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  Wikipedia: February 27
February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar.
1793 - The Giles resolutions are introduced to the United States House of Representatives asking the House to condemn Alexander Hamilton's handling of loans.
1939 - Sit-down strikes are outlawed by the Supreme Court of the United States.
www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/f/fe/february_27.html   (592 words)

  
 United States v. Virginia et al., 518 U.S. 515 (1996).   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
United States, 329 U.S. "Inherent differences" between men and women, we have come to appreciate, remain cause for celebration, but not for denigration of the members of either sex or for artificial constraints on an individual's opportunity.
The State's justification for excluding all women from "citizen soldier" training for which some are qualified, in any event, cannot rank as "exceedingly persuasive," as we have explained and applied that standard.
For the reasons stated, the initial judgment of the Court of Appeals, 976 F. 2d 890 (CA4 1992), is affirmed, the final judgment of the Court of Appeals, 44 F. 3d 1229 (CA4 1995), is reversed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
straylight.law.cornell.edu /supct/html/94-1941.ZO.html   (11138 words)

  
 Butlers in the United States Congress
Thomas was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the House of Representatives of the 15th US Congress to fill a vacancy and was reelected to a second term, serving 1818 to 1821.
He was elected Major General of the upper division of the SC State Militia in 1796.
In an election in which the huge majority of citizens of Mississippi were not allowed to vote, Adelbert -- who was not even a citizen of the state -- won election as a carpetbagger Republican to the United States Senate and served 1870 to 1874 when he resigned after being "elected" governor.
www.geocities.com /~rewoodham/buthou2.html   (2302 words)

  
 Congressional Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The present congress is composed of 100 Senate members (two from each state) elected for a term of 6 years each and 435 House members (number from each state based on the state population) elected for 2 years each.
Congress through first session of the 25th Congress (1824 to 1837)issued in 14 volumes; the Congressional Globe beginning with the 23rd Congress through the 42nd Congress (1833 to 1873) issued in 46 volumes; Congressional record beginning with the 43rd Congress (1873) and continuing to present.
Both houses of congress are required by the Constitution to keep journals of their proceedings, and these journals have been issued by each house since the first congress.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/jonsson/congpapers/conginfo.html   (3479 words)

  
 United States
In some states the department of health has primary authority over the program, while in others the governor's office has this authority; in some states authority is shared between the governor's office and the department of health.
States meet the match requirement in a variety of ways: by allocating new state funds for abstinence education; by allocating existing state funds to abstinence education; and by relying on in-kind support.
Congress passed strong civil rights legislation in 1965, for example, despite the lack of evidence that outlawing discrimination based on race would be effective." Ibid., p.
www.hrw.org /reports/2002/usa0902/USA0902-04.htm   (5298 words)

  
 Administrative Notes Technical Supplement: November 30, 1998
Congress, 2d Session, Unveiling of statues of Pulaski and Kosciuszko in D.C. Was not printed.
Congress, 2d Session, Foreign Relations of United States, Conferences at Cairo and Tehran, 1943.
Congress, 2d Session, Decisions of Commissioner of Patents and U.S. Courts in Patent and Trademark Cases, 1970.
www.access.gpo.gov /su_docs/fdlp/pubs/techsup/ts113098.html   (2211 words)

  
 Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
The Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives serves as floor leader of the opposition party, and is the minority counterpart to the Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives.
Generally, the minority leader is on the ballot for Speaker of the House during the convening of the Congress.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minority_Leader_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives   (113 words)

  
 HR1375.html
A RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress and the President of the United States to pass comprehensive immigration reform in order to protect our homeland, secure continued economic development, and protect the rights of all immigrants; and for other purposes.
Urging the United States Congress and the President of the United States to pass comprehensive immigration reform in order to protect our homeland, secure continued economic development, and protect the rights of all immigrants; and for other purposes.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of this body urge the United States Congress and the President of the United States to act soon on comprehensive immigration reform.
www.legis.state.ga.us /legis/2003_04/search/hr1375.htm   (434 words)

  
 The Supreme Court Historical Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In his 1850 report on the extension of the Capitol, the architect Robert Mills stated that the members of the Court had suffered much from the inconvenience of the Courtroom, and from its cold, damp location which had proved injurious to health.
It was in these restored chambers that the Court remained until 1860, the year it moved to the Chambers and offices formerly occupied by the Senate, the facilities that were antithetical to the standards of efficient administration of justice which Taft brought with him to the Chief Justiceship in 1921.
The specifications for the building stated that marble used in the building, with the exception of the Courtroom, was to be quarried from domestic sources--quarries in Alabama, Vermont and Georgia.
www.supremecourthistory.org /04_library/subs_volumes/04_c01_e.html   (3782 words)

  
 U.S. Congressional Delegations from Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
These are tables of congressional delegations from Washington to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.
Note: * designates those Congresses in which representatives were elected from the state at large, rather than by district.
Previous and Current Delegations to the United States Congress by State
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Washington_state_congressional_delegates   (115 words)

  
 How a Bill Becomes a Law - Other sources
United States Department of State – Structure of the United States Government
Catalog of the Public Documents of Congress and of Other Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period of March 4, 1889 – December 31, 1940.
The original Hickcox catalog was compiled by a private publisher who identified the need for the at-large community to have an awareness of the various types of publications being issued by the executive and legislative branches of the federal government.
elibrary.unm.edu /tutorials/Bill/sources.htm   (2214 words)

  
 Embassy of France in the US - FRENCH-AMERICAN RELATIONS
Before his election to Congress in 1987, Rep. Houghton was Chairman and CEO of Corning Incorporated, a Fortune 500 company.
Houghton currently serves as House Co-Chair of the Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group, Chairman of the U.S. Delegation to the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum, and was appointed by President George W. Bush as a congressional delegate to the 58th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Houghton is also one of the founders of the Bipartisan Congressional Retreat Planning Committee, a group aimed at promoting civility in the House of Representatives by having Members of Congress from both parties attend a weekend retreat together with their families.
www.info-france-usa.org /news/statmnts/2003/houghton_102203.asp   (384 words)

  
 United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records
The units of analysis in each part are the individual members of Congress.
Materials for the House from the 1st through the 75th Congresses and for the Senate from the 1st through the 73rd Congresses were keypunched from the Congressional Vote Analysis Collection originally prepared by Clifford Lord under Works Progress Administration auspices.
Data for the House from the 76th through the 78th Congresses, and for both chambers of the 79th Congress through the 101st Congresses, were prepared by ICPSR staff utilizing the DAILY CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.
webapp.icpsr.umich.edu /cocoon/ICPSR-STUDY/00004.xml   (1414 words)

  
 Internet Legal Resources
Elliot's Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, from the Library of Congress.
State and Local Government on the Net from Piper Resources: arranged by state, includes links to state homepages, directories, and websites of elected officials, the legislature, the judiciary, executive branch agencies, boards and commissions, regional organizations, and municipalities.
State Resources from Findlaw: arranged by state, includes links to constitutions, legislation, laws, administrative codes and registers, attorney general opinions, and other legal materials.
lib.law.washington.edu /research/research.html   (4160 words)

  
 The Civil War Defenses of Washington: Historic Resource Study (Part 2, Chapter 2 Endnotes)
RG46, 56th Congress, Committee Papers, Committee on Military Affairs, Sen 56A-F21, Box 97; Archives of the District of Columbia, Records of the District of Columbia, Central Classified Files: Engineer Department, (ED) Engineer Department Case Files, 1897-1955, #23181.
58th Congress, 2d Session (Washington, DC: The Government Printing Office, 1903), 30, 47 (S2526); Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States.
58th Congress, 2d Session (Washington, DC: The Government Printing Office, 1904), 270 (HR 12149); Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/civilwar/hrs2-2n.htm   (3760 words)

  
 Schilling AFB Smoky Hill AFB - United States Nuclear Forces
In September 1943 the 20th Bomber Command and the 58th Bomber Wing moved to Smoky Hill Army Airfield, and they were later joined by the 73d Bomb Wing.
In 1854, passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act by the United States Congress spurred interest in the settlement of Kansas.
A clearance certificate dated 16 September 1947 stated, "all decontamination at Smoky Hill ATA Gunnery Range, Kansas, has been completed..." Several locals have found.50 caliber shells, bullets, and cartridges, and 20mm casings and cartridges; although all documentation found states that only.50 caliber machine guns were used over the site.
www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/facility/schilling.htm   (2024 words)

  
 The Civil War Defenses of Washington: Historic Resource Study (Bibliography)
Soldiers of the Sea: The United States Marine Corps, 1775-1962.
U.S., Congress, Senate, Committee on the District of Columbia.
Revised United States Army Regulations of 1861, with an Appendix containing the Changes and laws Affecting Army Regulations and Articles of War to June 25, 1863.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/civilwar/hrs1-b.htm   (10868 words)

  
 Chicago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
After the United States severed diplomatic relations with the Republic of China on Taiwan (ROC) and set up relations with the People's Republic of China, the Taiwan Relations Act was adopted by the United States Congress and subsequently signed into U.S. Public Law 96-8 on April 10, 1979 by President Jimmy Carter.
The total value of all Taiwan commercial transactions with the United States (including trade, investment, foreign study, and tourism) is estimated to provide about 800,000 job opportunities in the United States every year.
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago is the regional office in the United States that serves the interests of Taiwan and its citizens in the Midwest.
www.roc-taiwan.org /usoffice/chicago.htm   (1809 words)

  
 Resolutions : General Assembly (GA), 58th session : United Nations (UN)
Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit and integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic and social fields
Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and the strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
Strengthening the role of the United Nations in enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections and the promotion of democratization
www.un.org /Depts/dhl/resguide/r58.htm   (2165 words)

  
 Serial Set Links: U.S. Congressional Documents
The Seventh Census of the United States: 1850
Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah.
Map of the routes examined and surveyed for the Winchester and Potomac Rail Road, State of Virginia, under the direction of Capt. J.
memory.loc.gov /ammem/amlaw/lwsslink.html   (1828 words)

  
 Public76
He was obviously ready to take on the Congress in order to accomplish his goal of providing the Court with more space.
Rather than confront Congress for extra rooms, though, why not relocate completely--into a building "by ourselves.
She has been curator to the Supreme Court of the United States since 1973.
www.supremecourthistory.org /myweb/76journal/skefos.htm   (3782 words)

  
 U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Origins & Development > Party Division
The actual number of senators representing a particular party often changes during a congress, due to the death or resignation of a senator, or as a consequence of a member changing parties.
Note: As the 106th Congress began, the division was 55 Republican seats and 45 Democratic seats, but this changed to 54-45 on July 13, 1999 when Senator Bob Smith of New Hampshire switched from the Republican party to Independent status.
The United States Senate: An Institutional Bibliography includes more than six hundred citations to books, articles and government documents printed since 1789.
www.senate.gov /pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/partydiv.htm   (664 words)

  
 National Business Aviation Association, Inc.
Despite a last-minute date and location change for the NBAA 58th Annual Meeting and Convention in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, this year's show drew an excellent turnout, with a final total of 28,269 Attendees.
It also provides a preview of maintenance-related events scheduled for the NBAA 58th Annual Meeting and Convention in Orlando, including an IA Renewal Course.
NBAA will continue to work with members of Congress and federal security officials to move the program forward." Review the press release.
www.nbaa.org   (847 words)

  
 U.S. Serial Set Home Page: U.S. Congressional Documents
The United States Congressional Serial Set, commonly referred to as the Serial Set, began publication with the 15th Congress, 1st Session (1817).
Documents before 1817 may be found in the American State Papers.
The serial number is a unique number applied to each book in the series of congressional publications running consecutively from the 15th Congress.
lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/amlaw/lwss.html   (270 words)

  
 FSM News and Government Public Statements
FSM Statement before the United Nations General Assembly at Informal consultations on the report of the High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change and on the United Nations Millennium Project, New York (2/23/05)
FSM Statement before the United Nations General Assembly on Oceans and the law of the sea, New York (11/17/04)
State of the Nation Address by H.E. Leo A. Falcam before the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia, Palikir, Pohnpei (11/4/02)
www.fsmgov.org /statemnt.html   (889 words)

  
 58th GA Session: Session documentation
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - Report of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - Fifty-fourth session (29 Sept.-3 Oct. 2003)
Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies – Letter dated 30 January 2003 from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
Oceans and the law of the sea - Report on the work of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea - Letter dated 9 June 2003 from the Co-Chairpersons of the Consultative Process addressed to the President of the General Assembly
www.un.org /ga/58/documentation/list0.html   (2170 words)

  
 Federal Government Legislative Information - UofM Law School
Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States
-- The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States; With an Appendix Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All the Laws of a Public Nature; With a Copious Index.
THE DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES; with and appendix containing important state papers, and all the laws of a public nature with a copius index.
www.law.umn.edu /library/tools/eresources/gdocs/fedgovleginfo.html   (1329 words)

  
 maps * Maps Views of Washington District of Columbia Senate Document United States. Congress. Senate, 58th Congress, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
maps * Maps Views of Washington District of Columbia Senate Document United States.
Senate, 58th Congress, No. 154 * Philip Lee Phillips, F. Manasek (Introduction)
Maps Views of Washington District of Columbia Senate Document United States.
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 United States Resources: Ohio
Guide to Census Schedules for Ohio in 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 (soundex and census), and 1890 special schedule of Union veterans.
Ohio from Color Landform Atlas of the United States
WACO Historical Society, Troy, Ohio - Preserves the history of early aviation and that of the city of Troy and the State of Ohio
www.rootsweb.com /roots-l/USA/oh.html   (859 words)

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