Commentary. Sept, 2019, Vol. 148 Issue 2, p33, 5 p.
Subjects
Company legal issue, United States. Department of Justice -- Powers and duties, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Special prosecutors -- Investigations, and Executive-legislative relations -- Analysis
Abstract
FOR TWO YEARS, America scrutinized Robert Mueller almost as closely as Mueller scrutinized Donald Trump. But where Mueller's investigation produced a clear-eyed view of the 2016 election, America seems to [...]
USA Today (Magazine). July, 2019, Vol. 147 Issue 2890, p24, 4 p.
Subjects
Company legal issue, United States. Congress -- Political activity, and Impeachments -- Political aspects
Abstract
THE DONALD TRUMP presidency has become an interruption to --and a frustration for--those whose loyalties lie with the deep state. It certainly comes as no surprise that the many congressional [...]
The American Prospect. Spring, 2019, Vol. 30 Issue 2, p52, 5 p.
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, United States. Supreme Court -- Political aspects, United States. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Judge-made law -- Political aspects, and Judge-made law -- Analysis
Abstract
It is a grim time for the rule of law in the United States. Our Constitution is controlled by the mixture of Republican partisans and conservative ideologues who dominate the [...]
Washington Monthly. April-June, 2019, Vol. 51 Issue 4-6, p13, 6 p.
Subjects
Company personnel management, United States. Congress -- Demographic aspects, United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, United States. Congress -- Human resource management, United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment -- History, United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment -- Powers and duties, United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment -- Organization dissolution, United States. Government Accountability Office -- Powers and duties, United States. Government Accountability Office -- Aims and objectives, Professional government workers -- Demographic aspects, Professional government workers -- Human resource management, Professional government workers -- Compensation and benefits, Technology and state -- Political aspects, and Technophobia -- Political aspects
Abstract
Chuck Schumer, one of the most powerful people in Washington, uses a flip phone. The kind of phone with a tiny screen and real buttons, designed for making actual phone [...]
The American Conservative. March-April, 2019, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p6, 4 p.
Subjects
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Business-government relations -- Political aspects, Palestinian Arabs -- Political activity, Boycotts -- Political aspects, and Boycotts -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract
The first Twitter war involving sitting lawmakers in the early days of the 116th Congress wasn't over immigration, 'the Wall,' or even Russiagate. It may come as a surprise that [...]
American Libraries. March-April, 2019, Vol. 50 Issue 3-4, p38, 4 p.
Subjects
United States. Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program -- Service enhancement and Digital libraries -- Service enhancement
Abstract
The Library of Congress (LC) holds two of the five known manuscript copies of President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Gettysburg Address, so it's no surprise that LC would hold an event [...]
United States. Congress -- Foreign policy, Democratic Party (United States), Foreign policy -- Political aspects, and Executive-legislative relations
Abstract
On January 3, 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump will face a new reality: a chamber of Congress controlled by the opposition party. Confronting a hostile Democratic House of Representatives will [...]
The American Prospect. Spring, 2019, Vol. 30 Issue 2, p24, 8 p.
Subjects
United States. House of Representatives. Committee on Financial Services -- Officials and employees, United States. House of Representatives. Committee on Financial Services -- Political aspects, Democratic Party (United States) -- Officials and employees, Legislators -- Powers and duties, Fiscal policy -- Political aspects, Banking law -- Political aspects, and Wall Street -- Political aspects
Abstract
The House Financial Services Committee--long a landing place for pro-bank Democrats--now includes AOC and a flock of leftists. And Maxine Waters is its new chair. The day before [...]
Railway Age. April, 2019, Vol. 220 Issue 4, p12, 6 p.
Subjects
United States. Federal Railroad Administration -- Tax policy, United States. Federal Railroad Administration -- Political activity, United States. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation -- Tax policy, United States. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation -- Political activity, United States. Federal Transit Administration -- Tax policy, United States. Federal Transit Administration -- Political activity, Association of American Railroads -- Political aspects, Association of American Railroads -- Political activity, Deregulation -- Political aspects, Railroads -- Political aspects, Railroads -- Political activity, Mediation -- Political aspects, Lobbyists -- Political aspects, and Lobbyists -- Political activity
Abstract
Knock, knock. Who's there? If at the door are those laboring in official Washington, the answer is, 'many new faces'--new congressional committee chairs, regulators, association chiefs, lobbyists and labor negotiators. [...]
The Spectator (Hamilton, Ontario). August 27, 2019
Subjects
United States. Congress
Abstract
'These treaties are sacred. They mean something. There's no expiration date on them,' said Chuck Hoskin Jr., chief of Cherokee Nation, who last week announced he would fulfil a long-standing [...]
The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario). Oct 15, 2019, A11.
Subjects
The Associated Press -- Officials and employees, News agencies -- Officials and employees, and Evidence, Expert
Abstract
She was the first White House official to appear as part of the House impeachment inquiry. Her appearance came despite a White House vow to halt co-operation with what it [...]
Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada). Sept 23, 2019, B17.
Abstract
NEW YORK -- Lead Cokie Roberts, the daughter of politicians and a pioneering journalist who chronicled Washington from Jimmy Carter to Donald Trump for NPR and ABC News, [...]
National Review. May 6, 2019, Vol. 71 Issue 8, p38, 3 p.
Subjects
Market trend/market analysis, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Executive power -- Analysis, Legislative power -- Analysis, Meritocracy -- Forecasts and trends, and Political systems -- Forecasts and trends
Abstract
Imagine it's March 2022. The Republican-controlled Senate has just rejected Speaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal, ending any chance of legislative action on climate change before the midterm elections. [...]
Journal of International Affairs. Spring-Summer, 2019, Vol. 72 Issue 2, p133, 12 p.
Subjects
United States. Congress, Presidents -- Elections, Voting, Electioneering, Political campaigns, and Democracy
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Nearly one hundred years since obtaining the right to vote, women in America have steadily seen hard-fought gains in political representation. Yet the highest office in the [...]
Parks & Recreation. Sept, 2019, Vol. 54 Issue 9, p30, 2 p.
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, United States. Department of Agriculture -- Powers and duties, School lunches -- Government finance, School lunchrooms, cafeterias, etc. -- Government finance, Child health services -- Government finance, and Child Nutrition Act of 1966
Abstract
Summertime should be fun. Kids should be able to run, play, learn and eat healthy. The USDA's Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) enables youth-serving organizations, like park and [...]
Company legal issue, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, United States. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Impeachments -- Investigations, and Executive-legislative relations
Abstract
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says his impeachment battle with House Democrats 'probably ends up being a big Supreme Court case.' Supreme Court may decide If [...]
Company financing, Company business planning, Market trend/market analysis, Lebanon. Army -- Finance, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, United States. Department of State -- Powers and duties, Military assistance, American -- Planning, and Military maneuvers -- Forecasts and trends
Abstract
The indefinite hold halts a $105 million package that the State Department and Congress had approved. Analysts say the winners could be Iran, Russia, the Islamic State and Al Qaeda. [...]
United States. Congress -- Powers and duties and United States. Court of Appeals. District of Columbia Circuit -- Powers and duties
Abstract
WASHINGTON -- President Trump's accounting firm must comply with a House committee's demands for eight years of his financial records, a federal appeals court panel ruled on Friday in a [...]
United States. Congress -- Foreign policy, United States. Congress -- Military policy, Yemen Civil War, 2015, Princes -- Foreign policy, Princes -- Military policy, and Intervention (International law)
Abstract
MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN had been crown prince of Saudi Arabia for only a few months, but he was already on his second U.S. visit. In March 2018, the young monarch [...]
Company legal issue, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Whistle blowing -- Investigations, and Political corruption
Abstract
One of the vital lessons I learned as an undercover CIA officer was how corrupt leaders escalate their abuses of power while trying to retain power. It motivated my service [...]
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