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 US Term Limits v. Thornton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sanders, 376 U.S. After the Constitutional Convention convened, the Framers were presented with, and eventually adopted a variation of, "a plan nod merely to amend the Articles of Confederation but to create `n entirely new National Government with a National Executive, National Judiciary, and a National Legislature." Id., at 10.
The federal character of congressional elections flows from the political reality that our National Government is republican in form and that national citizenship has privileges and immunities protected from state abridgement by the force of the Constitution itself.
The arguments for term limitations (or ballot restrictions having the same effect) are not lacking in force; but the issue, as all of us must acknowledge, is not the efficacy of those measures but whether they have a legitimate source, given their origin in the enactments of a single State.
www.agh-attorneys.com /4_us_term_limits_v_thornton.htm   (18054 words)

  
 US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation: Engaging Your Congressional Representative: 10 Tips to Get Results
The composition of your delegation should show that support for a just peace cuts across ethnic and religious lines and that a just peace is supported by both money and votes.
He held a second meeting with us the very next day and said he had not read the position paper, which was prepared by a staff member who also happens to be involved with a Zionist group in town.
We have had delegations of 10 to 15 people stand vigil in front of the entrances leafleting while others go inside to raise the issue of Palestine with the Representative/candidate directly.
www.endtheoccupation.org /article.php?id=8   (776 words)

  
 Vermont Green Party News Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Vermont Green Party, at its annual statewide meeting on Saturday, May 7 at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont, became the second state Green party in the nation to pass a resolution designed to call on the Green Party of the United States to deliberate reforms geared toward “one Green, one vote” democracy.
Vermont already a major influence on Green politics and progressive issues The VGP also has the opportunity to send eight delegates to the 2004 Green Party national convention in Milwaukee, where the Green candidate for President will be selected.
Vermont Green Party Chair, Craig Chevrier from Hinesburg, along with 110 delegates from 43 member states participated in the event, which was titled "Green Party at the Crossroads".
www.vermontgreens.org /news.html   (12873 words)

  
 Patrick Leahy - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Leahy was only the second Democrat ever elected to Congress from Vermont, and was the first Democrat ever elected to the US Senate from Vermont.
He was chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry from 1987 until the Democrats lost control of the Senate in 1995, and was then Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2001 until the Democrats lost control again in 2003.
Vermont Congressional Delegation serving in the 109th United States Congress.
www.grohol.com /psypsych/Patrick_Leahy   (704 words)

  
 Congressional Leaders plus Bush Cabinet Secretaries & Staff
He previously was the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Air Force Transportation and Military Airlift Command and served as Deputy Commander in Chief of the Central Command during the U.S. re-flagging of Kuwaiti oil tankers and escort operation in the Persian Gulf.
Bodine was Deputy Principal Officer at the U.S. Interests Section in Baghdad, 1981-83; and Deputy Chief of Mission in Kuwait prior to and during the Iraqi invasion and occupation, and she worked in occupied Kuwait in 1990.
He was active as a staffer and volunteer in numerous Congressional, Senate, Gubernatorial and Presidential campaigns, and was a Republican nominee for the Virginia House of Delegates in the 48th District in 1982.
www.conservativeusa.org /whosonfirst-fedam.htm   (14180 words)

  
 Grenada content of Wikipedia free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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grenada.paellaman.com /grenadabrowse.php?title=Image:Us_flag_large.png   (903 words)

  
 Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
U.S. Flags for Burials of Certain Members of the Selected Reserve - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published a final rule in the Federal Register on May 18, 2001, to amend VA adjudication regulations to reflect changes made by The Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1999.
Address: Director, Office of Regulations Management (02D), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Room 1154, Washington, DC 20420; or fax comments to (202) 273-9289; or e-mail comments to OGCRegulations@mail.va.gov. Comments should indicate that they are submitted in response to RIN 2900-AK63.
The amendments are necessary to clarify the definition of a child for VA purposes and to bring the regulations into conformance with the governing statutes as interpreted by VA's General Counsel.
www.va.gov /oca/fr/fr.htm   (13582 words)

  
 United for Peace: Campaign Proposals: Iraq Focus
An increasing number of insiders from within the administration and the intelligence community have now admitted that the issue of "weapons of mass destruction" was falsely used by this administration to justify their long-standing designs in the middle east, including the attack against Iraq.
The real challenge for us is to break-through the false impression generated by the media that the United States has achieved a great success and to provide a more realistic assessment of what has transpired.
The goals are to educate the US public and the international community about the ugly aftermath of this war to increase opposition to continued US occupation and corporate domination, and to build greater resistance to the next proposed war.
www.unitedforpeace.org /article.php?id=1726   (5404 words)

  
 Congress Online Project -- Congressional Web Sites Improve Significantly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
More specifically, the study determined that 50% of congressional office Web sites received a grade of A or B, compared to only 10% of the sites in 2002 - a five-fold increase in A and B sites.
The study, written by the Congressional Management Foundation as part of the Congress Online Project, evaluated 610 Web sites in Congress -- all Member office, committee and leadership sites -- to determine which sites were the best and to assess how well Congress was using the Internet to communicate with the public.
The top 20 state delegations included both sparsely populated rural states, such as North Dakota and Vermont, and large, populous states, such as California and Pennsylvania.
www.congressonlineproject.org /webstudy2003pr.html   (799 words)

  
 ipedia.com: California Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
During the U.S. Civil War, popular support was divided between the North and the South, and although California officially entered on the side of the North, troops volunteered for both sides.
In the center and east of the state are the Sierra Nevada, containing the highest peak in the continental U.S., Mount Whitney, at 14,505 feet (4421 m).
With a population of 33,871,648 as of 2000, California is the most populous state in the U.S., and contributes 12% to the total U.S. population.
www.ipedia.com /california.html   (2426 words)

  
 U.S. Newswire : Releases : "SBSC Issues Rankings Of All 50 State Congressional Delegations' Voting Records On Small ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
SBSC also has ranked the states according to the average scores achieved by the members of their respective congressional delegations.
The state delegation ratings are simply the average of all of the House and Senate members scores in each state.
The top 10 congressional delegations voting in favor of small business were: 1.
releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=2043   (382 words)

  
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US governmental response to the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks
US National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
US National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence
www.infomutt.com /u/us   (92 words)

  
 Bill of Rights Defense Committee [TEMPLATE - INTERIOR]
Following the conference's two days of tactical and strategic policy workshops, there will be a day of "people's advocacy" on Capitol Hill for conferees to directly address their congressional delegations about their obligation to show leadership in restoring rights and liberties and our determination to hold them accountable.
These grassroots groups will then follow up with their congressional representatives back at home in their districts at the next congressional recess, bringing the power of grassroots democracy full circle.
Bills on library and bookstore privacy and on congressional oversight of FISA warrants are currently proceeding through the House and the Senate.
www.bordc.org /newsletter/bordcnews2-4.php   (1469 words)

  
 About Us | HouseDemocrats.gov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Congressman Gary Ackerman is presently serving his eleventh term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Ackerman represents the Fifth Congressional District of New York, encompassing the North Shore of Queens and Long Island, including west and northeast Queens and Northern Nassau County.
He is also the former chairman of the Congressional caucus on India and Indian Americans.
democratic.house.gov /about/representative_detail.cfm?rep_id=25   (1853 words)

  
 U.S. Newswire : Releases : "Americans for the Arts Action Fund Issues Its FirstEver Congressional Report Card on the ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
When the grades of the Members of each state delegation in the House of Representatives are averaged on a state-by-state basis, the highest-scoring state delegations are Vermont, Connecticut, Delaware, and Hawaii.
The release of the Congressional Arts Report Card is the first action taken by the Arts Action Fund, whose creation was announced earlier this month by Americans for the Arts.
Following is the listing of the average scores of the delegations of each state and national region in the U.S. House of Representatives: (The District of Columbia is not included, because its Representative does not have voting status.)
releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=38374   (800 words)

  
 University of Vermont   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
At that time, the governors of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and New York turned to the region's congressional delegations to formally create the Northern Forest Lands Council (NFLC) in order to address these land-use change and community concerns.
The funds were distributed in strong collaboration with the Northeastern Ecosystem Research Cooperative -- an independent research group with strong partnership and interest in the NSRC program.
Subsequent years of funding -- to both the Hubbard Brook Project and to the George D. Aiken School of Natural Resources at the University of Vermont -- have continued to support ecosystem research and have expanded to include studies of social and economic issues in the Northern Forest.
www.uvm.edu /~envnr/nsrc?Page=nsrchistory.html   (266 words)

  
 Lexicon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
US governmental response to the September 11, 2001 attacks
United States Congressional Report on the Unification Church
U.S. list of state sponsors of international terrorism
www.glink.net /more_u.html   (121 words)

  
 Bill of Rights Defense Committee
WHEREAS, the City Commission believes that legislation drafted by the Executive branch of the government and submitted to the Congressional leadership, entitled the Domestic Security Enhancement Act (DSEA), also referred to as PATRIOT II, may also threaten constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights, as more particularly set forth in Attachment “C”, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Order the indefinite detention of United States citizens designated by the President as “enemy combatants” and attempt to withhold access to counsel or meaningful recourse to the federal courts for such individuals (Determination of June 9, 2002, by George W. Bush; Order of December 4, 2002, in Padilla v.
Attachment B is a list of cities, towns, and states that have passed civil liberties resolutions.
www.bordc.org /detail.php?id=183   (957 words)

  
 U.S. Congressional Delegations from Washington - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
These are tables of congressional delegations from Washington to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.
3 Delegates to the House of Representatives from Washington Territory
Delegates to the House of Representatives from Washington Territory
www.grohol.com /psypsych/Washington_state_congressional_delegates   (151 words)

  
 Elections 2004
Congressional and Presidential campaign contributions searchable by name, state, Political Action Committee, or individual
Presidential, Congressional and gubernatorial election results for the four states since 1960
Presidential election results for each Congressional District is found under the description of the district and its representative
www.lib.umich.edu /govdocs/elec2004.html   (6836 words)

  
 polyform: Notes from Vermont IV.
Pursuant to the consensus gradually agreed upon in this meeting, I invite you to familiarize yourselves with your state's Congressional delegations, House and Senate both.
I am personally perhaps not as angry (nor as despondent) as the others about what many perceive to be another electoral fraud.
At this stage, I feel the more immediate priorities are the worsening state of affairs in US foreign policy, the increasing threat to civil liberties and women's rights, the ongoing purge of informed moderate and opposition voices in the most important levels of the federal government, and the ongoing threat to the environment.
polyform.blogspot.com /2004/11/notes-from-vermont-iv.html   (421 words)

  
 US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation: Report from a Congressional District
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation: Report from a Congressional District
Home » Campaign Projects » Legislative Project » Congressional Activist Resources » Report from a Congressional...
This report was sent to the Campaign in mid-August 2002 by a signatory who lives in a state on the West Coast.
www.endtheoccupation.org /article.php?id=58   (377 words)

  
 TheCapitol.Net > Congressional Directory 2005 (Congress at your fingertips), directory of congressional members
Directory of the members of the US Senate and the US House of Representatives, with color photos, and fold-out map of Capitol Hill.
If you have a suggestion for a change or addition to a future edition of the Congressional Directory, please contact us or complete our online suggestion form.
If you want the definitive guide to Congress, containing a clear explanation of the legislative process, and more, see the Congressional Deskbook.
www.thecapitol.net /Publications/congdirectory.html   (288 words)

  
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Charlestown, NH : A cooperative of regional, state and federal agencies is pleased to announce a new effort with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for an ecosystem restoration initiative along the Connecticut River and its tributaries in New Hampshire and Vermont.
The Vermont and New Hampshire Congressional delegations sought and obtained the authority for the Corps to undertake this effort, upon the request of the two state environmental agencies acting on behalf of CRJC.
Key to the success of all of these projects will be installation of a sturdy riparian buffer of vegetation to help stabilize the riverbank, provide habitat, and improve the quality of runoff into the river.
www.fws.gov /r5soc/crjc.htm   (468 words)

  
 About Us | HouseDemocrats.gov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
She has also served on congressional delegations to Bosnia, Colombia, Korea, Russia, Yugoslavia and NATO headquarters in Brussels.
Tauscher is regularly a member of the American delegation to the annual Wehrkunde Conference on security policy in Munich.
She was appointed by the Speaker of the House to serve on the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
democratic.house.gov /about/representative_detail.cfm?rep_id=212   (947 words)

  
 User:Golbez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
US Congressional Delegations from Louisiana X US Congressional Delegations from Maine X X ?
(See US Congressional Delegations from California for my best example).
I also love assisting in horizontal research; that is, the footer tables that say "President" and preceded and succeeded by.
www.baapoo.com /wiki,index,goto,User:Golbez.html   (990 words)

  
 Upward Bound
Upward Bound is funded through a competitive grant provided by the U.S. Department of Education.
For this reason, members of Congress, as well as the President, are always looking for information and feedback on the impact of the programs they fund.
Below are the addresses of the New Hampsire and Vermont Congressional delegations, as well as the President to allow for you to communicate information and thoughts.
www.keene.edu /upward/funding.cfm   (264 words)

  
 Congressional Directory, 106th Congress
DELEGATES, REPRESENTATIVES, AND SENATORS SERVING IN THE 1st-106th CONGRESSES
POLITICAL DIVISIONS OF THE U.S. SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM 1855 (34th CONGRESS) TO 1999 (106th CONGRESS)
This document is sponsored by the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate on the
www.access.gpo.gov /congress/browse-cd-99.html   (123 words)

  
 Americans for the Arts Action Fund Issues Its First-Ever Congressional Report Card on the Arts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The entire Report Card, containing the grades of every Member of the House of Representatives, can be found online at www.ArtsActionFund.org.
Additional information on the Arts Action Fund, including information on how to join, is available at www.ArtsActionFund.org.
* South Dakota is “incomplete” because the delegation’s sole member took office part way through the Congressional term.
www.artsactionfund.org /press/2004/2004_10_19.asp   (780 words)

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