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  U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > People > Officers & Staff > Sergeant At Arms
On April 7, 1789, when the Senate created the position of Doorkeeper and appointed James T. Mathers to the position, it empowered him to ensure that senators stayed in the Senate Chamber to start the business of government.
In 1798, the Senate appended the title “Sergeant at Arms” when it authorized then-Doorkeeper James Mathers to compel former Senator William Blount to return to Philadelphia, where the Senate met, to face an impeachment trial.
Soon after the retitling, the Senate gave the Sergeant at Arms authority to “summon and command the absent Members” to appear in the Chamber to establish a quorum—the language was later modified to “...
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  Encyclopedia: President of France
French National Assembly has the power to dismiss the Prime Minister's gouvernement, the president is forced to name a prime minister that is agreeable to the majority of this assembly.
Upon the death or resignation of the President, the President of the The Senate (in French : le Sénat) is the upper house of the Parliament of France.
List of French prime ministers, This article is part of the series French Officials President of France Prime Minister of France Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of the Interior Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry Minister of Defence Minister of Justice Minister of National Education Presidents of the Senate (List) Presidents of the National...
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 ipedia.com: President of France Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is France's elected Head of State.
Unlike many other European presidents, the office of the French President is quite a powerful one, especially in matters of foreign policy, although it is the prime minister and his gouvernement that are formally expected to run the country.
The constitutional attributions of the president are defined in Title II of the Constitution of France.
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 President of France Article, PresidentFrance Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Unlike many other European presidents, the office of the French President is quite a powerful one, especially in matters of foreign policy, although it is the prime minister and his gouvernement that areformally expected to run the country.
The constitutional attributions of the president are defined inTitle II of the Constitution of France.
Presidents of France are dejure Co-Prince of Andorra.
www.anoca.org /shall/republic/president_of_france.html   (1029 words)

  
 Prime Minister of France - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In the Fifth Republic the chief political figure in France is the President with the Prime Minister having secondary importance.
However when there is cohabitation (ie when the President is of one party while another party controls the National Assembly) the Prime Minister's importance is enhanced, since the president has little power to be exercised by himself alone.
Rather, one of the government ministers held the semi-official title of President of the Council of Ministers (Président du Conseil de Ministres), and was unofficialy known as the prime minister (premier ministre).
open-encyclopedia.com /Prime_Minister_of_France   (184 words)

  
 The French national Assembly - Siteplan
Lists of deputies members of a task force under the XII
Dictionary of French parliamentarians from 1789 to 1940 (biographies)
Length of the mandate of the President of the Republic (constitutional bill amending Art.
www.assemblee-nationale.fr /english/plan-english.asp   (1687 words)

  
 Church of Scientology International Human Rights Office: France
In 1995, a number of MPs comprising a French parliamentary commission assembled a list of those groups it considered “sects.” The Commission has been severely criticized for ignoring expert scholarship and relying on information from militant anti-religious groups.
During a Senate debate on December 16, 1999, a vice president of the Senate Law Commission, Dinah Derycke, stated that a new law was intended to deny targeted religions their due process rights:
Speaking at an event organized by the Protestant pastor of the Eglise des Batignolles on February 7, Anne Fournier from the French government’s “Interministerial Mission to Fight Against Sects (MILS)” sought to deal with concerns that MILS represents a threat to religious freedom.
www.humanrights-france.org /discriminations-religion.htm   (846 words)

  
 Minister of Foreign Affairs (France) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1589, the four French Secretaries of State became specialized, with one of the secretaries responsible for foreign affairs.
The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs became a Minister of Foreign Affairs' in 1791.
140 Ministries of Foreign Affairs (1589-2000) on the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(France)   (165 words)

  
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 Talking Points Memo | Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: February 9, 2003 - February 15, 2003 Archives
Apparently when the budgeteers on the Hill started working their way through the president's new budget they discovered there was no money, not even a line item, for humanitarian or reconstruction funds for Afghanistan.
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