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... floor of the House , when the debate was going on , someone said if you want a crook , if you want somebody unsound , then elect Aaron Burr . But the Members of the House responded and Thomas Jefferson was named President of the United ...
... floor of the House , when the debate was going on , someone said if you want a crook , if you want somebody unsound , then elect Aaron Burr . But the Members of the House responded and Thomas Jefferson was named President of the United ...
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... floor and some thought given to it . Mr. McCULLOCH . Since you are the good legislator that you are with very important experience in the Ohio Senate , I think that I might properly say that as for some of the details which are almost ...
... floor and some thought given to it . Mr. McCULLOCH . Since you are the good legislator that you are with very important experience in the Ohio Senate , I think that I might properly say that as for some of the details which are almost ...
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... floor . I am inclined to agree with it . There is a provision in the Constitution with reference to disability . The question is whether you want to do it by constitutional amend- ment or by statute . Mr. COLMER . Mr. Celler , I think ...
... floor . I am inclined to agree with it . There is a provision in the Constitution with reference to disability . The question is whether you want to do it by constitutional amend- ment or by statute . Mr. COLMER . Mr. Celler , I think ...
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... floor of the House . But I hope that this rule proposes the district plan , rather than that of the direct vote . If your collective decision is to pass the direct vote proposal to the floor , I would attempt to introduce an amendment ...
... floor of the House . But I hope that this rule proposes the district plan , rather than that of the direct vote . If your collective decision is to pass the direct vote proposal to the floor , I would attempt to introduce an amendment ...
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... floor debate , remarks from the rostrum and commentary by its own reporters . . . all from one patch box . On television this means that WTIC can film floor debates using sound off the public address system . As far as camera coverage ...
... floor debate , remarks from the rostrum and commentary by its own reporters . . . all from one patch box . On television this means that WTIC can film floor debates using sound off the public address system . As far as camera coverage ...
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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.