In 1911 Congress passed the Weeks Law, which authorized land acquisition to conserve 'the navigability of navigable rivers,' and since then the federal land holdings have been increasing. ..…
To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.. ... Resolved by Senate and House of Representatives of United States of America Congress assembled, SECTION 1. ..…
Today's breakthrough vote in Senate is signal to the administration that they must reorient their policy toward Saudi Arabia or Congress will do it for them... ..…
Following a months-long investigation by the NYPD, Weinstein is arrested on three felony charges of rape and criminal sex act in connection with two female accusers. ..…
Congress attempts to grant China Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status. . ..…
Congress, will now be responsible for managing the pocketbook. Despite generally more progressive ideological tilt to Democratic Party since its last House majority from 2007 to 2011, Kamarck assessed that House is not likely to spearhead big debate about large cuts defense spending. ..…
Seventy-two of them, including from all the major religious streams, have urged Congress to pass two bills with that goal.. ..…
First, United States- China Economic and Security Review Commission's annual report to Congress suggested USTR investigate whether to bring a nullification or impairment case against China at WTO. ..…
Nine days ahead of deadline that could trigger government shutdown, with no in sight, POLITICO in Tuesday Oval Office interview that he is firm Congress must send him bill approving $5 billion for his wall on U.S...…
President Donald Trump has made enforcement focus for his administration, most pressing US Congress to authorize funding of wall on the border with Mexico and deploying troops in advance of the arrival of caravan of migrants from Central America.. ..…
Military” surprised military leaders and members of Congress. Trump said he was “doing the military a great favor” by “coming out and just saying it.” . ..…
Congress is the body that has the authority to restore and should now, therefore, be taking steps to restore and strengthen Voting Rights Act. And yet, instead of Congress acting to strengthen access to the ballot, Senate is considering Thomas Farr for lifetime appointment to District..…
Congress could also apply Magnitsky Act to Chinese companies, that supply Chinese government with tools of high-tech oppression. ..…
Congress should slash, not increase, funding for the abusive US immigration enforcement system and put into place deep, systemic reforms. . . . . ..…
Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) submitted a letter to the Trump administration requesting a status update on the strategy, which was due to Congress last month. “We are deeply concerned that the deadline for the report’s submission to Congress has passed without..…
Congress is set to act on legislation which would U.S firms from complying with U.N boycotts of Israel, similar to existing legislation prohibiting U.S companies from adhering to Arab League's boycott. ..…
Bernie Sanders and peace activists on Capitol Hill, who have long pushed to end US support for Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen and reassert Congress's power over military entanglements overseas... ... The also gives members of Congress chance to issue sharp rebuke of Trump toward..…
Newly elected Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, member of Congress, told Free Beacon he is reviewing range of options to penalize Airbnb.. ..…
Furthermore, at the party’s recent congress, the resolution moved by the current leadership group, setting out a framework for activity in the coming year, passed almost unanimously. ..…
That in turn affected how many representatives slave states would have in Congress. . ..…
US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy testifies before Congress in 2007 (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) The court’s narrow majority on LGBT+ issues has now likely disappeared, after Kennedy’s retirement in July 2018 gave President Donald Trump the chance to nominate Brett Kavanaugh to the bench. . ..…
Congress ended funding in August 1973 for “air action in Cambodia and Laos” but said nothing else about that campaign, the timeline now specifies where and when the bombing took place. ..…
But Democrats pushing back, noting Republican hold of Congress and the White House... ..…
In early 2013, the General National Congress that had been elected the preceding summer began deporting Egyptian workers en masse on a variety of pretenses, including expired residency permits and fraudulent or improper documentation. ... Between 2011 and 2013, Egypt had become a safe haven for..…
It's hard to imagine much getting done Congress in the next two years voices will be raised, heads will fly, blame will be spread around and the divisions between parties will grow even deeper.. ..…
The appropriation bills before Congress do not touch the ... Should no deal be reached by December 7, funding for several agencies, including Department of Homeland Security, will expire... ..…
Haspel above all other regime officials is in a position to provide intelligence information to Congress about what happened. . ... Even if enacted into law during the lame duck session or by the new Congress next year, it’ll be short-term policy before resuming dirty business as usual..…
He recalled that Ordinance issued by the Congress- Nationalist Congress Party September 2014 and Act passed by Fadnavis December 2014 had failed the scrutiny of Bombay High Court... ... Opposition Congress- NCP have criticised the government for not tabling Commission's report..…
Section 230 of Communications Decency Act, passed by Congress in 1996, invoked speech principles to shield Internet intermediaries from liability for the content they make available to the public. ..…
We were told that she would not be attending the briefing for members of Congress, ... ..…
Lawmaker Bharat Bahadur Khadka, who represents the main opposition Nepali Congress at the provincial assembly of Sudurpaschim Province, said that the government has not paid heed to their requests to form constitutional bodies such as the provincial planning commission and public service commission...…
President Donald Trump abandoned the deal to please Israel and Saudis, and members of Benjamin Netanyahu cheerleading group of politicians on both sides of Congress. ... The reason why some observers worry that U.S may be heading for war with Iran is that Trump, his pro- Israel lobby..…
She is a veteran Washington reporter who has covered the White House and Congress over the past two decades. ..…
Congress Joint Committee on Taxation estimated that the legislation would increase budget deficits by about $1.5 trillion, or $1.1 trillion if scored, over the period from FY 2018 through FY 2027, not including the government's interest costs resulting from the debt. ..…
Ron Forthofer is professor of biostatistics from University of Texas School of Public Health Houston and was Green Party for Congress and also for governor of Colorado. ..…
The Dearborn Democrat says Congress has lost the nation's trust is that its members refuse to cooperate or compromise, the checks.. ... Particularly those portions of the in which Dingell chronicles his Polish ancestors 19th immigration to America and their sharecropping to Congress..…
Together with progressive members of Congress including Mark Pocan, Democrat of Wisconsin, and Chuy Garcia, Democrat of Illinois, he has been constructing a solidarity caucus to work on humane and policy with the Democratic in House of Representatives... ..…
But senior GOP leaders have yet to embrace the legislation, which stands little chance of passing Congress unless it’s inserted into a must-pass spending bill, due Dec. 7.” A number of prominent figures and former government officials have signed onto a letter urging Congress to end US..…
This inflated South's Congress, welfare, and government-ran central bank.. ..…
The judge ruled that outlawing FGM is matter for individual states, arguing that Congress did not have the authority to pass law that prohibited it across the board. ..…
On the same day it was announced that Spain’s CNMV [the National Securities Market Commission] have fined him €30,000 over the Abengoa [insider trading] case, and a week after clashing with MP Gabriel Rufián in Madrid’s Congress, Borrell made some controversial statements this Monday during an..…
Nepal Students Union, the student wing of Nepali Congress, today announced the schedule for its General Convention, amid serious reservations from group of student leaders backed by NC faction led by Ramchandra Paudel... ..…
Congress to authorize funding of wall on the border with Mexico and deploying troops in advance of the arrival of caravan of migrants from Central America.. ..…
Whatever the scope of President's authority, he may not rewrite the immigration laws to impose condition that Congress has forbidden, in Nov 19 order.. ..…
'We were told that she would not be attending the briefing for members of Congress,' Durbin said. . ... Corker warned Monday that there will be 'a lot happening' in Congress on Saudi Arabia, including a vote as soon as this week calling for an end to US involvement in Yemen, as he renewed..…
The families of Sept 11 victims, for example, would not have the legal right today to take Saudi Arabia to court over Kingdom's connections to the attack were it not for the decision by Congress to override former President Barack Obama's veto.. ..…
The problem is that Congress, when it did speak, said we're not going to end sovereignty, .. ... In the years leading up to Oklahoma in 1907, Congress took major steps to curb tribal self-government within the borders of what was once called Indian Territory. ..…
Congress passes bill to provide relief to ISIS genocide victims after nearly 2 years . ... Chris Smith, an outspoken advocate for international religious freedom, in September of 2016 and was reintroduced again in the new Congress in January of 2017. . . ..…
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