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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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CIS US Congressional Committee Hearings Index: 69th Congress-73rd Congress (5 v.)
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ...
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1328
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Sites and Plans for Federal Public Buildings. Hearings ... on S. 1955 and Related Bills
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public WorksPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 82
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Catalogue of the Public Documents of the [the Fifty-third] Congress [to the 76th Congress] and of All Departments of the Government of the United States
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Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 2822
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Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission
Author: United States. Interstate Commerce CommissionPublisher:
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Category : Interstate commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Sites and Plans for Federal Public Buildings. Hearings on S. 114, 245, 714
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public WorksPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on CommercePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1432
Book Description
Explicit and Authentic Acts
Author: David E. KyvigPublisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700622292
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
In time for the 225th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, David Kyvig completed an Afterword to his landmark study of the process of amending the US Constitution. The Afterword discusses the many amendments, such those requiring a balanced federal budget or limiting the terms of members of Congress, that have been proposed since the book was originally published and why they failed of passage. At a time when prominent scholars and other public figures have called for a constitutional convention to write a new constitution, arguing that our current system of governance is unsustainable Kyvig reminds us of the high hurdles the founders created to amending the constitution and how they have served the country well, preventing the amendment process from being used by one faction to serve the passions of the moment. In his farewell address, President Washington reminded his audience that the Constitution, "till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all." He regarded the Constitution as a binding document worthy of devout allegiance, but also believed that it contains a clear and appropriate procedure for its own reform. David Kyvig's illuminating study provides the most complete and insightful history of that amendment process and its fundamental importance for American political life. Over the course of the past two centuries, more than 10,000 amendments have been proposed by the method stipulated in Article V of the Constitution. Amazingly, only 33 have garnered the required two-thirds approval from both houses of Congress, and only 27 were ultimately ratified into law by the states. Despite their small number, those amendments have revolutionized American government while simultaneously legitimizing and preserving its continued existence. Indeed, they have dramatically altered the relationship between state and federal authority, as well as between government and private citizens. Kyvig reexamines the creation and operation of Article V, illuminating the process and substance of each major successful and failed effort to change the formal structure, duties, and limits of the federal government. He analyzes in detail the Founders' intentions; the periods of great amendment activity during the 1790s, 1860s, 1910s, and 1960s; and the considerable consequences of amendment failure involving slavery, alcohol prohibition, child labor, New Deal programs, school prayer, equal rights for women, abortion, balanced budgets, term limits, and flag desecration.
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress SenatePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 2424
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Hoover, Blacks, and Lily-Whites
Author: Donald J. LisioPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807874213
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
For more than fifty years, Hoover has been viewed as a lily-white racist who attempted to revitalize Republicanism in the South by driving blacks from positions of leadership at all party levels. Lisio demonstrates that this view is both inaccurate and incomplete, that Hoover hoped to promote racial progress. He shows that Hoover's efforts to reform the southern state parties led to controversy with lily-whites as well as blacks in both the North and the South. Originally published in 1985. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.