Organization and Operation of Congress: Hearings Before the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, United States Senate, Eighty-second Congress, First Session, on Evaluation of the Effects of Laws Enacted to Reorganize the Legislative Branch of the GovernmentU.S. Government Printing Office, 1951 - 697 pages |
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... television or radio broadcasts while testifying has been formalized as a rule , and the rule that no reports shall be made with- out unanimous approval of the subcommittee has been modified to permit their release upon a majority vote ...
... television or radio broadcasts while testifying has been formalized as a rule , and the rule that no reports shall be made with- out unanimous approval of the subcommittee has been modified to permit their release upon a majority vote ...
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... television or radio broadcasts of the proceeding shall be permitted while the witness is testifying . ( 9 ) No reports shall be made to the Senate or released to the public without unanimous approval of the subcommittee , or by a ...
... television or radio broadcasts of the proceeding shall be permitted while the witness is testifying . ( 9 ) No reports shall be made to the Senate or released to the public without unanimous approval of the subcommittee , or by a ...
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... television stations back in our States . This I have a television station back home that offers me time for a weekly report to the people of Connecticut , and I would like to make this report , but I am unable to get action to use the ...
... television stations back in our States . This I have a television station back home that offers me time for a weekly report to the people of Connecticut , and I would like to make this report , but I am unable to get action to use the ...
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... television . This town is full of lawyers and others representing the commercial interests in radio and television . The great commercial interests employ perhaps half the big law firms of the country , or maybe more , for all I know ...
... television . This town is full of lawyers and others representing the commercial interests in radio and television . The great commercial interests employ perhaps half the big law firms of the country , or maybe more , for all I know ...
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... television and radio in conjunction with the opera- tions of Congress I have not figured out . But I do know that a com- pany of which I am a partial owner , the Encyclopaedia Britannica Films , Inc. , in conjunction with the University ...
... television and radio in conjunction with the opera- tions of Congress I have not figured out . But I do know that a com- pany of which I am a partial owner , the Encyclopaedia Britannica Films , Inc. , in conjunction with the University ...
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Page 340 - Extensive hearings followed before the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the Senate Committee on Finance.
Page 47 - Congress, to employ such clerical and other assistants, to require by subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, to take such testimony, and to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable.
Page 557 - House shall exercise continuous watchfulness of the execution by the administrative agencies concerned of any laws, the subject matter of which is within the jurisdiction of such committee; and, for that purpose, shall study all pertinent reports and data submitted to the House by the agencies in the executive branch of the Government.
Page 250 - House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such hearings, and to require, by subpena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents, as it deems necessary.
Page 566 - January 1, 1945, on account of damage to or loss of property or on account of personal injury or death caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any employee, of the Government while acting within the scope of his office or employment...
Page 388 - The head of each department is authorized to prescribe regulations not inconsistent with law, for the government of his department, the conduct of its officers and clerks, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, and property appertaining to it.
Page 189 - National Mediation Board," to be composed of three members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, not more than two of whom shall be of the same political party.
Page 149 - I know also, that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times.
Page 565 - ... by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than twelve months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Page 47 - 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.