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The Office of Attending Physician (OAP) was established by congressional resolution in 1928 to meet the medical needs of Members of Congress. [1] The OAP began serving the medical needs of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1929 and the following year, in 1930, began serving the U.S. Senate.
The Appointments Clause appears at Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 and provides:... and [the President] shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be ...
Member of the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization: Jennifer Balajadia [68] February 10, 2025 Member of the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization: Alexandra T. Beynon [60] [69] February 10, 2025 Member of the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization: Riccardo Biasini [60] February 5, 2025 Member of the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary ...
The Health Care Justice Act (HCJA) was a law in Illinois that sought "to insure that all residents have access to quality health care at costs that are affordable". [2] The Health Care Justice Campaign (a project of Campaign for Better Health Care) led public advocacy for the act, which was passed after a two-year fight and took effect on July 1, 2004.
Twelve members of the list served on the Supreme Court of the United States — three as chief justice. Of the other thirty, eight served on one of the federal courts of appeals (called federal circuit courts pre-1912), three went from a district court to a circuit court, and twenty-four garnered their judicial branch service in district court ...
Speakers serve as chairs of their party's steering committee, which is responsible for assigning party members to other House committees. The speaker chooses the chairs of standing committees, appoints most of the members of the Rules Committee, appoints all members of conference committees, and determines which committees consider bills.
More specifically, the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Health includes bills and matters that relate to the health care programs of the Social Security Act (including titles V, XI (Part B), XVIII, and XIX thereof) and, concurrent with the full Committee, tax credit and deduction provisions of the Internal Revenue Code dealing with health ...
Members of both houses have certain privileges, based on those enjoyed by the members of the British Parliament. Members attending, going to or returning from either house are privileged from arrest, except for treason, felony or breach of the peace. One may not sue a senator or representative for slander occurring during Congressional debate ...