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Authorization for Use of Military Force in Response to the 9/11 Attacks (P.L. 107-40): Legislative History

Description: This report provides a legislative history of the legislation, S.J.Res. 23 , the “Authorization for Use of Military Force” (AUMF), which, as Congress stated in its text, constitutes the legislative authorization for the use of U.S. military force contemplated by the War Powers Resolution. It also is the statute which the President and his attorneys have subsequently cited as an authority for him to engage in electronic surveillance against possible terrorists without obtaining authorization of … more
Date: January 4, 2006
Creator: Grimmett, Richard F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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National Emergency Powers

Description: This report the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601-1651) that eliminated or modified some statutory grants of emergency authority, required the President to declare formally the existence of a national emergency and to specify what statutory authority, activated by the declaration, would be used, and provided Congress a means to countermand the President's declaration and the activated authority being sought.
Date: May 1, 2006
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
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National Emergency Powers

Description: This report the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601-1651) that eliminated or modified some statutory grants of emergency authority, required the President to declare formally the existence of a national emergency and to specify what statutory authority, activated by the declaration, would be used, and provided Congress a means to countermand the President's declaration and the activated authority being sought.
Date: April 29, 1991
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
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Social Security Financing

Description: The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) program, the largest of the social security programs, will not have sufficient resources to meet its benefit payments on time in July 1983. Even if the program were permitted to continue to borrow from the other social security programs, the financial the shortfall would re-emerge in 1984.
Date: January 25, 1983
Creator: Koitz, David Stuart; Kollmann, Geoffrey & Miller, Nancy
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance

Description: Two separate but closely related issues confront Congress each time the President introduces armed forces into a situation abroad that conceivably could lead to their involvement in hostilities. One issue concerns the division of war powers between the President and Congress, whether the use of armed forces falls within the purview of the congressional power to declare war and the War Powers Resolution. The other issue is whether or not Congress concurs in the wisdom of the action. This issue b… more
Date: April 5, 2006
Creator: Grimmett, Richard F.
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Item Veto and Expanded Impoundment Proposals

Description: In recent years conflicting budget priorities and divided political control have accentuated the institutional tensions between the executive and legislative branches inherent in the federal budget process. President Bush, like his recent predecessors, has called for an item veto, or possibly expanded impoundment authority, to provide him with greater control over federal spending. This report provides a brief history of impoundment and discusses the debate surrounding the line item veto.
Date: September 26, 2005
Creator: McMurtry, Virginia A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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National Emergency Powers

Description: This report the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601-1651) that eliminated or modified some statutory grants of emergency authority, required the President to declare formally the existence of a national emergency and to specify what statutory authority, activated by the declaration, would be used, and provided Congress a means to countermand the President's declaration and the activated authority being sought.
Date: February 10, 2006
Creator: Relyea, Harold C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Persian Gulf and the War Powers Debate: Issue Summary and Review of Events

Description: "This issue brief tracks chronologically the events in the Gulf with particular reference to major U.S. policy statements and actions relevant to the War Powers Resolution" (p. iii).
Date: October 19, 1987
Creator: Mark, Clyde R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Peace Corps: USA Freedom Corps Initiative

Description: Report on the Peace Corps and the proposal to double its size, including funding concerns, safety concerns, aid priorities, and more.
Date: March 8, 2002
Creator: Tarnoff, Curt
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance

Description: Report on the War Powers Resolution and an examination of its use, including recent developments, background issues, United Nations actions, and more.
Date: February 14, 2006
Creator: Grimmett, Richard F.
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Votes Other than Favorably on Judicial Nominations, 1939-2003

Description: Judicial nominations are submitted to the Senate by the President. Once a nomination is submitted, the Senate refers it to the Judiciary Committee. Either the Senate or the Senate Judiciary Committee may choose not to act when considering the nomination. If the Judiciary Committee does act and schedules a vote on a nominee, any of four motions can be made.
Date: February 10, 2004
Creator: Sollenberger, Mitchel A.
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Declarations of War and Authorizations for the Use of Military Force: Historical Background and Legal Implications

Description: This report provides historical background on the enactment of declarations of war and authorizations for the use of force and analyzes their legal effects under international and domestic law. It also sets forth their texts in two appendices. Because the statutes that confer standby authority on the President and the executive branch potentially play such a large role in an armed conflict to which the United States is a party, the report includes an extensive listing and summary of the statute… more
Date: January 14, 2003
Creator: Ackerman, David M. & Grimmett, Richard F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Proposals to Reform Our Presidential Electoral System: A Survey of the Historical Background and Development of the Electoral College, and a Compilation of Proposals to Reform It, With Pro and Con Analyses

Description: "This report discusses the present method of electing the President by the Electoral College . . . [and] the various state laws relating to the nomination and election of Presidential electors" (p. iii).
Date: August 1, 1984
Creator: Durbin, Thomas M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The War Powers Resolution: A Decade of Experience

Description: "This report analyzes the provisions of the [War Powers] Resolution and a decade of experience with it" (p. ii).
Date: February 6, 1984
Creator: Collier, Ellen C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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