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The Congressional Pictorial Directory is a picture directory of leaders and members of the United States Congress and other key officials including the President.It is published at least once every Congressional Term and is in the public domain.
Most committees are additionally subdivided into subcommittees, each with its own leadership selected according to the full committee's rules. [3] [4] The only standing committee with no subcommittees is the Budget Committee. The modern House committees were brought into existence through the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. This bill ...
For purpose of seniority on joint committees, total time in Congress—Senate and House—is counted.Most joint committees rotate their chair and vice chair position between each chamber's majority at the end of a congressional term (two years), except for Taxation, which starts each term led by the House and rotates to the Senate at the end of each term's session (one calendar year).
The committee also investigated World Wrestling Entertainment's wellness and drug policies, amid speculation about a possible link between steroid use and the death of WWE performer Chris Benoit. [27] On July 8, 2009, committee Republicans released an investigative staff report discussing the financial crisis of 2007–2008. The report alleged ...
Republican Rep. Richard Hudson, the chair of the House Republican campaign arm, said all of the GOP members leaving are in safe Republican seats, but that some of the Democratic retirements would ...
Relevant Committee Leader: Rotating; The House Republican Conference approved changes to the steering committee's structure on November 19, 2015. These changes include a reduction in the Speaker's weighted votes from five to four (while giving him the right to appoint a new at-large member) and phased membership adjustments.
Chair of the New York Republican State Committee Chair of the Erie County Republican Party 1981 [60] North Carolina 1: Don Davis (D) No Open seat; replaced G. K. Butterfield (D) North Carolina Senate Mayor of Snow Hill U.S. Air Force: 1971 [61] North Carolina 4: Valerie Foushee (D) No Open seat; replaced David Price (D) North Carolina Senate
FIRST ON FOX: Top Republicans in Congress are introducing a new bill to stop the White House from offering plea deals to suspected 9/11 terrorists. A pretrial agreement between the 9/11 defendants ...