Powers Resolution's effectiveness and appropriateness as a system for maintaining a congressional role in the use of armed forces in...
- 17From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsThe health care reform debate raises many complex issues including those of coverage, accessibility, cost, accountability, and quality of health care. Underlying these policy considerations are issues regarding the...
- 18From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsSummary Congress's contempt power is the means by which Congress responds to certain acts that in its view obstruct the legislative process. Contempt may be used either to coerce compliance (inherent contempt),...