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United States Senate Republican Policy Committee
The Senate Republican Policy Committee is the policy research arm of the Republican Conference. Its predecessor, the Senate Republican Steering Committee was formed in March 1944 after Leader Charles L. McNary's death. It became formally funded and renamed the Policy Committee in 1947 along with its Democratic counterpart, the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, after the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. Funding for staff of both party policy committees comes directly from the legislative branch. According to ''Congressional Quarterly'', "the Policy Committee is in effect a legislative think tank A think tank, or public policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-governme .... The committee organizes the prominent Tuesday lunches with summaries of major bills, analysis of roll call votes and distribut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Conference Of The United States Senate
The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican senators in the United States Senate. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informing the media of the opinions and activities of Senate Republicans. The Senate Republican Conference assists Republican senators by providing a full range of communications services including graphics, radio, television, and the Internet. Its chairman is Senator Tom Cotton, and its vice chairman is Senator James Lankford. Conference hierarchy Effective , the conference leadership is: * John Thune ( SD) as Senate Majority Leader *John Barrasso ( WY) as Senate Majority Whip *Tom Cotton ( AR) as Chairman of the Republican Conference *Shelley Moore Capito ( WV) as Chairwoman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee * James Lankford ( OK) as Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference *Tim Scott ( SC) as Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michigan
Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, Indiana and Illinois to the southwest, Ohio to the southeast, and the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario to the east, northeast and north. With a population of 10.14 million and an area of , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 10th-largest state by population, the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 11th-largest by area, and the largest by total area east of the Mississippi River.''i.e.'', including water that is part of state territory. Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia is the largest state by land area alone east of the Mississippi and Michigan the second-largest. The state capital is Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, while its most populous city is Detroit. The Metro Detroit r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon L
Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Gordon Heuckeroth (born 1968), Dutch performer and radio and television personality, known professionally by the mononym Gordon * Clan Gordon, a Scottish clan Education * Gordon State College, a public college in Barnesville, Georgia * Gordon College (Massachusetts), a Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts * Gordon College (Pakistan), a Christian college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan * Gordon College (Philippines), a public university in Subic, Zambales * Gordon College of Education, a public college in Haifa, Israel Places Australia * Gordon, Australian Capital Territory * Gordon, New South Wales * Gordon, South Australia * Gordon, Victoria * Gordon River, Tasmania * Gordon River (Western Australia) Canada * Gordon Parish, New Brunswick * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
91st United States Congress
The 91st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 1969, to January 3, 1971, during the final weeks of the Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson, presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson, Lyndon Johnson and the first two years of the first Presidency of Richard Nixon, presidency of Richard Nixon. The apportionment of seats in this United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives was based on the 1960 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic majority - albeit with losing their supermajority status in the Senate. With Richard Nixon being sworn in as U.S. President, president on January 20, 1969, this ended the Democrats' overall federal government government trifecta#United States, trifecta that they had held since the 87th United States Congres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
90th United States Congress
The 90th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 1967, to January 3, 1969, during the last two years of President of the United States, President Lyndon B. Johnson's second Presidency of Lyndon Johnson, term in office. The apportionment of seats in this United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives was based on the 1960 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic majority; however, the Democrats lost seats in both the Senate and the House, which cost them both their 2/3rds supermajority in the Senate and their supermajority status in the House. Along with President Johnson, the Democrats maintained an overall federal government government trifecta#United States, trifecta. Major events * January 27, 1967: Cold War: The Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
89th United States Congress
The 89th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 1965, to January 3, 1967, during the second and third years of Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives was based on the 1960 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic supermajority, and with the election of U.S. President, President Lyndon B. Johnson to his own term in office, maintaining an overall federal government government trifecta#United States, trifecta. This is the last time Democrats or any party had a 2/3rd supermajority in the Senate. The 89th Congress is regarded as "arguably the most productive in American history". Some of its landmark legislation includes Social Security Amendments of 1965 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
88th United States Congress
The 88th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 1963, to January 3, 1965, during the final months of the Presidency of John F. Kennedy, presidency of John F. Kennedy, and the first years of the Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson, presidency of his successor, Lyndon B. Johnson. The apportionment of seats in this United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives was based on the 1960 United States census, and the number of members was again 435 (it had temporarily been 437 in order to seat one member each from recently admitted states of Alaska and Hawaii). Both chambers maintained a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic majority - including a filibuster-proof supermajority in the Senate - and with President Kennedy, the Democrats maintained an overall federal government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iowa
Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east and southeast, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest, and Minnesota to the north. Iowa is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 26th largest in total area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 31st most populous of the List of states and territories of the United States, 50 U.S. states, with a population of 3.19 million. The state's List of capitals in the United States, capital, List of cities in Iowa, most populous city, and largest List of metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area fully located within the state is Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines. A portion of the larger Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area, Omaha, Nebraska, metropolitan area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bourke B
Bourke may refer to: People * Bourke (surname) Buildings in Australia * Bourke Court House, a heritage-listed courthouse in Bourke, Bourke Shire, New South Wales * Bourke Place, a skyscraper in Melbourne, Victoria * Bourke Post Office, a heritage-listed post office in Bourke, Bourke Shire, New South Wales * Bourke Street Wesleyan Chapel, a heritage-listed chapel in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Places in Australia * Bourke County (other) * Bourke Shire, local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales * Bourke, New South Wales, a town in New South Wales * Bourke Street, a street in Melbourne, Australia * Little Bourke Street, a street in Victoria, Melbourne * Division of Bourke, a former Australian (House of Representatives) electoral division in Victoria (1900-1949) * Electoral district of Bourke, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in New South Wales (1880-1904) * Bourke Isles, a group of islands and islets for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
87th United States Congress
The 87th United States Congress was a meeting of the United States Congress, legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1961, to January 3, 1963, during the final weeks of Dwight D. Eisenhower's Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower, presidency and the first two years of John F. Kennedy, John Kennedy's Presidency of John F. Kennedy, presidency. The apportionment of seats in the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives was based on the 1950 United States census, along with two seats temporarily added in 1959 (one member each from recently admitted states of Alaska and Hawaii). Both chambers had a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic majority (albeit reduced in the House). With President Kennedy being sworn in on January 20, 1961, this gave the Democrats an overall federal government government trifecta#United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
86th United States Congress
The 86th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1961, during the last two years of the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1950 United States census until Alaska and Hawaii were admitted as states in 1959. Then, the membership of the House temporarily increased to 437 (seating one member from each of those newly admitted states and leaving the apportionment of the other 435 seats unchanged); it would remain at 437 until reapportionment resulting from the 1960 census. The Democrats maintained full control of Congress, with greatly increased majorities in both chambers. Major events * January 7, 1959: The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro * February 12, 1959 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
85th United States Congress
The 85th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1957, to January 3, 1959, during the fifth and sixth years of Dwight Eisenhower's President of the United States, presidency. The apportionment of seats in the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives was based on the 1950 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic majority. To date, this is the earliest Congress with a member still living, Merwin Coad. Major events * January 5, 1957: President Eisenhower announced the Eisenhower Doctrine in a special message to Congress * January 20, 1957: Inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower for a second term * August 21, 1957: President Eisenhower announced a 2-year suspension of nuclear testing * August 28, 1957: Senator Stro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
