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- Senate Committee Party Ratios: 98th-115th Congresses
- This report provides, in tabular form, Senate committee party ratios for 18 Congresses, covering the period of the 98th Congress (1983-1985) through April 2017, the first part of the 115th Congress (2017-2019).
- House Committee Party Ratios: 98th-115th Congresses
- This report documents, in tabular form, House committee party ratios for 18 Congresses -- covering the period from the 98th Congress (1983-1985) through February 2017, the first part of the 115th Congress (2017-2019).
- Speakers of the House: Elections, 1913-2017
- This report provides data on elections of the Speaker in each Congress since 1913, when the House first reached its present size of 435 Members. During that period (63rd through 115th Congresses), a Speaker was elected five times with the votes of less than a majority of the full membership.
- Budget Reconciliation Process: Timing of Committee Responses to Reconciliation Directives
- This report examines the timing of certain stages of the budget reconciliation process and the extent to which the submission due date included in a reconciliation instruction is a predictor for the timing of committee response. Specifically, it provides information on the dates by which committees have been directed to respond to reconciliation directives and the timing of House and Senate committees in responding to such directives in the past 14 Congresses (101st-114th Congresses).
- Campaign Finance Debate in the House: Substitute Amendments to H.R. 2183 (105th Congress)
- This report summarizes and compares the 11 substitute amendments to campaign finance reform bills that have passed the House and Senate.
- Campaign Finance Reform Bills in the 105th Congress: Comparison of H.R. 3485 (Thomas), S. 25 (McCain-Feingold), and Current Law
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- Senate Committee Party Ratios: 98th-114th Congresses
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- Clean Water Issues in the 105th Congress
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- Child Nutrition Issues in the 105th Congress
- This report covers proposed and enacted legislative initiatives to change child nutrition programs (including the WIC program) during 1997 and 1998.
- Banking and Finance: Legislative Initiatives in the 105th Congress, Second Session
- This report reviews major banking and finance issues that are receiving congressional attention in the 2nd session of the 105th Congress.
- Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2004 (74th-108th Congresses)
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- China: Pending Legislation in the 105th Congress
- The 105 Congress has been active on issues involving China. This report, which will be updated as developments occur, tracks pending human rights legislation, including bills concerning: prison conditions and prison labor exports; coercive abortion practices; China’s policies toward religion; and more general human rights issues.
- Major Leadership Election Contests in the House of Representatives, 94th - 109th Congresses
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- Use of the Capitol Rotunda, Capitol Grounds, and Emancipation Hall: Concurrent Resolutions, 101st to 113th Congress
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- Judicial Nominations by President Clinton During the 103rd-106th Congresses
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- Major Leadership Election Contests in the House of Representatives, 94th-111th Congresses
- This report contains data on votes for Speaker of the House for the 94th through 110th Congresses and elections in party conferences or caucuses for major leaders within each party for the 94th through 111th Congresses. It reflects actual balloting on the House floor for Speaker and in the Democratic Caucus and Republican Conference for other positions.
- Consumer Proposals in the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1998: H.R. 3150, 105th Congress, 2d Session (1998)
- This report is about the consumer proposal in the bankruptcy reform act of 1998
- Consumer Bankruptcy Reform: Proposals Before the 105th Congress
- This report examines several proposals for consumer bankruptcy reform which have been introduced in the 105th Congress.
- Arts and Humanities: Funding and Reauthorization in the 105th Congress
- This report summarizes the funding and re-authorization in the 105th congress on arts and humanities.
- Child Nutrition Issues in the 105th Congress
- This report summarizes proposed and enacted legislative initiatives to change child nutrition programs (including WIC program) during 1997 and 1998.
- Major Leadership Election Contests in the House of Representatives, 94th - 109th Congresses
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- Job Training Reform: Legislation in the 105th Congress
- This report focus on the job training provisions of the House and Senate-passed versions of H.R. 1385.
- Major Leadership Election Contests in the House of Representatives, 94th - 110th Congresses
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- Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2008 (74th-110th Congresses)
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- Adoption Promotion Legislation in the 105th Congress
- This report discusses the type of adoption legislation in the 105th Congress. Specifically, the report tackles the idea that children are kept in foster care too long and that this may cause lower adoption rates. The report also discusses the enormous support for this legislation in the Senate and the House.
- Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 74th-107th Congresses (1935-2002)
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- NATO Policy: Selected Legislation in the 103d, 104th, and 105th Congresses
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- Use of the Capitol Rotunda and Capitol Grounds: Concurrent Resolutions, 101st to 110th Congress
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- East Asia and the Pacific: Issues at the End of the 105th Congress
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- Federal Sunset Proposals: Developments in the 94th to 107th Congresses
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- Education Issues in the 105th Congress, 2nd Session
- This report provides a brief summary of education issues anticipated for the 2nd Session, as well as a synopsis of education activity during the 1st Session.
- Budget Reconciliation in the 105th Congress: Achieving a Balanced Budget by 2002
- This report consists of the budget reconciliation in the 105th congress with achieving a balance budget by 2002.
- Senate Committee Expenditures Resolutions, 110th Congress, and Funding Authorizations, 104th - 110th Congresses
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- Encryption Technology: the Debate in the th 105 and 106th Congresses
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- Major Leadership Election Contests In the Senate, 94th - 110th Congresses
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- Adult Education and Literacy: Current Programs and Legislative Proposals in the 105th Congress
- This report summarizes current programs for adult education and literacy, provides a funding history, and analyzes major provisions of the legislative proposals being considered by the 105th Congress for amending adult education and literacy programs. Specifically, the report examines the provisions of H.R. 1385, the Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement Act of 1997, as passed by the House, and H.R. 1385, the Workforce Investment Partnership Act of 1998, as amended by the Senate (originally considered as S. 1186). Key issues include state and local administration issues, comprehensive state plan requirements, integration with other federal training and employment programs, and program performance standards. The report will be updated as legislative action occurs.
- Federal Regulation of Working Hours: Consideration of the Issues Through the 105th Congress
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- China and the 105th Congress: Policy Issues and Legislation, 1997-1998
- This report tracks trends in and legislation considered by the 105th Congress in regard to China.
- Campaign Finance Bills in the 105th Congress: Comparison of H.R. 2183 (Hutchinson-Allen), H.R. 3526 (Shays-Meehan), and Current Law
- This report is about the Finance reform in May 1998 in the 105th congress.
- Major Leadership Election Contests in the Senate, 94th-111th Congresses
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- Environmental Reauthorizations and Regulatory Reform: From the 104th Congress through the 106th
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- The Higher Education Act: Reauthorization by the 105th Congress
- This report provides a brief overview of the main HEA programs, and summarizes the main provisions of the House and Senate bills and final HEA Amendments of 1998.
- Committee System: Rules Changes in the House, 105th Congress
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- Campaign Finance Reform Bills in the 105th Congress: Comparison of H.R. 3581 (Thomas), H.R. 3526 (Shays-Meehan), and Current Law
- No Description Available.
- Use of the Capitol Rotunda, Capitol Grounds, and Emancipation Hall: Concurrent Resolutions, 101st to 111th Congress
- No Description Available.
- Census 2000: Sampling as an Appropriations Issue In the 105th Congress
- The 105th Congress has debated the decennial census sampling issue mainly in the appropriations process, beginning with FY 1997 supplemental appropriations legislation for disaster relief. In Fy 1998, appropriation for Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies, the Senate instructed the Bureau of the Census not to make "irreversible" Census 2000 sampling plans, while the House sought a moratorium on these plans, pending expedited judicial review of their constitutionally and legality. This report contains information on FY 1997 and 1998 appropriations and related Congressional actions
- House Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104th-110th Congresses
- This report provides committee funding requests and authorizations for House committees in the 104th-110th Congresses.
- House Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104th-114th Congresses
- This report provides committee funding requests and authorizations as adopted pursuant to primary expense authorizations for House committees in the 104th through 114th Congresses.
- House Committee Party Ratios: 98th-111th Congresses
- This report provides statistical information on and selected analyses of the House committee party ratios for 14 Congresses, covering the period from the 98th through the 111th Congresses.
- The Work Opportunity Tax Credit and the 105th Congress
- This report examines the purpose and function of The Work Opportunity Tax Credit.