Major Leadership Election Contests in the House of Representatives, 94th-111th Congresses (open access)

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.
Date: December 31, 2008
Creator: Amer, Mildred
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
Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2010 (74th-111th Congresses) (open access)

Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2010 (74th-111th Congresses)

This report discusses how lame duck sessions occur, and the background of the lame duck sessions between 1940 and 2010. 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: August 30, 2011
Creator: Beth, Richard S. & Tollestrup, Jessica
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
Clean Water Issues in the 105th Congress (open access)

Clean Water Issues in the 105th Congress

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Date: August 21, 1997
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Votes and Legislative Actions, 95th Congress through 110th Congress (open access)

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Votes and Legislative Actions, 95th Congress through 110th Congress

This report provides a summary of legislative attempts to address issues of energy development and preservation in the Refuge from the 95th Congress through the 110th Congress, with emphasis on the 108th through 110th Congresses. The analysis below covers, first, the economic and geological factors that have triggered new interest in development, followed by the philosophical, biological, and environmental quality factors that have triggered opposition to it. That analysis is followed by a history of congressional actions on this issue, with a focus on those in the 107th Congress through the 109th Congress.
Date: November 19, 2008
Creator: Corn, M. Lynne & Roberts, Beth A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China: Pending Legislation in the 105th Congress (open access)

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.
Date: June 19, 1998
Creator: Dumbaugh, Kerry
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
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 Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104th-113th Congresses (open access)

House Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104th-113th Congresses

This report describes the House Committee funding process provides tables for each of the Congresses from the 104th through the 113th containing committee funding requests and authorizations as adopted pursuant to primary expense authorizations.
Date: February 3, 2015
Creator: Glassman, Matthew E.
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
Education Issues in the 105th Congress, 2nd Session (open access)

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.
Date: January 26, 1998
Creator: Irwin, Paul M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Work Opportunity Tax Credit and the 105th Congress (open access)

The Work Opportunity Tax Credit and the 105th Congress

This report examines the purpose and function of The Work Opportunity Tax Credit.
Date: May 14, 1998
Creator: Levine, Linda
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Job Training Reform: Legislation in the 105th Congress (open access)

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.
Date: May 15, 1998
Creator: Lordeman, Ann
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
First-Term Members of the House of Representatives and Senate, 64th - 113th Congresses (open access)

First-Term Members of the House of Representatives and Senate, 64th - 113th Congresses

This report provides summary data on the number of Senators and Members of the House of Representatives who first entered Congress between the 64th Congress (1915-1917) and the 113th Congress (2013-2014).
Date: January 25, 2013
Creator: Manning, Jennifer E. & Petersen, R. Eric
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Sunset Proposals: Developments in the 94th to 107th Congresses (open access)

Federal Sunset Proposals: Developments in the 94th to 107th Congresses

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Date: June 17, 2002
Creator: McMurtry, Virginia A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Encryption Technology: the Debate in the th 105 and 106th Congresses (open access)

Encryption Technology: the Debate in the th 105 and 106th Congresses

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Date: January 22, 2001
Creator: Nunno, Richard M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104th-110th Congresses (open access)

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.
Date: April 12, 2007
Creator: Petersen, R. Eric
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104th-112th Congresses (open access)

House Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104th-112th Congresses

This report provides committee funding requests and authorizations as adopted pursuant to primary expense authorizations for House committees in the 104th-112th Congresses.
Date: March 24, 2011
Creator: Petersen, R. Eric; Garrett, R. Sam & Hemlin, Erin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Committee System: Rules Changes in the House, 105th Congress (open access)

Committee System: Rules Changes in the House, 105th Congress

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Date: January 23, 1997
Creator: Schneider, Judy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Banking and Finance: Legislative Initiatives in the 105th Congress, Second Session (open access)

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.
Date: August 10, 1998
Creator: Shorter, Gary & Wells, F. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Banking and Finance: Legislative Initiatives in the 105th Congress, Second Session (open access)

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. It will be updated periodically to reflect legislative developments. Relevant CRS products are referenced.
Date: August 10, 1998
Creator: Shorter, Gary & Wells, F. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Higher Education Act: Reauthorization by the 105th Congress (open access)

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.
Date: February 2, 1999
Creator: Stedman, James B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library