Results for “Congress”

…the 9/11 attacks, the NSA has increasingly played a role in this surveillance state, not by its own choice, but because Congress mandated it. In 2001, it empowered the NSA to obtain and archive data on American citizens. Accordingly, the NSA obtained the billing records of custom...

… barely noticed. In mid year, Obama and Netanyahu met in Washington for a carefully staged reconciliation meeting. With Congressional elections on the horizon, Obama presumably did not want to burden Democratic candidates with the charge that the Obama administration was excessiv...

Congress (the very Congress that was directed to “make no law abridging the freedom of speech) “made” the Alien and Sedition law

…ineers for increased personnel and resources for Virgin Islands backlog of permits • One of a small group of Members of Congress to be involved in the planning of the unprecedented “sit-in” of House Democrats for action to address American gun violence • Secured Agriculture droug...

…e has more than a reasonable apprehension that any testimony he provides could be used against him. Multiple Members of Congress have demanded that he be investigated and even prosecuted. He is the target on nearly a daily basis of outrageous allegations, often attributed to anon...

…own the road. • This candidate should also pledge to push for laws passed that reflect the will of simple majorities in Congress. Congress now only allows bills to move forward when a "majority of a majority" supports the policy and on many levels seems fundamentally broken. This...

…ial February 13, 2013 -- TWO DOMESTIC concerns towered above all others as President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night on the state of the union. One was stubbornly slow economic growth. The other was the long- term threat to prosperity posed by the str...

… 1951) (describing successor organization’s transportation of displaced persons, presumably also under contract). Would Congress, believing that it had provided the abso- lute immunity that UNRRA sought and expected, also have intended that the statute be interpreted “dynamic- al...

…pecifically, the Chamber accuses the Board of ignoring the Court’s admonition in that case warning that “Twl]here * * * Congress has aimed its sanctions only at specific discriminatory practices, the Board cannot go farther and establish a broader, more pervasive regulatory schem...

… by so many true friends in the capital of the world's greatest democracy. • Members of the Administration, Members of Congress, distinguished ambassadors, especially our ambassador Michael Oren…. Michael, Rosey, Bob, David, Howard and Richard, AIPAC members… older and young… •...

…ers. At issue for the Advisory Committee was whether to proceed narrowly by changing only a few rules to track specific congressional directives or to proceed more broadly by reworking the entire body of federal criminal rules to ensure that they are all fair to crime victims. Th...

…own the road. • This candidate should also pledge to push for laws passed that reflect the will of simple majorities in Congress. Congress now only allows bills to move forward when a "majority of a majority" supports the policy and on many levels seems fundamentally broken. This...

… directing that federal employees engaged in the “detection” and “investigation” of crime must respect victims’ rights, Congress wanted broad rights extending beyond just the prosecution of a case. As the district court concluded in the Epstein case, this provision “surely contem...

…to change.” In a September 8 New York Times op-ed, Senator Warren said foreign developments are increasing pressure on Congress to cut corporations “a new sweetheart deal” in tax reform, but lawmakers should instead take the opportunity to collect more revenue from corporations....

…will reach his term limit as chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and will step down at the end of the current Congress. Rep. Upton noted that he’s “not planning to” seek a waiver of the term limits. The two current frontrunners to replace the outgoing chairman include R...