Once the Senate completes action on this bill, it will move over to the House of Representative for its consideration.
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Last year, Mr Lawan chaired the House of Representative committee that produced the fuel scam report, accusing some of those who import fuel of massive corruption.
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While the Republican-controlled House of Representative could impeach the President, the trial in the Senate would never result in the 67 votes necessary to remove the President from office.
Therefore, in order to get to the truth, the House of Representative leadership must find the courage to appoint a special prosecutor with subpoena authority and force those involved to testify under oath.
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Finally, I have learned to make the most of our visits to the floor of the House of Representative (two or three times a day for votes) and am usually trying to get co-sponsors on bills or to circulate letters.
And he suggested that departmental select committees might draw on their expertise in policy areas to draft amendments to bills, which could be moved on the floor of the House by a representative of the committee.
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"The Americans aren't going to sacrifice anything for Tokyo, which means we need something more than their nuclear umbrella, " says Taro Kono, a lower-house representative of the ruling party.
"The Americans aren't going to sacrifice anything for Tokyo, which means we need something more than their nuclear umbrella, " says Taro Kono, a lower house representative of the ruling party.
This afternoon, the committee will conduct a hearing on the appropriate penalty for violation of House rules by Representative Gingrich.
It will be the first stage in a process of reform to make the House of Lords more democratic and representative.
"It is impossible for me to explain to parliamentary colleagues how a measure that has had the support of 42 out of the 44 dioceses failed to pass in general synod, " Sir Tony said, questioning whether the election process to the House of Laity was "sufficiently representative".
The Speaker is not only the leader of a party, he is the representative of the People's House, and has a responsibility to all members, not just to fellow Republicans.
The statement of alleged violations outlines a complex set of political and financial dealings, at the center of which is Representative Newt Gingrich, a member of the House of Representatives.
Early last year the Senate passed a bill to give DC a full voting representative in the House of Representatives (it already has one who is not allowed to vote, except in committees).
The Meeting was attended by representatives of the Pacific state parties to the 2003 ICH Convention as well as Cook Islands experts including representative of the House of Ariki (traditional chiefs), officers at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of education, representative of the Cook Islands Voyaging Society and other civil society organisations.
Within hours of his party taking the House, Representative John Boehner, the House Speaker-to-be, called it a "monstrosity" and declared he had a mandate to repeal it.
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At the moment, no one has taken a more prominent, informed and vociferous role in opposing such self-inflicted wounds than the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Representative Howard "Buck" McKeon .
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Although Richardson will not be an official representative of Washington, White House administrators have consulted closely with him in preparation for the trip, CNN learned.
The bill is sponsored by Republican state Senator Kel Seliger of Amarillo and in the House by state Representative Charlie Geren, who are targeting frequent critic Michael Quinn Sullivan from Texans for Fiscal Responsibility.
"At the heart of this bill is the vision of a House of Lords which is more modern, more representative, and more legitimate - a chamber fit for the 21st century, " the deputy prime minister told MPs.
His duties as majority leader are to be assumed, for now, by Roy Blunt of Missouri, the House Republican whip, with assistance from David Dreier, a representative from California, and Eric Cantor of Virginia.
Representative King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said that if Rice agreed to go on national television, she should have relied on more than unclassified talking points.
In response, yesterday we in the administration, Justice and White House reached out and showed them a representative sample of the documents that they sought so they could see firsthand the types of communications in contention.
He is the architect of the House Republican plan to rein in federal spending and reshape the Medicare program, making him a leading representative of the most fiscally conservative lawmakers.
In the House, Representative Solomon is taking the lead in support of these new reporting requirements.
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Representative Messer is a member of the House Committee on the Budget and Republican Freshman Class President.
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For example, a Japanese government delegation to discuss a future Prime Minister visit to Nanjing, site of Japanese wartime atrocities, may be led by House Representative Denny Tamaki.
Perhaps people should be banned from the Lords (or whatever we call the new house) if they have represented, ran as a representative of, or contributed financially to, any of the political parties.
Last August, the IAEA sent a letter to US Representative Peter Hokstra, then chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence condemning a committee report that concluded that Iran's nuclear program is military, not civilian.
Representative Les Aspin, then-Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, proposed using the Iraq military as it existed during the 1991 Desert Storm campaign as the baseline regional threat.
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