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Of or pertaining to a congress.

He called for a congressional investigation.

On the 21st of July the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified, and a section of the state constitution (which denied the power of state courts to entertain against any resident of the state suits founded on contracts existing on the 15th of June 1865) was repealed by the legislature in pursuance of the congressional " Omnibus Bill " of the 25th of June 1868, and as evidence of the restoration of Georgia to the Union the congressmen were seated on the 25th of July in that year.

She had spoken in every state, before many state Legislatures, and before Congressional committees.

For distinguished services he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Tilden denied emphatically all knowledge of such despatches, and appeared voluntarily before a Congressional sub-committee in New York City to clear himself of the charge.

He opposed the issue of paper money, supported Robert Morris's plan for a national bank, and was prominently connected with all Congressional action in regard to the peace with Great Britain.

On the other hand, in a Congressional election in a certain district in Massachusetts, the only expenditure of one of the candidates was for the two cent stamp placed on his letter of acceptance.

Admiral Jorje Montt had been the head of this revolutionary committee, and he acted as president of the provisional government when the administration of the country changed hands after the victory of the Congressional party.

Once he was unanimously elected by his constituents, and once nearly defeated for having at the previous session voted to increase congressional salaries.

A permanent committee of 14 members represents the two chambers during the congressional recess and exercises certain supervisory and advisory powers in the administration of public affairs.

Within a fortnight after taking his seat he delivered a speech in opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, which at once made him a force in the congressional anti-slavery contest.

He was the author of the report of this last committee (1866), in which the Congressional plan of reconstruction was set forth and which has been considered a state paper of remarkable power and cogency.

In 1812 Macon voted for the declaration of war against Great Britain, and later was chairman of the Congressional committee which made a report (July 1813) condemning Great Britain's conduct of the war.

Hunter, of Virginia, a Democrat and a compromise candidate, was elected to the position; and on the 28th of February 1839 the Democratic candidates were admitted to their seats, to which a congressional committee, reporting afterwards, declared them entitled.'

He had an active part in bringing about the building of the new Congressional Library.

Initiative petitions, signed by at least 8% of the legal voters in each two-thirds (at least) of the congressional districts of the state, must be filed not later than four months before the election at which the measure is to be voted upon.

The referendum may be ordered by the legislature or by a petition signed by at least 5% of the legal voters in each of two-thirds (at least) of the congressional districts of the state; such petition must be filed not more than 90 days after the final adjournment of the legislature; referred measures become law upon receiving a favourable majority of the popular vote.

This instability is shown in congressional and local rather than in general state elections.

After the Civil War he vigorously opposed the Congressional plan of reconstructing the late Confederate states, and himself drafted the message of President Johnson, vetoing the Reconstruction Act of the 2nd of March 1867.

In March 1865 he was breveted major-general U.S.A. "for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Ezra Church and during the campaign against Atlanta," and in 1893 received a Congressional medal of honour for bravery at Fair Oaks.

The common schools are in large part maintained out of the proceeds of the school lands (about 1,200,000 acres), which are sections 16 and 36 in each township of that portion of the state which formerly constituted Oklahoma Territory, and a Congressional appropriation of $5,000,000 in lieu of these sections in what was formerly Indian Territory.

The revenue of the university is from the income of Congressional land grants under the Morrill Acts and from a one mill per one dollar tax on the current assessment roll of the state.'

In 1793 he put to confusion his opponents who had brought about a congressional investigation of his official accounts.

The institution is governed by a board of trustees consisting of the governor, the state superintendent of public instruction, the commissioner of agriculture, the president of the university and twelve other members; two from the city of Knoxville and one from each congressional district, two elected each year.

It's also helping them meet a congressional mandate to the military to reduce their fuel use by 20 percent.

Patrick has been seeing a young woman who works as a congressional aide.

What is prohibited is state or local action in the absence of congressional authorization.

Together they form the Congressional Hispanic caucus which attempts to work together to address issues that affect all their constituencies.

Congressional Medald Herbert/AP Why is Tony Blair still so reluctant to pick up his Congressional gold medal?

A copy of Chicago's resolution is to be forwarded to President Bush and the Illinois congressional delegation.

Whit to congressional mirror was placed inert gases in.

In the play she takes the role of narrator, recalling for a shocked 1972 congressional hearing the diabolical experiment.

Congressional investigations in the 1970s disclosed widespread NSA abuses, including the illegal interception of millions of cables sent by American citizens.

I removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight of any presidential administration in US history.

Public and congressional outcry prompted NASA to solicit alternatives to a space shuttle mission for servicing Hubble.

With congressional elections seven months away, Democrats said the ANWR vote showed they would not allow republicans to weaken environmental protections.

A panacea congressional staffers expect create enhanced benefit percent of cshcn.

One arises from procedures and jurisdictional boundaries affecting congressional subcommittees and committees and floor action.

The site provides links to press releases, position statements, news bulletins, congressional testimony and other information.

He was then subjected to a series of courts-martial and congressional investigations, but succeeded so well in hiding traces of his duplicity that in 1812 he resumed his military command at New Orleans, and in 1813 was promoted major-general and took possession of Mobile.

On the constitutional side the Compromise of 1820 was important as the first precedent for the congressional exclusion of slavery from public territory acquired since the adoption of the Constitution, and also as a clear recognition that Congress has no right to impose .upon a state asking for admission into the Union conditions which do not apply to those states already in the Union.

With congressional elections seven months away, Democrats said the ANWR vote showed they would not allow Republicans to weaken environmental protections.

Congressional Republicans strongly support building at least a limited national defense.

Having read the report of Major Gen. Antonio Taguba, I expect Baker 's question will resound again in another congressional investigation.

A former member of the American Communist Party, Matusow had testified before several congressional committees giving the names of former party members.

The site provides links to press releases, position statements, news bulletins, Congressional testimony and other information.

It was powerless to prevent weapons-grade anthrax being sent, probably by an insider, to liberal Congressional leaders and journalists.

The congressional leadership has said they will continue to look at ways to get the tax rebate program extended.

Each petition is throughly explained and when filled in, it is sent to the petitioner's two United States Senators and Congressional Representative.

Congressional and military task forces continually review the retirement program, so benefits that retired service members receive now may not be the same for future retirees.