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In 1993, the government of the CNMI hired Preston Gates to lobby for it. Between October 1993 and September 2001, the firm was paid about $6.7 million by the CNMI government, about 72% of the government's overall lobbying payments. The CNMI government was one of the firm's biggest clients.
The Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal was a United States political scandal exposed in 2005; it related to fraud perpetrated by political lobbyists Jack Abramoff, Ralph E. Reed Jr., Grover Norquist and Michael Scanlon on Native American tribes who were seeking to develop casino gambling on their reservations.
The Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 ("CNRA"), approved by the U.S. Congress on May 8, 2008, established a CNMI delegate's seat; Democrat Gregorio Sablan was elected in November 2008 as the first CNMI delegate and took office in the 111th Congress. Like the other five delegates in the House, the CNMI delegate participates in debates ...
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The Supreme Court was created by commonwealth law on May 1, 1989. [1] This was allowed under the terms of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, § 402(c), Act of Mar. 24, 1976, Pub. L. 94-241, 90 Stat. 263, codified as amended at 48 U.S.C. § 1801 note.
The state of California was divided into three numbering plan areas (NPAs) with distinct area codes: 213, 415, and 916, for the southern, central, and northern parts of the state, respectively. [ 1 ] In 1950, the boundaries of the numbering plan area were redrawn to produce a division of the northern and central parts along a north–south ...
The CNMI Covenant; The CNMI Constitution; CNMI Office of Resident Representative Pedro A. Tenorio; H.R. 873 - the Northern Mariana Islands Delegate Act; H.R. 5550 - The United States-Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Human Dignity Act; News. Saipan Tribune; Marianas Variety; Bruce Lloyd Media Services CNMI News Archived 2007-08-02 at the ...
In the 2007 election cycle, the CNMI House membership was increased from 18 to 20. Representatives serve two-year terms and are elected from seven election districts: District 1: Saipan (6 seats) District 2: Saipan (2 seats) District 3: Saipan & the Northern Islands (6 seats) District 4: Saipan (2 seats) District 5: Saipan (2 seats) District 6 ...