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... feel the same way . If we are going to have a direct election , it ought to be on a 50 percent plus one vote . There was some discussion of that in the committee . You asked about the objections to it , as I said about my bill and the ...
... feel the same way . If we are going to have a direct election , it ought to be on a 50 percent plus one vote . There was some discussion of that in the committee . You asked about the objections to it , as I said about my bill and the ...
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... feel that you are on the right track here . Ås was pointed out , in district elections you have greater interest because a voter feels that he has a greater say in the district than within the State and then within the national scene ...
... feel that you are on the right track here . Ås was pointed out , in district elections you have greater interest because a voter feels that he has a greater say in the district than within the State and then within the national scene ...
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... feel this is still a union of States , Mr. Dowdy and I think , and we think there is something besides a small numerical majority that constitutes a constitutional majority . The Chief Justice says you don't represent trees , you ...
... feel this is still a union of States , Mr. Dowdy and I think , and we think there is something besides a small numerical majority that constitutes a constitutional majority . The Chief Justice says you don't represent trees , you ...
Page 81
... feel earnestly that it will not achieve electoral reform , and this because it cannot success- fully be merchandised among the States . That leaves me a choice of the two principal alternatives ; namely , the district plan and the ...
... feel earnestly that it will not achieve electoral reform , and this because it cannot success- fully be merchandised among the States . That leaves me a choice of the two principal alternatives ; namely , the district plan and the ...
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... feel , however , that my own views are just a little bit different , and I think I understand that the function of this committee at present is to gain a feeling of the breadth of possible substitutes to the pro- posal reported by the ...
... feel , however , that my own views are just a little bit different , and I think I understand that the function of this committee at present is to gain a feeling of the breadth of possible substitutes to the pro- posal reported by the ...
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Page 243 - Reports provided for under this subsection shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, if the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case may be, is not in session.
Page 279 - If the committee determines that evidence or testimony at an investigative hearing may tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person, it shall — (1) receive such evidence or testimony in executive session...
Page 407 - ... without regard to political affiliations and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the office...
Page 280 - Every person who having been summoned as a witness by the authority of either House of Congress to give testimony or to produce papers upon any matter under inquiry before either House, or any joint committee established by a joint or concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress...
Page 230 - To influence, directly or indirectly, the passage or defeat of any legislation by the Congress of the United States.
Page 230 - Vacancies in the membership of the joint committee shall not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions of the joint committee, and shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of the original selection. The joint committee shall select a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members.
Page 233 - Professional staff members authorized by this subsection shall be appointed on a permanent basis, without regard to political affiliation, and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of their respective positions.
Page 1 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled (twothirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States...
Page 213 - ... the filing by any such committee of any supplemental report upon any measure or matter which may be required for the correction of any technical error in a previous report made by that committee upon that measure or matter.
Page 428 - ... or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, to take such testimony, to procure such printing and binding, and to make such expenditures as it deems advisable.