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| Rep. Ron Paul (R., Texas) has had some recent success in his audit-the-Fed campaign, with legislation clearing the Financial Services Committee. |
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Brief article |
Dec 21, 2009 |
239 |
| The gambler: Barney Frank doesn't know when to hold 'em, or even the name of the game being played. |
Williamson, Kevin D. |
Cover story |
Aug 24, 2009 |
3345 |
| Federal JNC now taking applications for judges, U.S. attorneys, and U.S. marshals. |
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Jun 1, 2009 |
340 |
| House Republicans stumbled into a PR disaster when they rushed out a half-baked budget blueprint in response to the Obama administration's taunts that they were the "Party of No.". |
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Brief article |
Apr 20, 2009 |
114 |
| Oregon legislators look at mandatory whistleblower law. |
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Brief article |
Apr 1, 2009 |
163 |
| Budget agreement. |
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Brief article |
Feb 23, 2009 |
100 |
| Bailout: power brokers 1, constituents 0. |
Benoit, Gary |
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Oct 27, 2008 |
822 |
| U.S. hospitals and policymakers. |
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Brief article |
Oct 1, 2008 |
107 |
| Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been feuding with Governor Rod Blagojevich for more than a year. |
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Brief article |
Jul 1, 2008 |
110 |
| As nation grows, legislatures don't. |
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Brief article |
Jul 1, 2008 |
130 |
| RCM meets minister. |
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Brief article |
Jun 1, 2008 |
54 |
| Senator empirical: Bob Corker takes on climate change. |
Ponnuru, Ramesh |
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May 19, 2008 |
1373 |
| Progress in Iraq? The top General says he hasn't seen any "lights at the end of the tunnel". |
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Brief article |
May 12, 2008 |
329 |
| Legislators Easily Override Governor's Veto: Oklahoma Adds to Recent Pro-Life Successes with Latest Omnibus Bill. |
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May 1, 2008 |
957 |
| California voters defeated Proposition 93 which would have relaxed legislative term limits by allowing lawmakers to serve 12 years in the Assembly and 12 years in the Senate or some combination of 12 years in both chambers. |
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Brief article |
Apr 1, 2008 |
138 |
| Leticia Van de Putte. |
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Brief article |
Mar 1, 2008 |
65 |
| Arizona Representative Jerry Weiers doesn't think lawmakers should be paid for a day s work if they miss a single vote that day. |
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Brief article |
Mar 1, 2008 |
79 |
| Senator's inquiry into 'prosperity' preachers gets mixed results. |
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Feb 1, 2008 |
569 |
| Wielangta heading to High Court? |
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Brief article |
Feb 1, 2008 |
172 |
| BOLIVIA: ASSEMBLY APPROVES DRAFT FOR NEW CONSTITUTION AS OPPOSITION BOYCOTTS, DRAFT HEADS TO VOTERS. |
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Dec 14, 2007 |
1643 |
| It's a sign of how far gone the Democratic party is on national-security issues that only one of its presidential hopefuls--Hillary Clinton--voted for a Senate resolution that urged the Bush administration to declare Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps a terrorist organization. |
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Brief article |
Nov 5, 2007 |
145 |
| Strike three, Hillary chortles. |
Peters, Charles |
Brief article |
Nov 1, 2007 |
126 |
| The upstart: young people are moving toward the Democratic Party. Has Rep. Tim Ryan found a way to keep them there? |
Roth, Zachary |
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May 1, 2007 |
5161 |
| Supervisor asks lawmakers to delay ratification of new gaming pact. |
Graves, Brad |
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Apr 23, 2007 |
441 |
| Snyder names Boling new chief of staff. |
Turner, Lance |
Brief article |
Apr 23, 2007 |
120 |
| The House of Representatives has five members who never vote on the floor: they're called "delegates," and they hail from the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. |
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Brief article |
Feb 12, 2007 |
185 |
| And one more makes 135 CARE bill cosponsors. |
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Brief article |
Jan 1, 2007 |
23 |
| Outlook for Washington's delegation if power shifts Democrats' way. |
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Oct 29, 2006 |
213 |
| A look at term limits. |
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Oct 1, 2006 |
379 |
| On behalf of staff: legislative staff may not always get the respect they deserve, but in Ohio, the institution would grind to a halt without them. |
Leonard, Lee |
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Jul 1, 2006 |
2070 |
| In a game of musical chairs brought about by term limits, numerous current or former California legislators won nomination to run statewide this fall. |
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Brief article |
Jul 1, 2006 |
124 |
| Flexing the ethics muscle: restoring public confidence in government after a scandal is a legislature's prime goal. |
Moore, Nicole Casal |
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Jul 1, 2006 |
1585 |
| How to guide legislative interns: legislators and staff bear a responsibility for the education and experience of a legislative intern. |
Rosenthal, Alan |
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Apr 1, 2006 |
884 |
| Strangle holds: does the Senate realize we are at war? |
O'Beirne, Kate |
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Aug 29, 2005 |
1229 |
| Andrew Brock, a Republican state senator in North Carolina, has introduced a bill that would forbid an adult driving an automobile with a child under 17 in it from having any amount of alcohol in his or her body. |
Oliver, Charles |
Brief Article |
Jun 1, 2005 |
57 |
| U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer of California announced that she has selected Caridad Sanchez as her district director for San Diego and Imperial counties. |
Bengtson, Stacey |
Brief Article |
May 16, 2005 |
64 |
| Lawmakers form pro-embargo caucus. |
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May 1, 2005 |
567 |
| N.C. legislative chapel sparks controversy. |
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Brief Article |
Apr 1, 2005 |
257 |
| Seen and heard: NRPA members return from their visits on Capitol Hill with renewed purpose and quiet optimism. |
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Apr 1, 2005 |
642 |
| Term limits severe for unicameral. |
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Brief Article |
Mar 1, 2005 |
249 |
| Blanche Lincoln. |
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Brief Article |
Jan 31, 2005 |
63 |
| Congressional leaders are suggesting names to serve on the Base Realignment and Closure Commission. |
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Brief Article |
Jan 21, 2005 |
117 |
| Republicans changed the rules in the House, permitting indicted lawmakers to serve as their leaders. |
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Brief Article |
Dec 13, 2004 |
208 |
| Frist names first Interoperability group leaders. |
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Brief Article |
Nov 1, 2004 |
92 |
| Daily Tax Update: Republican Leaders Will Try to Move Tax Extenders Package by September 20. |
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Sep 13, 2004 |
610 |
| Housing assistance cuts worry Catholic Charities. |
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Brief Article |
Sep 1, 2004 |
108 |
| San Diego County Water Authority. |
Strickland, Patti |
Brief Article |
Aug 23, 2004 |
306 |
| Fat of the land: fighting obesity with pork. |
De Alessi, Michael |
Brief Article |
Aug 1, 2004 |
188 |
| Daily Tax Update: Congress Adjourns for Six-Week Recess-- Action on FSC/ETI Bill and Tax Extenders Deferred Until After Labor Day. |
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Jul 26, 2004 |
822 |
| Senate power shifts: with bills like the antigay Federal Marriage Amendment dominating the current Senate's attention, 2004 races will determine whether next year's senate could be friendlier. |
Stevens, Allison |
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Jul 20, 2004 |
1190 |
| Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on Charity Oversight and Reform. |
McDowell, Suzanne |
Reprint |
Jul 13, 2004 |
645 |
| Iris Estabrook. |
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Brief Article |
May 1, 2004 |
54 |
| Busy legislative agenda includes key state, local issues: GFOA will continue to monitor key issues of importance to state and local finance during a busy legislative agenda complicated by election-year politics. |
Gaffney, Susan |
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Feb 1, 2004 |
985 |
| Banking bills still in limbo. |
Gaffney, Susan |
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Dec 1, 2003 |
1048 |
| Is congress AWOL? (Cover Story: Congress). |
Behreandt, Dennis |
Cover Story |
Jul 14, 2003 |
3196 |
| Missouri's GOP takes the reins: when Missouri Republicans took control of the legislature, the adjustment wasn't easy on the Democrats. |
Powers, Marc |
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Jul 1, 2003 |
2742 |
| Homeland democracy: speaking up for the legislature: at the center of representative democracy is the need for legislatures to define and communicate messages in today's language, using today's technology. |
Carlson, Andrew |
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Jul 1, 2003 |
3395 |
| Democratic deficit: citizens entrust their sovereignty to Members of Parliament to act on their behalf. However, over the last few decades, the power of MPs has been slowly whittled away to the point where their relevance is being questioned. (Parliament). |
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Jan 1, 2003 |
1935 |
| CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION. |
Anderson, Teresa |
Brief Article |
Oct 1, 2001 |
761 |
| BUILDING LEGISLATURES OF THE FUTURE. |
Pound, William T. |
Brief Article |
Jul 1, 2000 |
588 |
| Instant Democracy for Everyone. |
Weberg, Brian |
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Jul 1, 2000 |
1549 |
| Why you should support NSA-PAC. |
Fein, Rick |
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May 1, 1999 |
1086 |
| Capitol spending. |
Kerven, Anne |
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Apr 1, 1999 |
1760 |
| Will the silence be broken? |
Griffee, Carol |
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Sep 7, 1992 |
1102 |
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