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Joint Committee On Printing
The Joint Committee on Printing is a joint committee of the United States Congress devoted to overseeing the functions of the Government Publishing Office and general printing procedures of the federal government of the United States. The authority vested in the Committee is derived from and the Committee is thereby responsible for ensuring compliance by federal entities to these laws and the Government Printing and Binding Regulations. The current joint committee was created by the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and combined the functions of the United States House Committee on Printing and the United States Senate Committee on Printing. The Committee traces its lineage back to a similar one created by an act of August 3, 1846 (, §2) consisting of three members each from the two houses. By virtue of this it is the oldest joint committee of the Congress, although not continuously organized as such. Leaders of the committee typically serve as the tellers during the joi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joint Committee (legislative)
A joint committee is a committee made up of members of the two chambers of a bicameral legislature. In other contexts, it refers to a committee with members from more than one organization. Germany A joint committee ('' Gemeinsamer Ausschuss'') comprises both members of Bundestag (two thirds) and representatives of the '' Länder'' (one third). It exists to ensure a working legislature during a state of defense. A mediation committee (''Vermittlungsausschuss''), consisting in equal numbers of members of Bundestag and representatives of the states, facilitates compromises between Bundestag and Bundesrat in legislation - especially if the consent of Bundesrat is constitutionally required. India In India, a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) is one type of ad hoc Parliamentary committee constituted by the Indian parliament. A Joint Parliamentary Committee is formed when a motion is adopted by one house and it is supported or agreed by the other house. Philippines A bicameral c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Steil
Bryan George Steil ( ; born March 3, 1981) is an American attorney, businessman, and Republican politician from Janesville, Wisconsin. He is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 1st congressional district since 2019. In the 118th Congress, he is chair of the House Administration Committee. Prior to his election to Congress, he served as a member of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents. Early life and education Steil attended Joseph A. Craig High School in Janesville, Wisconsin, where he was born and raised. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Georgetown University, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Wisconsin School of Law. Earlier career In 2003, Steil spent a year working as an aide to U.S. representative Paul Ryan. Before his election to Congress, Steil spent a decade in the manufacturing industry in southeast Wisconsin. He was an executive for plastics manufacturer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Udall
Thomas Stewart Udall ( ; born May 18, 1948) is an American diplomat, attorney, and politician who had served as the United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator for New Mexico from 2009 to 2021. Udall also served as the U.S. representative for from 1999 to 2009 and New Mexico attorney general from 1991 to 1999. Born in Tucson, Arizona to the Udall family, he is the son of former U.S. Representative and Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall and the nephew of former U.S. Representative Mo Udall. His cousin is Mark Udall, who concurrently served alongside him in the senate representing the neighboring state of Colorado from 2009 until 2015. Udall was first elected in the 2008 Senate race and was re-elected in 2014, and became dean of New Mexico's congressional delegation. He did not seek a third term in 2020, making him the only Democratic senator to retire that cycle. On July 16, 2021, Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick Roberts (born April 20, 1936) is a retired American politician and journalist who served as a United States senator from Kansas from 1997 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Roberts served 8 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1981 to 1997, before his election to the Senate. Born in Topeka, Kansas, Roberts is a graduate of Kansas State University. He served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps and worked as a newspaper reporter before entering politics in the late 1960s. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980 to succeed 1st District Congressman Keith Sebelius, for whom he had worked. He served eight terms in the House, including one as chairman of the House Agriculture Committee. Roberts was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996. On the Intelligence Committee, he was responsible for an investigation into the intelligence failures prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He was the dean of Kansas's congres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Loudermilk
Barry Dean Loudermilk ( ; born December 22, 1963) is an American politician from the state of Georgia who has been the United States House representative from since 2015. Prior to this, Loudermilk served in the Georgia House of Representatives (2005–2010) and the Georgia Senate (2011–2013). He stepped down from the Georgia Senate to run for Phil Gingrey's congressional seat in the 11th district; Gingrey ran for a U.S. Senate seat. Loudermilk won the Republican nomination for the House seat in a 2014 runoff against Bob Barr. In that race, ''The Almanac of American Politics'' stated Loudermilk took a "sharp anti-establishment turn." After a couple years of being in the U.S. House of Representatives, Loudermilk dropped his membership in the "anti-leadership" Freedom Caucus and became increasingly involved in the "more leadership oriented Republican Study Committee." Georgia's 11th congressional district is located northwest of Atlanta and is Republican- favoring. The 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Davis (politician)
Rodney Lee Davis (born January 5, 1970) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 13th congressional district from 2013 to 2023. Davis's tenure ended when redistricting led to a primary race in the Illinois's 15th against fellow incumbent Mary Miller. In July 2024, Davis joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as their head of governmental affairs. Early life and education Davis was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He graduated from Millikin University in 1992 with a degree in political science. Early political career In 1996, he lost a race for the state legislature. In 1998, Davis managed Illinois Congressman John Shimkus's first reelection campaign. After the successful campaign, he accepted a position on Shimkus's congressional staff. In 2000, Davis lost his campaign for mayor of Taylorville, Illinois. Davis served as Shimkus's projects director while running for Congress. U.S. House of Representatives Elections 2012 On May 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Leger Fernandez
Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; ) is a feminine given name. It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek θερίζω (''therízō'') "to harvest or reap", or from θέρος (''theros'') "summer". Another origin of the name is from Latin word "Terra" which means earth. Terra mother Earth. It is first recorded in the form ''Therasia'', the name of Therasia of Nola, an aristocrat of the 4th century. Its popularity outside of Iberia increased because of saint Teresa of Ávila, and more recently Thérèse of Lisieux and Mother Teresa. In the United States it was ranked as the 852nd most popular name for girls born in 2008, down from 226th in 1992 (it ranked 65th in 1950, and 102nd in 1900). Spelled "Teresa," it was the 580th most popular name for girls born in 2008, down from 206th in 1992 (it ranked 81st in 1950, and 220th in 1900). People Aristocracy *Teresa of Portugal (other) ** Theresa, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Raskin
Jamin Ben Raskin (born December 13, 1962) is an American attorney, law professor, and politician serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served in the Maryland State Senate from 2007 to 2016. The district previously included portions of Montgomery County, Maryland, Montgomery County, a suburban county northwest of Washington, D.C., and extended through rural Frederick County, Maryland, Frederick County to the Pennsylvania border. Since redistricting in 2022, Raskin's district encompasses much of Montgomery County and a sliver of Prince George's County, Maryland, Prince George's County. Raskin co-chairs the Congressional Freethought Caucus. He was the lead impeachment manager for Second impeachment of Donald Trump, the second impeachment of President Donald Trump in response to the 2021 United States Capitol attack, attack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoe Lofgren
Susan Ellen "Zoe" Lofgren ( ; born December 21, 1947) is an American politician and lawyer serving as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from California. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Lofgren is in her 15th term in Congress, having been first elected in 1994. Lofgren has long served on the House Judiciary Committee, and chaired the House Administration Committee in the 116th and 117th Congresses. Lofgren was the California's 16th congressional district, 16th district's first female U.S. representative, before part of the district was redistricted into the California's 19th congressional district, 19th congressional district. She currently represents the California's 18th congressional district, 18th district, which covers much of Santa Clara County, California, Santa Clara County, including Gilroy, California, Gilroy, Morgan Hill, California, Morgan Hill, and most of San Jose, California, San Jose. Representing a dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Wicker
Roger Frederick Wicker (born July 5, 1951) is an American politician, attorney, and United States Air Force, Air Force veteran serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from Mississippi, a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Wicker was a Mississippi State Senate, Mississippi State Senator from 1988 to 1995 and the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from Mississippi's 1st congressional district from 1995 until 2007. Born in Pontotoc, Mississippi, Wicker is a graduate of the University of Mississippi and the University of Mississippi School of Law. He was an officer in the United States Air Force from 1976 to 1980 and a member of the United States Air Force Reserves from 1980 to 2003. During the 1980s, he worked as a political counselor to then-Congressman Trent Lott on the United States House Committee on Rules, House Rules Committee. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Blunt
Roy Dean Blunt (born January 10, 1950) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Missouri from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he previously served as the 33rd List of Missouri secretaries of state, Missouri Secretary of State (1985–1993) and United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative for Missouri's 7th congressional district (1997–2011). Born in Niangua, Missouri, Blunt is a graduate of Southwest Baptist University and Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State University). After serving as Missouri Secretary of State from 1985 to 1993, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Missouri's 7th congressional district in 1996. There, he served as Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, Republican Whip from 2003 to 2009. Blunt successfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 2010. The next year, he was elected Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus King
Angus Stanley King Jr. (born March 31, 1944) is an American lawyer and politician who has served since 2013 as the Seniority in the United States Senate, junior United States senator from Maine. A Independent politician, political independent, he served from 1995 to 2003 as the 72nd governor of Maine. Born and raised in Virginia, King moved to Maine after graduating from law school. In 1989, he founded Northeast Energy Management, Inc., a company that developed and operated electrical energy conservation projects. He won the 1994 Maine gubernatorial election as the independent candidate in a four-way race and was reelected in a landslide victory, landslide in 1998 Maine gubernatorial election, 1998. As the country's only independent governor, King enjoyed high approval ratings during his tenure. After leaving office in 2003, King returned to his business career. King won Maine's 2012 United States Senate election in Maine, 2012 Senate election to replace the retiring Republican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
