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William Leonard Hungate (December 14, 1922 – June 22, 2007) was a United States representative from Missouri from November 3, 1964 (special election upon the death of Congressman Clarence Cannon), to January 3, 1977, representing the Ninth Congressional District.
Links to a specific bill via Congress.gov Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Congress number 1 93–present Example 111 Number required Type 2 hr for House bill, hres for House Resolution, hjres for House Joint Resolution, hconres for House Concurrent Resolution, ha for House Amendment, s for Senate ...
In the Senate Humphrey served on the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Armed Services Committee and the Judiciary Committee and was a leader in the Congressional Task Force on Afghanistan, which shaped U.S. policy regarding the Soviet–Afghan War and Operation Cyclone. He voted against the federal budget all 12 years he was a member of the ...
Stephen Buyer, who was a Republican lawmaker for almost two decades, used confidential information he gained as a consultant to companies like T-Mobile to make hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Former Rep. Stephen Buyer (R-Ind.), 64, was sentenced in New York to nearly two years in prison on Tuesday for insider trading. The nine-term former congressman was sentenced to 22 months in ...
Trump has put the presidential pardon power on the ballot this year in at least three different ways, underscoring a dire need for congressional oversight and public scrutiny of pardon abuses.
Specifically, the Court held that a floor speech by a Congressperson could not be admitted as evidence in a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 281 (the federal conflict-of-interest statute) or § 371 (conspiracy to defraud the United States) to show the motivation for the introduction of a private bill. [121] Representative Thomas Francis Johnson ...
On April 12, 2009, Times-Picayune columnist James Gill cited the emergence of a group styling itself "Friends of Congressman William J. Jefferson" and opined that the group should change its name to "Friends of ex-Congressman William J. Jefferson"; Gill, reporting Jefferson's argument that 14 of the 16 felony counts against him should be thrown ...