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[News Clip: Commissioners]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about a meeting of the Tarrant County Commissioners Court concerning an amendment to the Texas Constitution that allows consolidation of some governmental functions. Robert Norwood, research associate for the Texas Research League, spoke about what could and could not be done under the terms of the new amendment.
Date: March 3, 1969
Duration: 1 minute 25 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Norwood]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story by reporter Russ Bloxom about Robert Norwood, research associate for the Texas Research League, speaking at a meeting of the Tarrant County Commissioners Court about Amendment 11 to the Texas Constitution. In this footage, Bloxom interviews Norwood about the amendment.
Date: March 3, 1969
Duration: 1 minute
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Sheriff]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story by news reporter Russ Bloxom about The Tarrant County legislative delegation preparing proposed legislation that would authorize municipalities to contract with County Commissioners for such services as police protection. Tarrant County Sheriff Lon Evans is interviewed about the potential impact of this amendment on local police and sheriffs departments.
Date: March 6, 1969
Duration: 2 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Evans]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story by news reporter Russ Bloxom about The Tarrant County legislative delegation preparing proposed legislation that would authorize municipalities to contract with County Commissioners for such services as police protection. Tarrant County Sheriff Lon Evans is interviewed about the potential impact of this amendment on local police and sheriffs departments.
Date: March 6, 1969
Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The Article V Convention to Propose Constitutional Amendments: Contemporary Issues for Congress

Description: Article V of the U.S. Constitution provides two ways to amend the nation's fundamental charter. Congress, by a two-thirds vote of both houses, may propose amendments to the states for ratification, a procedure that has been used for all 27 current amendments. This report identifies a range of policy questions Congress might face if an Article V Convention seemed imminent.
Date: March 29, 2016
Creator: Neale, Thomas H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Automated Political Telephone Calls ("Robo Calls") in Federal Campaigns: Overview and Policy Options

Description: This report provides an overview of how automated political calls are used in federal campaigns, including attention to recent spending estimates and polling data regarding these calls. The report also discusses legislation that would affect the calls, with descriptions of various policy options and how the options or their regulation may be related to campaign finance law and to the First Amendment.
Date: March 22, 2010
Creator: Garrett, R. S. & Ruane, Kathleen Ann
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Script: District of Travis]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the creation of the district of Travis.
Date: March 2, 1971, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: District of Travis]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the creation of the District of Travis.
Date: March 2, 1971, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The Proposed Equal Rights Amendment

Description: This report discusses the proposed constitutional amendment known as the Equal Rights Amendment, which forbid limiting citizens rights because of their sex, which passed Congress in March 1972. The report discusses its legislative history, purpose, and arguments for and against the amendment.
Date: March 24, 1972
Creator: Van Helden, Morrigene Holcomb
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Script: Texas XGR]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about that day's goings-on with the Texas legislature and the Texas senate.
Date: March 20, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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A Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: Background and Congressional Options

Description: One of the most persistent political issues facing Congress in recent years is whether to require that the budget of the United States be in balance. Although a balanced federal budget has long been held as a political ideal, the accumulation of large deficits in recent years has heightened concern that some action to require a balance between revenues and expenditures may be necessary. The debate over a balanced budget measure actually consists of several interrelated debates, which this repor… more
Date: March 20, 1997
Creator: Saturno, James V.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Authority of State Legislatures to Accept Funds Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Description: This report analyzes the language contained in § 1607 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act),1 which provides that federal funds can be made available to a state by the federal government either after certification by a governor that such money will be requested and spent or after the adoption of a concurrent resolution by a state legislature. This report evaluates the authority of state legislatures to, by concurrent resolution, provide for the acceptance of feder… more
Date: March 25, 2009
Creator: Thomas, Kenneth R.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: Legal Background and Recent Amendments

Description: This report discusses the USA PATRIOT Act, which expanded the authority of four national security letter (NSL) statutes and created a fifth, and the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act that amended the previous legislation.
Date: March 17, 2006
Creator: Doyle, Charles
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: A Glimpse of the Legal Background and Recent Amendments

Description: This report discusses the USA PATRIOT Act, which expanded the authority of four national security letter (NSL) statutes and created a fifth, and the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act that amended the previous legislation. This is an abridged version of CRS Report RL33320, "National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: Legal Background and Recent Amendments".
Date: March 21, 2006
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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