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Expulsion, Censure, Reprimand, and Fine: Legislative Discipline in the House of Representatives
This report discusses the processes of expulsion and censure in the House of Representatives. The House is expressly authorized within the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 5, clause 2) to discipline or "punish" its own Members. It is designed as a measure to protect the institutional integrity of the House of Representatives, its proceedings and its reputation.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Maskell, Jack
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Iran's Foreign Policy
This report provides an overview of Iran's foreign policy, which has been a subject of numerous congressional hearings and of sanctions and other legislation for many years. The report analyzes Iranian foreign policy as a whole and by region.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturing: Industry Trends, Global Competition, Federal Policy
This report provides background information on the Zika virus, discusses challenges faced by governments and implementing partners in the Latin America and Caribbean region that are attempting to control the ongoing outbreak, and analyzes these above issues in the context of the U.S. Zika response.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Platzer, Michaela D. & Sargent, John F., Jr.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Digital Searches and Seizures: Overview of Proposed Amendments to Rule 41 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure
This report provides a brief overview of the proposed amendment to Rule 41, which would amend the federal search and seizure rules to permit the government to remotely access electronic devices although the location of the device may be unknown. First, the report provides a background on the origin of, and rationale underlying, the proposed amendment and a description of the rule as currently written. Second, it reviews the potential changes made by the proposed amendment and will survey various concerns commenters have raised with the proposal. Lastly, this report addresses efforts being made in Congress to alter, delay, or stop this rule change.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Thompson, Richard M., II
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Emergency Relief for Disaster-Damaged Roads and Transit Systems: In Brief
This report describes Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) assistance for the repair and reconstruction of highways and bridges damaged by disasters (such as Hurricane Sandy in 2012) or catastrophic failures (such as the collapse of the Skagit River Bridge in Washington State in 2013). It begins with a brief discussion of the legislative origins of federal assistance, and then addresses eligibility issues and program operation.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Kirk, Robert S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Midnight Rules: Congressional Oversight and Options
This report discusses "midnight rulemaking," referring to the phenomenon during the final months of recent presidential administrations when federal agencies have typically issued a larger number of rules relative to comparable time periods earlier in the administration. It likely occurs because the outgoing presidential administration wants to achieve certain policy goals before the end of its term.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Carey, Maeve P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Islamic State and U.S. Policy
This report provides background on the Islamic State organization, discusses its goals, operations, and affiliates, reviews U.S. legislative and policy debates, and describes select FY2017 legislative proposals.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Blanchard, Christopher M. & Humud, Carla E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0099
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a school district board of trustees may enter into a contract for legal services under a flat fee arrangement (RQ-0088-KP).
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0098
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Requirements for a municipality's posting of notice regarding the carrying of handguns (RQ-0087-KP).
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Brenda Spivey on June 27, 2016.
Discussed her mother's work as a domestic, the family's encounters with racism, her entrepreneurship, and her work on civil rights and black women's empowerment.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Grevious, Danielle; Bobadilla, Eladio & Spivey, Brenda
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ino Reyes, June 27, 2016
Mr. Reyes was born in Mexico on his family's farm. One of 12 children, he excelled in school, pursuing an engineering degree. He then followed his family to Lufkin, where he worked for Lufkin Industries. After nearly twenty years working, he and his brother opened a Spanish-language newspaper, La Lengua. In his interview, he discusses his childhood and young adulthood in Mexico, assimilation and difficulties in Lufkin, his work career, the creation of La Lengua, and his contributions to the Mexican-American community in Lufkin through his newspaper and civic service.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
May, Meredith; Howard, Jasmin & Reyes, Ino
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with David T. Lopez, June 27, 2016
David T. Lopez was born in Laredo, TX. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he became involved as a reporter and editor for the Daily Texan and the Texas Ranger. His involvement in news reporting lead him to work for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, where he reported on Black and Brown efforts in school desegregation. Attracted by Cesar Chavez and United Farm Workers movement, Lopez would participate in the strikes in the Rio Grande Valley and would report on the repressive tactics of the Texas Rangers as a plaintiff in the Medrano v. Allee lawsuit. He eventually got his law degree at South Texas College of Law in Houston and worked as a field representative for the AFL-CIO. Lopez discusses how he served on the HISD school board, the politics of the Huelga School Strike, how he was one of the first lecturers for the University of Houston Center for Mexican American Studies, and police brutality.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Lopez, David T.
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clyde James, June 27, 2016
Clyde “Chico” James grew up in segregated 1940s and 1970s Lubbock. He later graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. He spent time in Mexico City and has lived between Lubbock and Mexico City for several decades. In Lubbock, James has been active in city politics and neighborhood associations. Specifically, James helped start an effort to save a Lubbock magnet school attended by Mexican Americans from destruction by a anti-Mexican school board.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Wisely, Karen; Zapata, Joel & James, Clyde
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Maria Strong, June 27, 2016
Maria Strong was born in Nebraska but grew up between Lubbock and California’s Coachella Valley. As a teenager, she left school and became the sole breadwinner for her household made of her parents and siblings. After obtaining her GED and working various jobs, she began to attend Texas Tech University, where she obtained both her undergraduate and graduate degrees. She has worked with migrant farm workers (her family was once a migrant family), as a an adviser at South Plains College, and has participated in various community organizations.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Zapata, Joel & Strong, Maria
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Finding the Target: An Experiment in Benchmarking
This article discusses a new method of evaluating purchasing decisions at the University of North Texas Libraries.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Enoch, Todd & Henley, Mark
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 330, Ed. 1 Monday, June 27, 2016
Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Parks, Scott K.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Betell Benham, June 27, 2016
Ms. Benham was born and raised in Lufkin, Texas. She went to segregated schools in Lufkin before participating in integration during the 1969-1970 school year. She graduated high school and went to college at the University of North Texas. She then became a flight attendant and worked in retail. She returned to Lufkin and worked with her mother, Bettie Kennedy, in the community. In the interview, Ms. Benham describes segregation in Lufkin, experiences with discrimination, problems during integration, discrimination she experienced at UNT, her work as a flight attendant, her time spent in retail, and the work of both her and her mother in the community.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Benham, Betell; Howard, Jasmin & May, Meredith
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bene Figueroa, June 27, 2016
Mr. Figueroa recounted his role as a Robstown school board member during 1969 walkouts.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Figueroa, Bene
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Herby Garza, June 27, 2016
Herby Garza discussed career as a letter carrier in Corpus Christi and president of the Letter Carriers Union local.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Accuna-Gurrola, Moises; Wall, James & Garza, Herby
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rebecca Flores, July 10, 2016
Rebecca talks about growing up in rural areas and in San Antonio, working in the fields, her time at Texas A&I, and her politicization at University of Michigan; she also talks about feminism; she also talks about her exclusion from the Chicano Movement to a certain degree because she worked full time;
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Flores, Rebecca
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rebecca Flores, July 10, 2016
Rebecca talks about growing up in rural areas and in San Antonio, working in the fields, her time at Texas A&I, and her politicization at University of Michigan; she also talks about feminism; she also talks about her exclusion from the Chicano Movement to a certain degree because she worked full time.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Flores, Rebecca
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gene Hartman, June 27, 2016
Gene Hartman talks about his life growing up in San Antonio; his father on the city council; a little bit about his time at UT-Austin; and his work as a developer.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Hartman, Gene
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Henderson Daily News (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 85, Ed. 1 Monday, June 27, 2016
Daily newspaper from Henderson, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Linebarger, Les
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 52, Ed. 1 Monday, June 27, 2016
Weekly newspaper from Alvin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 27, 2016
Creator:
Money, David
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History