Membership of the 111th Congress: A Profile (open access)

Membership of the 111th Congress: A Profile

This report presents a profile of the membership of the 111th Congress. Statistical information is included on selected characteristics of Members, including data on party affiliation, average age and length of service, occupation, religious affiliation, gender, ethnicity, foreign births, and military service.
Date: February 4, 2010
Creator: Manning, Jennifer E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions in Independent and Other Agencies During the 111th Congress (open access)

Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions in Independent and Other Agencies During the 111th Congress

This report explains the process for filling positions to which the President makes appointments with the advice and consent of the Senate (also referred to as PAS positions). It also identifies, for the 111th Congress, all nominations to full-time positions requiring Senate confirmation in 40 organizations in the executive branch (27 independent agencies, 6 agencies in the Executive Office of the President (EOP), and 7 multilateral organizations) and 4 agencies in the legislative branch. It excludes appointments to executive departments and to regulatory and other boards and commissions, which are covered in other reports.
Date: January 22, 2013
Creator: Carey, Maeve P.; Greene, Michael W. & Bearden, Maureen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2012 (74th-112th Congresses) (open access)

Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2012 (74th-112th Congresses)

This report discusses how lame duck sessions occur, and the background of the lame duck sessions between 1940 and 2012. A "lame duck" session of Congress occurs whenever one Congress meets after its successor is elected, but before the term of the current Congress ends.
Date: September 19, 2014
Creator: Beth, Richard S. & Tollestrup, Jessica
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Membership of the 111th Congress: A Profile (open access)

Membership of the 111th Congress: A Profile

This report presents a profile of the membership of the 111th Congress. Statistical information is included on selected characteristics of Members, including data on party affiliation, average age and length of service, occupation, religious affiliation, gender, ethnicity, foreign births, and military service.
Date: December 27, 2010
Creator: Manning, Jennifer E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Membership of the 111th Congress: A Profile (open access)

Membership of the 111th Congress: A Profile

This report presents a profile of the membership of the 111th Congress. Statistical information is included on selected characteristics of Members, including data on party affiliation, average age and length of service, occupation, religious affiliation, gender, ethnicity, foreign births, and military service.
Date: February 12, 2010
Creator: Manning, Jennifer E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Budget Reconciliation Process: Timing of Committee Responses to Reconciliation Directives (open access)

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).
Date: January 19, 2016
Creator: Lynch, Megan S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Membership of the 111th Congress: A Profile (open access)

Membership of the 111th Congress: A Profile

This report presents a profile of the membership of the 111th Congress. Statistical information is included on selected characteristics of Members, including data on party affiliation, average age and length of service, occupation, religious affiliation, gender, ethnicity, foreign births, and military service.
Date: December 27, 2010
Creator: Manning, Jennifer E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senate Committee Party Ratios: 98th-115th Congresses (open access)

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).
Date: November 8, 2018
Creator: Eckman, Sarah J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Party Ratios: 98th-115th Congresses (open access)

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).
Date: November 8, 2018
Creator: Eckman, Sarah J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Lands Managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service (FS): Issues for the 111th Congress (open access)

Federal Lands Managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service (FS): Issues for the 111th Congress

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Date: May 13, 2010
Creator: Gorte, Ross W.; Vincent, Carol Hardy; Alexander, Kristina & Humphries, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Lands Managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service (FS): Issues in the 111th Congress (open access)

Federal Lands Managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service (FS): Issues in the 111th Congress

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Date: October 22, 2010
Creator: Gorte, Ross W.; Vincent, Carol Hardy; Alexander, Kristina & Humphries, Marc
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Expedited Rescission Bills in the 111th and 112th Congresses: Comparisons and Issues (open access)

Expedited Rescission Bills in the 111th and 112th Congresses: Comparisons and Issues

This report discusses a variety of issues related to expedited recission measures that may prove of possible interest to congress. It also discusses Expedited Rescission Proposals in the 111th, 112th Congress.
Date: May 3, 2011
Creator: McMurtry, Virginia A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Tax Policy: Issues in the 111th Congress (open access)

Energy Tax Policy: Issues in the 111th Congress

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Date: June 16, 2010
Creator: Sherlock, Molly F. & Marples, Donald J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 111th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices (open access)

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 111th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices

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Date: July 19, 2010
Creator: Buck, Eugene H.; Corn, M. Lynne; Sheikh, Pervaze A.; Meltz, Robert & Alexander, Kristina
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Campaign Finance: Potential Legislative and Policy Issues for the 111th Congress (open access)

Campaign Finance: Potential Legislative and Policy Issues for the 111th Congress

This report provides an overview of selected campaign finance policy issues that may receive, or have received, attention during the 111th congress. Congress continues to consider the supreme court's January 2,1, 2010, ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.
Date: January 28, 2011
Creator: Garrett, R. Sam
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): Issues for the 111th Congress (open access)

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): Issues for the 111th Congress

This report is categorized into six categories: (I) Introduction, (II) FOIA History, (III) The George W. Bush Administration, (IV) 110TH Congress Legislative Reform Efforts, (V) The Obama Administration, and (VI) FOIA and the 111th Congress.
Date: March 11, 2010
Creator: Ginsberg, Wendy R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speakers of the House: Elections, 1913-2017 (open access)

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.
Date: January 4, 2017
Creator: Beth, Richard S. & Heitshusen, Valerie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Dear Colleague" Letters in the House of Representatives: Past Practices and Issues for Congress (open access)

"Dear Colleague" Letters in the House of Representatives: Past Practices and Issues for Congress

This report report provides a comparative analysis of how the use of the e-"Dear Colleague" system in the House of Representatives has changed between the 111th Congress (2009-2010) and the 113th Congress (2013-2014). This report provides an overview of the data and methodology used to evaluate "Dear Colleague" letter usage, discusses the characteristics and purpose of "Dear Colleague" letters, and discusses questions for Congress and observations on the use of "Dear Colleague" letters as a form of internal communications.
Date: February 22, 2017
Creator: Straus, Jacob R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nominations to U.S. Circuit and District Courts by President Obama During the 111th and 112th Congresses (open access)

Nominations to U.S. Circuit and District Courts by President Obama During the 111th and 112th Congresses

Recent Senate debates in the 112th Congress over judicial nominations have focused on issues such as the relative degree of success of President Barack Obama's nominees in gaining Senate confirmation (compared with other recent Presidents) as well as the effect of delayed judicial appointments on judicial vacancy levels. The following report addresses these issues, and others, by providing a statistical overview of President Obama's nominees to U.S. circuit court of appeals and U.S. district court judgeships, current through May 31, 2012.
Date: June 1, 2012
Creator: McMillion, Barry J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Statutes At Large, Volume 123, 2009 (open access)

United States Statutes At Large, Volume 123, 2009

United States Statutes at Large include the text of various legislation passed by Congress such as private and public laws, concurrent resolutions, and Constitutional amendments as well as proclamations, changes to the structure of government departments, etc. Indexes begin on page A1 after page 3759.
Date: 2011
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass: Comparison of Definitions in Legislation Through the 111th Congress (open access)

Biomass: Comparison of Definitions in Legislation Through the 111th Congress

The use of biomass as an energy feedstock is emerging as a potentially viable alternative to address U.S. energy security concerns, foreign oil dependence, rural economic development, and diminishing sources of conventional energy. Biomass (organic matter that can be converted into energy) may include food crops, crops for energy, crop residues, wood waste and byproducts, and animal manure. Most legislation involving biomass has focused on encouraging the production of liquid fuels from corn. For over 30 years, the term biomass has been a part of legislation enacted by Congress for various programs, indicating some interest by the general public and policymakers in expanding its use. To aid understanding of why U.S. consumers, utility groups, refinery managers, and others have not fully adopted biomass as an energy resource, this report investigates the characterization of biomass in legislation.
Date: March 7, 2012
Creator: Bracmort, Kelsi & Gorte, Ross W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104th-114th Congresses (open access)

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.
Date: April 21, 2015
Creator: Glassman, Matthew E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Derivatives Regulation in the 111th Congress (open access)

Derivatives Regulation in the 111th Congress

This report summarizes derivatives legislation that was considered but not enacted by the 111th Congress, and it provides background on the derivatives market.
Date: March 3, 2011
Creator: Jickling, Mark & Miller, Rena S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Crime Control Issues in the 111th Congress (open access)

Federal Crime Control Issues in the 111th Congress

This report aggregates various issues surrounding federal crime control into five broad themes: violent crime control, combating fraud and theft, drug control, sentencing reform, and state and local justice assistance. Within these themes, the report examines more specific issues that confronted the 111th Congress. Issues discussed under the umbrella of violent crime control include hate crimes, gangs, and gun control. Issues related to the federal government's efforts to combat fraud and theft include identity theft and organized retail crime.
Date: January 25, 2011
Creator: Finklea, Kristin M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library