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1. U.S. Congress: No NAFTA deal this week, no deal on it this year [2018]

  • The Spectator (Hamilton, Ontario). May 17, 2018, A14.
Subjects
United States. House of Representatives -- Officials and employees, United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity, United States. Congress -- Officials and employees, and United States. Congress -- Political activity
Abstract
The United States congressional leadership has indicated that it will not deal with a vote on NAFTA this year unless it sees the text of an agreement by the end [...]

2. MAN of the house: Patrick Conroy, S.J., became the 60th chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2011. He recently sat down with America, to talk about the place of faith in Congress [2017]

  • Zipple, Jeremy
  • America. Jan 23, 2017, Vol. 216 Issue 2, p34, 3 p.
Subjects
United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity and Church and state -- Political aspects
Abstract
I imagine a lot of people are surprised to find out that Congress has a chaplain. Separation of church and state. That sort of thing. Establishing a chaplain [...]

3. A copyright storm over Capitol Hill: the United States is in the process of a complete review of its copyright legislation. Issues such as performance rights, licensing, orphan works and consent decrees are on the table. But with a new Congress dominantly Republican and presidential elections looming, what can realistically be attained? US editor Emmanuel Legrand reports from Washington [2015]

  • Legrand, Emmanuel
  • Music Week. Jan 23, 2015, p12, 3 p.
Subjects
Patent/copyright issue, United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity, United States. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary -- Political activity, United States. Congress -- Political activity, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Inc. -- Political activity, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Inc. -- Political aspects, Copyright -- Political aspects, Presidents -- Elections, and Presidents -- Political aspects
Abstract
COPYRIGHT A few weeks before Christmas, a large scaffolding was built around the dome of the Capitol, the historic building hosting the United States Congress, and it will [...]

4. NSA mass surveillance lapses amid standoff in U.S. Congress [2015]

  • Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada). June 2, 2015, A11.
Subjects
The Associated Press -- Political activity, United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity, United States. National Security Agency -- Political activity, United States. Congress -- Political activity, News agencies -- Political activity, and News agencies -- Political aspects
Abstract
WASHINGTON -- For the first time since Sept. 11, 2001, U.S. Congress curtailed the National Security Agency's authority to track suspected terrorists as lawmakers struggled to restore approval for mass [...]

5. Congress restoring $28 million for Army Chinook work at Boeing plant where 4,600 work [2019]

  • Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA). Dec 11, 2019
Subjects
United States. House of Representatives -- Government finance, United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity, United States. Army -- Government finance, United States. Army -- Political activity, CH-47 (Helicopter) -- Political aspects, and Defense spending -- Political aspects
Abstract
PHILADELPHIA _ The Philadelphia area's largest factory complex _ the Boeing helicopter works in Delaware County _ appears to have dodged a fiscal missile this week as area Congress members [...]

6. All in: an empirical analysis of legislative voting on internet gambling restrictions in the united states [2015]

  • Halcoussis, Dennis and Lowenberg, Anton D.
  • Contemporary Economic Policy. Jan, 2015, Vol. 33 Issue 1, p17, 12 p.
Subjects
Internet, Government regulation, Sports/gambling game, United States. Congress -- Political activity, United States. Congress -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Congress -- International economic relations, United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity, United States. House of Representatives -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. House of Representatives -- International economic relations, United States. Department of Justice -- Political activity, United States. Department of Justice -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Department of Justice -- International economic relations, United States. Congressional Research Service -- Political activity, United States. Congressional Research Service -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Congressional Research Service -- International economic relations, World Trade Organization -- Political activity, World Trade Organization -- Political aspects, Internet -- Laws, regulations and rules, Internet -- Political aspects, Holding companies -- Laws, regulations and rules, Holding companies -- Political aspects, Political parties -- Antigua and Barbuda, Political parties -- Laws, regulations and rules, Online gambling -- Laws, regulations and rules, Online gambling -- Political aspects, and Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006
Abstract
In 2006. the U.S. Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) which prohibited financial institutions from processing transactions arising from online gaming activities, thereby severely hindering U.S. residents [...]

7. Congress restoring $28 million for Army Chinook work at Boeing Pa. plant where 4,600 employed [2019]

  • Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA). Dec 12, 2019
Subjects
United States. House of Representatives -- Government finance, United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity, United States. Army -- Government finance, United States. Army -- Political activity, CH-47 (Helicopter) -- Political aspects, Legislators -- Political aspects, Legislators -- Political activity, and Defense spending -- Political aspects
Abstract
Dec. 12-- Dec. 12--The Philadelphia-area's largest factory complex -- the Boeing helicopter works in Delaware County -- appears to have dodged a fiscal missile this week as area members of [...]

8. First, DO NO HARM: AU's Laser Urges Congress To Pass Legislation To Stop The Misuse Of Religious Freedom [2019]

  • Hayes, Liz
  • Church & State. Sept, 2019, Vol. 72 Issue 8, p7, 2 p.
Subjects
Government regulation, United States. House of Representatives -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity, Bills, Legislative -- Laws, regulations and rules, Bills, Legislative -- Religious aspects, Bills, Legislative -- Political aspects, Legislators -- Laws, regulations and rules, Legislators -- Religious aspects, Legislators -- Political aspects, Legislators -- Political activity, Freedom of religion -- Laws, regulations and rules, Freedom of religion -- Religious aspects, Freedom of religion -- Political aspects, and Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993
Abstract
Americans United President and CEO Rachel Laser made the case directly to Congress that the Do No Harm Act is urgently needed to block the Trump administration's ongoing attacks on [...]

9. Congress' new SECURE Act bill is the most significant retirement plan legislation in years [2019]

  • Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA). July 7, 2019
Subjects
United States. House of Representatives -- Tax policy, United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity, Individual retirement accounts -- Political aspects, Student loans -- Political aspects, and Retirement benefits -- Political aspects
Abstract
July 07-- Jul. 7--In May, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the most significant retirement-savings bill in more than a decade. It's called the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement [...]

10. Should Congress Have Term Limits? [2017]

  • Desantis, Ron and Mann, Thomas E.
  • New York Times Upfront. Sept 18, 2017, Vol. 150 Issue 2, p22, 3 p.
Subjects
Government regulation, United States. Senate -- Political activity, United States. Senate -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity, United States. House of Representatives -- Laws, regulations and rules, Term limits -- Laws, regulations and rules, Term limits -- Political aspects, Legislators -- Political activity, Legislators -- Laws, regulations and rules, Legislators -- Political aspects, Americans -- Political activity, Americans -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Americans -- Political aspects
Abstract
The 22nd Amendment says presidents can be elected to no more than two four-year terms. Congress passed the amendment in 1947--a couple of years after President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four-term [...]

11. Detroit voters elected John Conyers to the House of Representatives in 1964 and reelected him 26 times, making him one of the longest-serving members in the history of Congress [2019]

  • National Review. Nov 25, 2019, Vol. 71 Issue 21, p12, 1 p.
Subjects
United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity and Elections -- Political aspects
Abstract
* Detroit voters elected John Conyers to the House of Representatives in 1964 and reelected him 26 times, making him one of the longest-serving members in the history of Congress. [...]

12. Lifeblood from the ocean floor: the lame-duck Congress has the opportunity to tackle U.S. dependence on foreign oil and save hundreds of billions of dollars and millions of jobs with a deep-ocean drilling bill [2006]

  • Jasper, William F.
  • The New American. Dec 11, 2006, Vol. 22 Issue 25, p21, 3 p.
Subjects
United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity
Abstract
Energy dependence has always been an Achilles' heel for Fidel Castro's decrepit communist regime. From 1959 to 1991, Castro relied on his Soviet sponsors for subsidized oil supplies. More recently, [...]

13. CONGRESS LOOKS TO BAN CHINESE RAILCARS [2018]

  • Railway Age. Sept, 2018, Vol. 219 Issue 9, p8, 2 p.
Subjects
CRRC Corporation Ltd. -- Political activity, CRRC Corporation Ltd. -- Reports, United States. Senate -- Political activity, United States. Senate -- Reports, United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity, United States. House of Representatives -- Reports, United States. Department of Transportation -- Political activity, United States. Department of Transportation -- Reports, United States. Federal Transit Administration -- Political activity, United States. Federal Transit Administration -- Reports, Railroad equipment industry -- International economic relations, Railroad equipment industry -- Political activity, Railroad equipment industry -- Reports, Railroad equipment industry -- Political aspects, Railroads -- International economic relations, Railroads -- Political activity, Railroads -- Reports, Railroads -- Political aspects, Government business enterprises -- International economic relations, Government business enterprises -- Political activity, Government business enterprises -- Reports, Government business enterprises -- Political aspects, Buses -- Reports, Buses -- Political aspects, Government contractors -- Reports, Government contractors -- Political aspects, Transportation authorities -- Reports, Transportation authorities -- Political aspects, and Railroads -- Cars
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The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have each passed versions of a U.S. Department of Transportation 2019 appropriations bill that would impose a one-year ban on new procurements of [...]

14. U.S. Congress passes bill banning most abortions after 20 weeks [2013]

  • The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario). June 19, 2013, A18.
Subjects
Government regulation, The Associated Press -- Political activity, The Associated Press -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity, United States. House of Representatives -- Laws, regulations and rules, News agencies -- Political activity, News agencies -- Laws, regulations and rules, News agencies -- Political aspects, Political parties -- United States, Political parties -- Laws, regulations and rules, Bills, Legislative -- Laws, regulations and rules, Bills, Legislative -- Political aspects, Abortion -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Abortion -- Political aspects
Abstract
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats condemned as another [...]

15. Healthcare reform email flood swamps congressional Website; Congress members are facing heated dabates in tumultuous town meetings focused on several proposed changes to the U.S. health insurance systems [2009]

  • Network World. August 13, 2009
Subjects
Health care industry, Company Web site/Web page, E-mail, The Associated Press -- Political activity, United States. House of Representatives -- Health policy, United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity, News agencies -- Political aspects, News agencies -- Political activity, Health care industry -- Political aspects, Health care industry -- Political activity, Health insurance -- Political aspects, Floods -- United States, Floods -- Political aspects, Health care reform -- Political aspects, Web sites -- Political aspects, Electronic mail systems -- Political aspects, and Wetlands -- Political aspects
Abstract
A flood of email, much of it apparently related to the heated healthcare reform debate, is slowing down the public Website of the U.S. House of Representatives, according [...]

16. Women and minorities make history with Congress 'firsts' [2018]

  • The London Evening Standard (London, England). Nov 7, 2018, 8.
Subjects
United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity, Minorities -- Political aspects, and Minorities -- Political activity
Abstract
SEVERAL mid-term candidates made history today with a string of significant 'firsts' for minorities and women. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat with Puerto Rican roots, became the youngest woman [...]

17. Women and minorities make history with Congress 'firsts' [2018]

  • The London Evening Standard (London, England). Nov 7, 2018, 8.
Subjects
United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity, Minorities -- Political aspects, and Minorities -- Political activity
Abstract
SEVERAL midterm candidates made history today with a string of significant 'firsts' for minorities and women. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat with Puerto Rican roots, became the youngest woman [...]

18. MIDTERMS 2018 Dems' House party Reclaim Congress' lower chamber to salvage their 'rep.' [2018]

  • New York Post (New York, NY). Nov 7, 2018, 004.
Subjects
United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity and Political parties
Abstract
Democrats flipped the House of Representatives Tuesday, seizing control of the chamber for the first time since before the 2010 midterms and giving the party some sorely needed leverage in [...]

19. The Gaza war, Congress and international humanitarian law [2010]

  • Zunes, Stephen
  • Middle East Policy. Spring, 2010, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p68, 14 p.
Subjects
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Congress -- Political activity, United States. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations -- Political activity, United States. House of Representatives -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity, United States. Department of State -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Department of State -- Political activity, United Nations. Security Council -- Political aspects, United Nations. Security Council -- Political activity, Amnesty International -- Political aspects, Amnesty International -- Political activity, Human Rights Watch -- Political aspects, Human Rights Watch -- Political activity, Democratic Party (United States) -- Political aspects, Democratic Party (United States) -- Political activity, Civilian casualties -- Military aspects, Civilian casualties -- Political aspects, Civilian casualties -- Laws, regulations and rules, Political parties -- Military aspects, Political parties -- Laws, regulations and rules, Soldiers -- Military aspects, Soldiers -- Political aspects, Soldiers -- Political activity, Soldiers -- Laws, regulations and rules, War crimes -- Military aspects, War crimes -- Political aspects, War crimes -- Laws, regulations and rules, Pacifists -- Military aspects, Pacifists -- Political aspects, Pacifists -- Political activity, Pacifists -- Laws, regulations and rules, Human rights -- Military aspects, Human rights -- Political aspects, and Human rights -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract
The large-scale killing of civilians during Israel's three-week assault on the Gaza Strip in 2008-09 received widespread condemnation from human-rights advocates and international legal scholars the world over. In both [...]

20. Keep Pressuring Congress About LWCF Reauthorization [2018]

  • Simpson, Kyle
  • Parks & Recreation. July, 2018, Vol. 53 Issue 7, p24, 2 p.
Subjects
United States. House of Representatives -- Political activity and Water conservation -- Political aspects
Abstract
From green space to boat ramps, splashpads, playgrounds and urban gardens, the Land and Water Conservation Fund has helped park departments across the country purchase and improve outdoor recreation space [...]

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